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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Interiordesign site newsFounded by Wiel Arets, dean of the college of architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), to honor the best built work in the Americas, the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) is a new honor created in February.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
Though Santiago Calatrava is certainly no stranger to less-than-favorable feedback that occasionally escalates into downright scorching criticism and even legal action, the Spanish starchitect has remained doggedly resilient and steadfas... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
Rendering via Co.Exist Though the North Korean government didn't formally cut itself off from the outside world until the '70s (when relations deteriorated between an industrializing China, spurred by the death of Mao Zedong in '76), the... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
Wyoming's historic Walton Ranch has received yet another PriceChop, now up for $48.7M, less than half of its original $100M ask. According to one of the agents representing the ranch, the initial price seemed "quite reasonable" for 1,848... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
Photos by Joe Pugliese/Dwell Newly listed for $808K: Mad Men actor Vincent Kartheiser's "cabin loft" (or so a 2013 Dwell feature dubbed it) with propensity for custom tricks—the bed operates on a pulley system!—and rustic-mee... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Architecture, Art, Desings - Daily source for inspiration and fresh ideas on Architecture, Art and DesignIf you want to highlight your home, with beautiful outdoor lighting you will present it in the right light at night. Lighting the garden, paths, stairs, access road, despite the aesthetic effect, will lead to […] The post 14 Clever...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Architecture, Art, Desings - Daily source for inspiration and fresh ideas on Architecture, Art and DesignMetro stations are most used transit system worldwide, when it comes to public transport. While many urban citizens are accustomed to go through dark and dirty subway stations, few have the luck to await transport […] The post Top ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
Photo via Design Boom Driven by a desire to impress clients, get their name "out there," or perhaps just to spend all day working in a cool space, the quest for the hippest ad agency HQ continues apace, as firms... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
Just three years after Petra Ecclestone spent a whopping $85M—and $20M in renovations—on the famous Spelling Manor in ritzy Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, the real estate whaling Formula One heiress is reportedly sick of the 56,5... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Apartment Therapy MainGrandmas of 2100 won't have to move to Florida, because New York will be just as warm. Climate Central, a research and journalism organization based in Princeton, New Jersey, created an interactive tool that tells you just how hot the av...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Shelterness
We’ve just told you how to make a paper lamp, and here’s one more idea for those who like working with paper. Take 80 gr. paper, it’s stable but not too heavy for hanging on a cable. Please note, you need 30 of these elements, otherwise,... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Apartment Therapy MainHitting the local farmers market in your town has plenty of advantages over your local grocery store. By buying direct, you are getting the freshest possible produce at the best prices, plus you can better understand where your food is a...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
At its height, Camp Uncas was the be-all end-all of Adirondack Great Camps, the self-enclosed family compounds where Gilded Age tycoons used to summer with their well-heeled broods. Financier J.P. Morgan purchased it in 1897 from William... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Modern Interior Design & Furniture - Decoist
After the recently concluded football world cup, few people need an introduction to the amazing sights and sounds that the city of Rio de Janeiro holds. Not that we needed the event to really showcase the amazing diversity of Brazil and ... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
Curbed Hamptons just updated its prodigious map of celebrity homes, featuring the shingle-style mansions of a "shocking number" of actors, musicians, designers, and directors. Here Hawaiian-shirt-wearing musician Jimmy Buffett boasts act... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Apartment Therapy MainSeveral years ago, Rita found this unfortunate looking, 40-year-old nightstand in her mother's basement and adopted it. She tells us it wasn’t much to look at to begin with and it’s certainly taken a beating since, so she decided it was ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Apartment Therapy MainFrom The Kitchn → 5 Tips for Better Grilled Pizza READ MORE »
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from DigsDigs
Dragos Motica is an architect and designer from Romania with an interesting new concept lamp designed for Romanian furniture brand Ubikubi. The “/” Lamp is an object that gives the owner a subjective and personal choice as to whether the... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
Photo via Arch Daily Built on the (correct) assumption that everyone wants "air, light, privacy, security, and tranquility" from their home, Phoenix-based firm Wendell Burnette Architects designed this Scottsdale, Ariz., Desert Courtyard... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from HouzzThere’s nothing wrong with a white ceiling. White works beautifully with most colors, and it’s an easy way to deal with vast stretches of open space. But sometimes it’s nice to create something special above your head. Drape your ceiling...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from HouzzWhere some see mundane home maintenance and upkeep, others see an opportunity for design. These Mill Valley, California, homeowners viewed replacing their tired exterior staircase and leaky windows as a great chance to transform their ho...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Apartment Therapy MainPlants grow, but their containers usually don't. Emanuele Pizzolorusso has designed the Fold Pot, a silicone vessel that can start with seedlings, and unfurl to make more room for mature plants. A set of three sells for €65. READ MORE »
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
A listing described as "Chicago's most eccentric home" just hit the market for $2.99M, serving up a couple million dollars worth of zany wallpaper, gilt sconces, and odd pewter sculptures. Though the 7,000-square-foot spread was built as... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Apartment Therapy MainIn all my years of apartment renting, moving-in was a rushed, desperate attempt to get out of whatever storage unit/friend's basement/truck I was stranded in—though I did always manage to scrub down each apartment first. Now that we're r...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Freshome.com - Interior Design & Architecture Magazine
