Interior Design articles from October 2007

Interior Design archives from October 2007

Tex/Zen.
October 1, 2007... by Laura Fisher Kaiser Andersson-Wise reinvents a 1980's house in Austin as a serene haven for art When Nona Niland, MD, had two sons growing up, the family's 1980's postmodern house in Austin, Texas, worked well enough-the floor plan...

Bios.
October 1, 2007... by Staff Andersson-Wise Architects "Tex/Zen," page 276 principal : Arthur Andersson, AIA. principal : Christian Wise, AIA. completed projects : A classroom building at St. Edward's University and a private boathouse in...

Books.
October 1, 2007... Edited by Stanley Abercrombie Strawberry Hill: Horace Walpole's Gothic Castle Stanley Abercrombie by Anna Chalcraft and Judith Viscardi London: Frances Lincoln, $45 160 pages, 137 illustrations (100 color) In the...

Round the Clock.
October 1, 2007... by Aric Chen Jeff Miller literally lives what he designs, 24-7 A veteran of Ecco Design Group, where his clients included Herman Miller, Oxo, and Motorola, Jeff Miller is now on his own. His furniture, innovative yet never overwrought,...

Morton Moves On.
October 1, 2007... by Edie Cohen His Hard Rock life behind him, Peter Morton forges ahead at a Los Angeles office by Callas Shortridge Architects Cofounder of the Hard Rock Cafe, Peter Morton has run his real-estate and filmmaking operations from the...

China Red.
October 1, 2007... by Josephine Minutillo At this converted Shanghai factory, Francesco Gatti effected a constructivist revolution Rarely showcases for architecture, most factories are as basic as can be: wide-open spaces, ample windows, unfinished...

Behind the Green Door.
October 1, 2007... Edited by Mark McMenamin It starts with a New York location less than a block from the convergence of eight subway lines, promoting the use of public transit. It ends with occupancy sensors, which eliminate unnecessary lighting. Perkins +...

The Mart Gets Smart.
October 1, 2007... by Karen D. Singh and Jen DeRose Big enough to have its own zip code, Chicago's Merchandise Mart now offers tons of earth-friendly products-designers share their favorite finds VOA Associates DESIGN Nick Luzietti. PROJECT The...

10 Down, 2 to Go.
October 1, 2007... by Cindy Allen Welcome to 75th-Anniversary Issue Number 10. It's overflowing with design solutions disparate in size and nature and peripatetic in location. Somehow, they all coexist comfortably. Our residential stories show how...

Acres of Welcome.
October 1, 2007... by Judith Davidsen, Laura Girmscheid, and Wing Leung After earning a grand total of $472,514,501, the 75 current Interior Design Giants in hospitality did 24.4 percent better than in the 2006 report. Six firms reported fee increases ranging...

Brushes With Greatness.
October 1, 2007... by Sheila Kim-Jamet From whimsical and bold to soothing and restrained, the properties nominated for the 27th annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design, presented by the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show,...

Valentine to Valentino.
October 1, 2007... by Charlotte Vaudrey Travertine and chiffon, sacred and provocative. Opposites merged at a retrospective in Rome celebrating the 45th anniversary of Valentino Garavani's fashion house. "Valentino a Roma: 40 Years of Style" temporarily took...

Holt Renfrew's Luxe Look.
October 1, 2007... by Robyn Roehm Cannon Janson Goldstein brings global style to Vancouver, British Columbia Step inside the three-story atrium of the glamorous Holt Renfrew in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, and it's instantly clear that you're...

Hedge Fund Heaven.
October 1, 2007... by Dan Shaw With vintage furniture and contemporary art, an Upper East Side house by Julie Hillman welcomes a father and his three daughters Gregg Hymowitz is definitely one of those globe-trotting, art-collecting money men who know...

Adventures in Renovating.
October 1, 2007... by Mark Pupo Some people collect travel souvenirs. The owner of this Toronto condo took that idea a step further, renovating his entire home to evoke far-flung destinations. A property developer and avid mountain climber, he envisioned an...

Clean Lines.
October 1, 2007... by Edie Cohen Like so many kitchen and bath renovations, this project started small. Minarc, however, thinks big-and encourages clients to follow suit. Once shown the potential for their 1960's Los Angeles home, Gene and Philippa Taubman...

