SEE THIS HOUSE: A BEACH BUNGALOW WITH A "MODERN VINTAGE" STYLE!

All photos in this post courtesy of Woodson & Rummerfield In a Santa Monica bungalow, ... design site which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:01:10

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Fix-It-On-The-Wall Furniture - John Nouanesing Wows Us With Wall Artwork That Turns Into Furniture??? Really???

So I went house hunting this past week and what shocked me more than the prices were how small everything was ... furniture artwork acts as a modern piece of abstract artwork (3 Dimensional of course) which doubles ... , Design Concepts, Household Tech, Miscellaneous on 2008/09/15 © TFTS - Technology, Gadgets & [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 21:27:32

California Cool: A Shady Porch Redesign

house Faced with upfront limitations imposed by the existing house, neighborhood and ever-shifting ground beneath California, the Los Angeles design team at Oyler Wu — Dwayne Oyler, Jenny Wu, Chris Eskew, Brad Goldpaint — ... Earthy, Angular Modern Home in Portugal Japanese Minimalism in the Caribbean: Dellis Cay Villas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:00:09

Art of Rug

ORIENTAL and PERSIAN Rugs have long been appreciated for their beauty ... or modern. People always try to make their home or other rooms in their house or office looks attractive ... . That beauty is achieved through the choice of colors and designs, as well as by the manipulation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:52:14

Casa Nuaanarpoq

Casa Nuaanarpoq Alternative Powered house in Taos New Mexico by Peter Walker ... creativity, simplicity and reliable technology into our modern living spaces. During a video shoot ... harmoniously with their environment. Edge Architects designs celebrate creativity and enhance the quality [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:19:37

Decor - A Smorgasbord of Textiles to Customize Your Swedish Bed

just scandinavian josef frank himalaya design When a client said she wanted to do Swedish fabrics in the bedrooms of her remodeled vacation house ... -friendly fabrics,  including Traditions, a folk art brocade, and the ultra-modern Louisa's Squares ... source for fabrics (as well as other modern decor) gives discounts to trade members who register [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 11:00:00

Texas Book Festival Is This Weekend!

TBF Poster - Painting by David Bates, Design by Sibley/Peteet Texas Book Festival Saturday & Sunday, November 1-2 Texas State Capitol ( ... . The festival itself is broken up into smaller venues, mostly centered on The Capitol grounds (House Chamber ... crazy interesting: The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradoxes of Modern Iran (2-2:45pm on Sunday [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 00:29:39

Reading Today

Zines_070903111928553_wideweb__300x359.jpg The big event of the day is the Hugo House's Zine Library grand re-opening celebration ... are an important part of modern literary history, and it's really interesting to watch them change ... -screening and fancy design. Go and take a look, really. It's free. At Elliott Bay Book Company [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 18:00:00

New House in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England

David, a prolific photographer of neighbourhoods around London, has snapped this new home in the town of Borehamwood ... with a neighbourhood full of older traditional homes.  If you like contemporary designs, but you don’t want to piss off your neighbours with something extremely modern, this is a reasonable compromise [more...]

Date: 2008-06-13 15:24:28

happy hale • days 08 - mele edition

hello again! i had hoped to post while i was away but the best place to write had zero wifi access while the house of wifi was also home to an ... holiday wishes. 6 - add a delightfully modern take on xmas & new year's greetings compliments of kat ... to alliway at ward warehouse to scoop up your favorite designs) 7 - vintage fabric embellishes [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 19:18:49

Carolyn’s Design Dilemma

When Carolyn called on us for help with her living room, we got right down to business. Here’s her letter: We have everything in the house close to the way we want it but the living ... that are sleek and modern in small doses. We have a platform bed and he loves it so you never [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 21:27:36

MODERN WONDERS of an Ancient Art Part II (Jul, 1936)

You can read part I here. view additional pages MODERN WONDERS of an Ancient Art Part II By H. W. MAGEE Part II IMAGINE a metal house coated with glass, a home with all the delicate coloring ... shingles. Produced in a variety of designs and colors, this permanent and fireproof roof covering indicated [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 04:22:08

Modern Lovers - Spring 2009

Modern Lovers debut their first collection, Mysteries of Modern Lovers, for Spring 2009. The new range offers plenty of tees for both men and women in hand screen printed designs from original illustrations along with a variety of totes. I hint of Worship Worthy and House of Holland [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 20:30:41

