Archive for February, 2011


Palm Springs Life
PSST! – WestFest
Palm Springs Life
With a variety of fashion and furniture design come legendary personalities, including Nashville's Manuel, the “Rhinestone Rembrandt,” who has outfitted celebrities from Brando to Travolta and Sinatra to Dylan, and a few presidents (Reagan and both

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How to Design Rooms for Those With Memory Loss
Huffington Post (blog)
Color contrasts between furniture, fixtures, walls and floors help seniors differentiate between different surfaces in order to safely navigate their home. For instance, contrast bed linens and drapes with walls and flooring.


Co.Design
Wanted: Speakers That Won't Ugly Up the Eames Furniture
Co.Design
If you're a contemporary design junkie, chances are you either don't own a decent set of speakers or you hide them from plain view, because they're just too damned ugly; your Noguchi table would be insulted otherwise! Now, finally, someone has designed

Gorman's Home Furnishing's Grand Rapids Store Officially Opens
PRLog.Org (press release)
“After months of planning, we are thrilled to officially open our fifth design center,” said President Tom Lias. “Our design team brings our deep commitment to quality and our 100 best brands.” Gorman's offers fine furniture and accessories for every

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Telegraph.co.uk
London Underground | The Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
New York Times (blog)
In “Home,” Nendo's Thin Black Lines furniture is exhibited next to a model of MVRDV's Balancing Barn. Design, as it is displayed here, encompasses a lot. The one product shown that has had the greatest impact over the past year is undoubtedly the iPad
Design awards see Boris Bikes take on light bulbsMetro
Brit Insurance Design Awards 2011: Category WinnersCreative Review (blog)
2011 Brit Insurance Design Awards category winners announcedDigital Arts Online
Dexigner
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Dexigner
London 2012 Olympic torch designers announced
BBC News
Barber and Osgerby, who began working together after meeting as students at the Royal College of Art, were awarded the Jerwood Applied Arts Prize in 2004 for their furniture and industrial design. Their work is held in many permanent museum collections
East London firm chosen to design 2012 Olympic and Paralympic torchInsidethegames.biz (blog)
East London design duo appointed to create Olympic torchThis is London

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MCCONNELLSVILLE, N.Y. — High-end manufacturer Harden Furniture will be among the companies…


This is London
Furniture that looks like luggage is the new wonder design
This is London
No wonder designers and retailers are tempting us with escapist furniture that conjures up dreams of elsewhere. Forget the steamer-trunk-as-storage cliché. The inspiration underlying this trend may derive from vintage luggage but the design cues are

TAMPA, Fla. — Five home furnishings suppliers are among the seven members of the recently…

OMAHA, NEB. — In his closely watched annual letter to shareholders, Berkshire Hathaway…


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