K&B Products.
October 1, 2007... Produced by Karen D. Singh and Jen DeRose Simmer down These fittings and tiles go with the flow Metal-Lace drain in stainless steel by Ornamented Life. Madras glass tile in Oriole by Interstyle Ceramic & Glass. Madras...

The Art of Bathing.
October 1, 2007... by Mario Lopez-Cordero Conventional wisdom in kitchen-and-bath retail display often places quantity at the apex of imperatives. The more sinks, faucets, and showerheads on view, the better-no matter how mind-boggling. "I walk into some...

Market.
October 1, 2007... by Jen DeRose Wax On Jen DeRose Make a beeline for Pieter VanTuyl, where Tod Babick's table-bench has us abuzz. Babick based his 55-inch-wide design on the Windsor chair but made it modern by using reclaimed white oak for the...

A Movable East.
October 1, 2007... by Gretchen Kelly and Craig Kellogg Asian investors and visitors are transforming luxury hotels At the Heritage House, a vine-covered 1877 lodge on California's Mendocino coast, the front door has long been Nancy Reagan red. The...

SoCal So Cool.
October 1, 2007... by Edie Cohen Nicholas.Budd.Dutton grooves with Kay Kollar at a house in Los Angeles Transplants to Los Angeles, an entrepreneurial couple with two teenage daughters had lived in a succession of settings: a house in Washington, D.C.,...

Green Build.
October 1, 2007... by Mark McMenamin Former President Bill Clinton is taking time off from stumping for a certain potential future president to kick off the U.S. Green Building Council's three-day Greenbuild International Conference and Expo at McCormick...

Hall of Holl.
October 1, 2007... by Mark McMenamin A geothermal HVAC system and a gray-water program will figure prominently among the greenery at Denmark's Herning Center for the Arts. Selected in an international competition, Steven Holl Architects broke ground in June...

'Ole College Try.
October 1, 2007... by Mark McMenamin At press time, the U.S. Department of Energy was to crown the winners of the Solar Decathlon, a biennial house-building event held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. This year's 20 academic teams-from Carnegie...

Pinups.
October 1, 2007... Edited by Karen D. Singh Cool to the Core Recycled glass and concrete make IceStone solidly sustainable 1. Sapphire Snow. 2. Pistachio Pearl. 3. Aurora Gold. 4. Amber Pearl. 5. Icicle Blue. 6. Forest Fern 7. Sky Pearl. Fiber...

Snaps.
October 1, 2007... by Staff A Tale of Two Cities The New York Design Center's president, James Druckman, hosted a reception at the Museum of the City of New York to raise funds for its upcoming "Paris/New York: Design Fashion Culture, 1925-1940."...

Sybarite's Delight.
October 1, 2007... by Benjamin Budde At the Marni boutique in Tokyo, Sybarite UK played with bewitching signature elements At its original freestanding Tokyo location, Marni had a good thing going. Sure, most people couldn't figure out how to get inside...

Update.
October 1, 2007... Edited by Meghan Edwards Catch these events in November and December 1. For "Spartacus" at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Eva Grubinger is creating an installation in steel. Her themes are omnipotent technology and paranoia-just like...

Dining in Style.
October 1, 2007... by Bradley Lincoln Chicago's mighty Merchandise Mart finally has a restaurant of equal stature, Bluprint by VOA The chance to make a mark on Chicago's Merchandise Mart doesn't come along but once in a blue moon. "For anybody in the...

Small is Beautiful.
October 1, 2007... by Craig Kellogg As the saying goes, there are no small projects. Unless, of course, you are Kevin Mark Low, and you have named your architecture firm . . . Small Projects. Then a 7,500-square-foot villa might be considered small-or at...

Wicked Good.
October 1, 2007... by James Nestor "The Craft restaurants present food in its purest, most natural state," says Peter Bentel of Bentel & Bentel, Architects/Planners. "And that's reflected in the design." His firm has completed 10 fizzy "fast-casual"...