Singapore Fashion Designers – Baylene Li

Singapore Fashion Designers – Baylene Li 20 November 2008 Category : Fashion & Shopping Singapore has a special place in my heart ... in such a modern, sophisticated and global society (with such tropical weather!) has shaped ... at her lovely fashion gallery at Stamford House. The building, with high Victorian ceilings and gorgeous [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 04:06:43

Fashion - Two Tees for All Seasons

I know we talk endlessly about tees at EcoSalon, but there's always a new design popping up that catches my eye ... is this Bauhaus Printed T-Shirt by Mociun (shown at top), a Brooklyn based fashion house led by Caitlin Mociun, "a trendsetter to be watched". It has a sexy scoop neck and a modern black, red [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 09:00:00

University of Southern California Extension by Christopher Megowan Design

This is the first project realized by 25 year old recent graduated Christopher L. Megowan. It is a modern 1200 square foot addition onto the rear of a hundred year old Victorian home ... becomes denser given the increase in demand for housing, many older homes are being demolished to make [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:30:11

Useful Guidelines For Modernizing Your Formal Dining Rooms Decor

If you’re thinking of giving your home or room a face lift, then interesting house decor is the answer ... are some thoughts on how to adorn your home with horse decoration. If you think that larger items ... designs on your wall. In addition you might display a big welcome plaque or welcome mat featuring [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:23:01

Decor - Feline Furniture You Can Sink Your Claws Into

I'm not a cat, but I'm pretty sure those carpeted towers and tree condos with plush houses and scratching posts are akin to million-dollar listings ... , will be content with any prop I stick near a sunny window. So why should the mod urban dweller settle ... by the window for hours supervising PG&E workmen down below. A similar design forged of [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 09:00:00

Bailout Plan Drives Up Mortgage Rates

As we have noted often, in tightly coupled systems like our modern financial regime, efforts to contain risk typically make matters worse ... this week in an unexpected reaction to the latest Treasury financial rescue plan, which has prompted investors to buy bank debt and sell bonds backed by home loans. Interest rates on 30-year fixed-rate [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 06:45:21

Dreams of AI Design

Followup to: Anthropomorphic Optimism, Three Fallacies of Teleology After spending a decade or two living inside a mind, ... design for you! We just need to cool down the computer a lot, so it will be more calm and contemplative, and won't rush headlong into doing stupid things like modern computers. That's an example of fake [more...]

Date: 2008-08-26 23:41:17

Seismic Activities Made Easy

By Sebastian Guthery Earthquakes can occur more than a thousand times a day ranging from undetected slight movements to violent destructive ones ... structure can be enhanced primarily by investing in proper initial design. This design is best ... % more resistance to earthquake damage compared to a house that has not been retrofitted. Earthquake [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:03:34

The Crown Prince of Collectivism

Guest Commentary by Edward Cline:As one pundit observed, there is no such government position as “The Office of the President-Elect.” Yet, it is a measure of Barack Obama’s hubris (and vanity) that for a time he held press conferences whose locus was a lectern bearing the splayed federal eagle encircled by the fictive and powerless title, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 16:27:00

Soap opera

The other day one of the home-oriented publishing companies released some impressive literature on baths and kitchens for the consideration of ... design, or are just looking for ideas, you can learn something worthwhile. It is the lifestyles ... as they have always done. The modern designer bath, however, has enough personalities for six dwellings [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 16:36:04

The Motor City’s Burnin’

Today, the executives of the Big Three return to Washington to pitch their case for federal assistance.  Presumably they will not be blundering into town on corporate jets.  Whether they will walk away with anything more than a political whipping remains to be seen, though given the current atmosphere they had better expect to be tied to the post [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 20:34:48

October 30th=Vampire Day

A Constant Heart by Siri Mitchell, two kids books over at The Friendly Book Nook and I'm almost finished with The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker. In fact, my plan for today is to find a nice spot outdoors and read away the afternoon. While I do manage to get a lot of reading done during the week, it is often interrupted [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 19:22:09

From the Design Desk: SF Graphic Design

d5.jpg Last Thursday night the San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design held a preview reception of their new exhibit highlighting “leading-edge ... . Their long list of book designs includes our Naughty Crosswords from Nerve.com. Can’t accuse these guys of taking themselves too seriously. Our very own in-house design director, Sara Schneider [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:53:56

Lloyd Alter: Let's Get Small

Slow food has evolved into slow cities, slow design and more; it is a useful meme for the idea that you take it slow, ... there is a small modern movement happening as well, with the Micro Compact Home, sustain minihome photo ... called the modern economy unsustainable, as natural resources were treated as expendable income [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 22:14:50

Spy Shots Confirm Jaguar Is an Endangered Species

We've been nervous ever since Jaguar announced it is redesigning the venerable XJ ... alone. Gradual, often subtle, updates to a design that until recently remained true to Sir William Lyons' original drawings kept the XJ a wood-and-leather manor house on four wheels. Now Jaguar [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 12:45:50

Weekend Open House Report

The weekend open house slog is nigh, and we're here to help, as always. Agents, have a listing of your very own? Hustle! ... floor plan, working gas FP, large, modern updated kit w/ granite counters, solid cherry cabinets ... : $799,000 Pitch: "Quintessentially Bernal. Comfortable three bedroom home with formal dining room, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 20:10:06

things we bought on ebay, a prologue

As I’ve documented many times before, Amy and I are coming to the end of our years-long renovation ... in Dallas with homes built primarily in this period and although they went through a couple decades ... to be. We have removed some of the Victorian ornament still present in Craftsman design and replaced [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 17:55:59

Architecture Watch: Chinatown for All!

Join us for Architecture Watch, wherein Curbed SF steps out into the blue yonder, collecting the best, worst, and wonkiest of projects. Nominate! ... , it includes everything necessary to house, entertain, and memorialize (via a "digital cemetery") a city ... construction and nostalgia, the Superstar is a fully integrated, coherent, and above all modern up [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 17:50:10

Upcoming Phoenix Architecture Events

I received notice of these three upcoming architecture events in Phoenix via email. Reprinted below with permission ( ... an exhibit at the College of Architecture and Design which showcased Beadle’s work. Constructions: Buildings ... ://www.sunnyslopehistoricalsociety.org Highlights include five historic and contemporary homes with diverse architecture [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 03:33:28

Jackson Williams: Bush Out The Door: "Adios, Mofo."

George W. Bush has been gazing toward his future reputation for a while, and loves the view ... . The modern Boy King basically commenced his reign.....by having them beheaded. In over two centuries ... of this democracy didn't design the cabinet slots as mere courtiers to a crowned head, you know. Unlike [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:00:40

Wednesday Indie Artist Fixx with Pinkkiss Pottery

I first met Shawna Pincus of Pinkkiss Pottery several years ago at an indie craft show we both participated in down in Richmond, VA ... Pottery. I make hand built and thrown ceramic wares with a modern/vintage feel. I started making ... t have a kiln, so I would just smush up my pot and throw something else. When we moved to a row house [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 16:11:25

the omnivore’s hundred: would you eat it?

here to see another colorful door. 2. When it comes to food, what’s gross for one could be a treat to another. As Tiffany responded to Mary’s dislike of Kobe beef: “Kobe beef may be immobilized but they’re also fed beer and massaged daily so sign me up! Plus it’s delicious! But I’ll eat yours! [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 14:00:00

Calvin Klein Battles Preservation Board and Neighbor Over Design of His Future Southampton Home

One of the reasons you probably chosen to not own an oceanfront house in the Hamptons is because it sounds like a major ... it all the more, as he's in the middle of an ongoing back and forth with the Southampton Village's Board of Historic ... neighbor Mr. William J. Williams Jr. wrote that the proposed new buildings do not fit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:01:38

Boutique Beat | Four Top New Stores

A roundup by The Moment’s retail enthusiast, Christene Barberich. Smith + Butler (men's wear, women's wear, gifts) | Brooklyn, N.Y ... your typical clothing store. Marylynn Piotrowski and her partner, the in-house motorcycle expert Jay ... , much like Brooklyn," Piotrowski says. "And hopefully it reflects the feel of a modern kind of Mom [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 18:33:06

Amy Lau: Dexter Dining Room Chairs

by Ariston Anderson You'll be sure to make a splash of a dinner party when guests sit down on one of Amy Lau's ... ). But what makes these chairs truly unusual are the hand-embroidered blood designs by Leah Picker (see detail ... for the recent Met Home Showtime House event, which transformed a Gramercy Park townhouse into [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 19:35:34

Dissertation

This is a picture of me from a college trip to Prague in 1996. Published here in full without comment or edit. ... the last decade Graphic Design has changed forever, promting Lewis Blackwell to report, (1) ‘the emergence ... design has changed forever. Only a fool will argue it will never change again. This essay [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 07:33:04

A Couple of Producers List Design-y House in L.A.