Howdy Doody.
October 1, 2007... by Edie Cohen Wong Doody has airlines (Alaska), cell phones (T-Mobile), and car audio systems (Alpine) as accounts. The Seattle advertising agency has no beer campaigns to date, but it did set up its Los Angeles shop in a 1940's beer...

Accessories.
October 31, 2007... by Staff Bev Hisey Staff With her latest cushion collection, Canada's felting queen continues to reign with this graphic exploration of bold stitching, in this case, white against intensely colored wool-nylon. Big Stitch pillows...

Building Products.
October 31, 2007... by Staff Martin Pierce Hardware Staff The English designer's mercurial Ergo hardware combines mirror-polished stainless steel with satin bead-blasted accents. Cast in the United States, the coordinating shapes include swooshing...

Eco-Friendly.
October 31, 2007... by Staff Skyline Design Staff The Greenplay collection promotes interactive learning for kids and a healthy environment for everyone. Crawling soon to a playroom near you, the adorable and LEED-approved Caterpillar activity bench...

Fabric.
October 31, 2007... by Staff Judy Ross Staff Old-world craftsmanship mixes with modern graphic sensibilities to create a new 12-pattern range of hand-embroidered linen. Choose from Gauguinesque Fauna (in Sahara, mint, ocean, and pollen) or the spare...

Going Strong.
October 31, 2007... by Karen D. Singh and Jen DeRose These iconic designs turn 75 this year. These design icons? We'll never say Interior Design legislative crusader Karen D. Singh, Jen DeRose Maharam 1930 281710 I Morosi alla Finestra...

Flooring.
October 31, 2007... by Staff Liora Manne Staff Lamontage combines the ancient art of felting with modern technology and materials. The company creates the flooring by mixing custom-dyed acrylic fibers to create a palette of more than 600 hues, which...

Furniture.
October 31, 2007... by Staff Martin Pierce Furnishings Staff England's hedgerows keep people off one's property, but the Hedgerow conference table invites folks to pull up a chair and interact. Measuring 12 feet long by 5 feet wide and standing 30...

Kitchen & Bath.
October 31, 2007... by Staff Roca Staff A subtle modularity underscores the harmonic curves of the Frontalis suite by Madrid-based Pritzker Prize winner Rafael Moneo and daughter Belen Moneo Feduchi. Besides their flowing toilet, bidet, and tub...

Lighting.
October 31, 2007... by Staff Esque Studio Staff Glass artist Andi Kovel's Big Red light is an improvisational expression of form, function, and process. Fading to clear, the red elongated neck perfectly fits (and obscures) a rubber stopper that...

Outdoor.
October 31, 2007... by Staff Santa & Cole Staff Pairing accessibility and aesthetics, Pau Roviras and Carlos Torrente created the Caudal fountain in partnership with disability-rights groups and the city council of Barcelona, Spain. The...

Seating.
October 31, 2007... by Staff Megaron Staff The UFO has landed. This modular seating system transmogrifies into any configuration-round, semicircle, or the egg shape Mork rocked. UFO is made of stainless steel, wood, or composite, and comes finished...

The Test of Time.
October 31, 2007... by Karen D. Singh and Jen DeRose Cutting edge 75 years ago, these designs endure as classics 1932 Metz & Co. Zig-Zag oak chair by Gerrit Rietveld. Cassina, 155 East 56th Street, New York, NY 10022; 800-770-3568; cassina.com . 5 ...

Time Capsule.
October 31, 2007... by Sheila Kim-Jamet As good now as they were back then '30's 1. 1937 Vis-a-Vis Salvador Dalí for BD Barcelona Design. 2. 1938 Genevieve Genevieve Frey for Pierre Frey. 3. 1932 AF-190 Boudoir and AF-455 Croquet...

Long Live Design.
October 31, 2007... by Karen D. Singh One of my favorite things about the design profession is that folks just don't seem to retire. While it may be my imagination, they also seem to live for a very long time. Being from a family of early bucket-kickers, I'm...

Wall Covering.
October 31, 2007... by Staff Studio Printworks Staff Walls flower, flutter, and take flight with this bright and playful wallpaper collection. Given Campbell's Villa, Open Butterflies (inspired by the paintings of Sydney Albertini), casual and...