SELLERS: Gabrielle Stanton and Harry WerksmanLOCATION: Hillside Ave, Los Angeles, CAPRICE: $1,880,000SIZE: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathroomsDESCRIPTION: .. ... down the gossip grapevine about famous folks fixin' to move house, today is a bit slow ... The Invisible Man was wrapping up, property records show they forked over $700,000 to purchase their house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:03:00

Q&A with Susie Mendive of SUM Wallpaper

I never thought I would say this, but thanks to designers like Susie Mendive of SUM I am actually ecstatic wallpaper has made such a solid comeback ... to designing modern wallpaper. Tell us more! How did SUM come together? It happened very organically. I very much wanted to design and produce my own product and call all the shots. It just made sense [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 13:00:02

PriceUpper: Flipper on Spaulding Avenue

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Ah, there's nothing more satisfying than scrutinizing a good flip ... surface of the house is covered with stone – it's very strange design.." It's a 2,268-square foot ... house just hit the market this week. It is a flip house and is priced at what can only be called a silly [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 22:58:26

Monowheels: The Weirdest Transport Known to Man

"QUANTUM SHOT" #467 link Our "Future Tech" contributing writer Paul Schilperoord, whose recent book on "exciting innovations in transportation" you can order here, showcases today the various mono-wheel ideas, covering their development till the 1930s - modern ones will be featured in Part 2. Most of the images (plus a good deal of great info) [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 23:20:16

Welcome To The George W. Bush Presidential Center

President George W. Bush may be out of office but the benefits of his leadership will last forever, at least that is what the George W ... a modern version of a presidential library. The tradition of such facilities can be dated back to 1885 ... , near Dallas in the heart of Texas.Among other things, it will house the official archive of President [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 06:21:15

In Depth: A green home renovator's guide (By Brita Belli, Brian Clarke and Tracy Tullis)

Whether your home just needs a touch-up or you’re feeling more ambitious, it’s a very good time to go green. Eco-homebuilding is expected to double its market share by 2013 to between 12 and 20 percent, according to the National Association of Homebuilders. Energy savings and improved quality of life are top drivers of this growth [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 15:00:52

WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church - Chapter Eighty Seven – Wed done

It happened in Church - October 19, 1962Chapter Eighty Seven – Wed done Saturday Nov 25 (begins) Colonel Goldie Navy and the Irish Sergeant knocked on the door of the Colonel’s home. The wife opened. “Welcome Mrs. Colonel Ears. Sure, you look fine the early morning.” She was not amused, but this fellow would never be at her door if wasn’t huge [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 06:29:02

November 20, 2008

rites of passages for boys where they became men over their fresh kill. These days, that rarely happens in a suburban cul-de-sac, but you do have the opportunity to grant your son responsibility in front of a family gathering. When you decide the time is right for your son to carve the turkey – and that may come because of age, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 05:37:45

12 Most Popular Lifehack Technology Articles of 2008

At the end of each year, we like to round up some of the most popular articles from each section of the site over the last twelve months ... drive is one of the few mechanical devices used in modern computing, and as such, it’s destined to die eventually.” - Link 4. Hard Drive Zen with the Humble Folder “The hard drive; you bring one home [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 13:30:42

Another One Bites The Dust

Meredith Corporation announced today that Country Home magazine’s last issue will be this March.  Stunning.  Country Home, with its modern take on the country and cottage lifestyle was a very popular ... of the latest to shut their doors.   Vogue Living is gone now, too.   House and Garden, finished.   Who’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 04:47:00

Book Notes - Zach Plague ("boring boring boring boring boring boring")

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books ... is one of the better modern satires I've read in a while, if only because it doesn't pound the reader over ... , and bad ideas. In the book, I give each character his or her own typeface and page design. In keeping [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 16:03:55

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