Fact: most Ferrari owners are crazy about their vehicle, but few dare to place it on display inside their home. When the owner of this residence in Sai Kung, Hong Kong, came up with the idea to transform his car into a precious indoor de... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Home Decorating Trends
Solid and stable, gray as a color is detached, neutral and impartial. It’s the color of compromise as it’s neither black nor white but a transitional shade between the two. When using it in interior design, gray creates a qui... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Modern Interior Design & Furniture - Decoist
When Mid-century modern started making waves a few years back, the instant reaction was to dismiss it as an aberration. Obviously those people read the trends wrong and we are into the second half of 2014 and the popularity of this desig... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We'd love to see what you've got. Click here to view the full... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
Rendering via Architizer In a move sure to make every last starchitect involved sigh in dismay from the great beyond, Syracuse School of Architecture student Victoria Lee has mashed up a series of "hybrid monsters" built from fragments o... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from desiretoinspire.netI absolutely adore these photos by Japanese photographer Gorta Yuuki . There is such a serene quality to them with such glorious lighting and low contrast and saturation (why does everyone over-saturate these days?!). So calming and beau...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Apartment Therapy MainIn today's video, Carly Cylinder shares her secret for creating full, robust vases full of evenly spaced flowers. Happy summer arranging! In today's video, Floral Designer Carly Cylinder shares her secret for creating full, robust vases ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
The Calvert Journal explores how the Soviet model city is alive and well on Chinese soil, where some of the fastest growing cities are "mutated children of the Stalinist belle epoque." Presumably, modern China's ability to "undertake vas... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Design*Sponge
I remember the first time I saw the work of Frances Palmer. I still lived at home, in Arkansas, and was flipping through one of my mom’s magazines when I saw a feature on beautiful white ceramics made in faraway Connecticut. I thou... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Apartment Therapy MainOne of the biggest challenges of small space living is... where does all the stuff go? If you feel like you've maxed out all your storage but you still have things that need a home, this post is for you. Here are ten often-overlooked spo...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Apartment Therapy MainAt Rome's Santi Quattro Coronate basilica, 13th century frescoes were discovered under plaster during a restoration project. While not exactly smut, the content depicting secular life is daring for Medieval nuns. Starting in September, t...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
Real estate listings site Zillow just bought its competitor, Trulia, for $3.5B in stock. It may seem like the natural next step for Zillow, which acquired another competitor, Street Easy, for $50M a year ago. Read more. -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
Nina Garcia, Marie Claire fashion editor and Project Runway judge, gives a tour of her "streamlined" NYC apartment, with "accents of modern" and "a very soft palette." It all mirrors her personal style, which is refined and colorlessR... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Design*Sponge
Every year, Kelsey Garrity-Riley and Erik Riley host a huge Easter brunch in their Savannah home for all their friends. Everyone brings a little something over to eat, and they relax and sip summery mixed drinks. After dinner, they walk ... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Amazing Interior Design
Whenever you are having a party you need bunch of cute and adorable details to make the party rocking and to add a super cool and interesting decorating touch to it. Placing notes and quotes on the table is a great way to add a nice deco... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
Photo via Arch Daily In a bit of deeply mathematical jest, Melbourne-based firm Denton Corker Marshall designed this engineering faculty building at the University of Technology in Sydney to be sheathed in perforated aluminum skin that s... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Design*Sponge
Gemma Cagnacci and Andrew Meehan spend most of their time in an apartment in Sydney, but a couple of times a year, they travel to Dunedin, New Zealand to visit Andrew’s family. And when there, they stay in their own little cabin on... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from HouzzLouis-style chairs originated during the reigns of French kings Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI, and they have remained design classics ever since. You’ve surely spotted these gorgeous chairs all over Houzz and in your favorite design ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from HouzzI’m always shocked at the amount of waste I see when visiting a typical project under construction. We all tend to accept that construction is a messy process, but stop to think for a moment about the message that a cluttered and wastefu...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from HouzzPlanning a small bedroom can be fun (honestly). With the right design tips and techniques, you can turn your snug room into a dreamy retreat. From clever storage solutions to multitasking furniture, these great ideas will breathe new lif...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Curbed
Hotelier André Balazs' plan to turn the Eero Saarinen-designed TWA Terminal at New York's JFK Airport into a trendy hotel may have fallen through, but the Port Authority still wants the space converted to lodgings, and plans to reissue a... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from desiretoinspire.netSorry, there will not be a pets on furniture post today - I am a bit short on entries. :( Instead I bring you this home designed by Australian architects Luchetti Krelle . I have pretty amazing leaded and stained glass windows in my new ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Amazing Interior Design
If you are lucky enough to have a spacious and lush garden then you for sure know how important it is to create a well decorated and strong appearance of it, in order to achieve a nice and pleasant ambiance of the place. The walking path... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from InteriorZine.com
BTseries is an exploration of fabric’s behavior in lighting. “pina” is a table – floor lamp that has three variations. The shade uses the fabric – 95% cotton and 5% – spandex. The fabric is hardened to structure itself... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Freshome.com - Interior Design & Architecture Magazine
Purchasing a “Dream Home” is one of those life accomplishments that tops nearly everyone’s bucket list. Whether you prefer a modernized urban loft or a sprawling suburban home with a white picket fence, most of us hope to find a home tha... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Core77Although the perennial buzz around 3D printing has yet to materialize into a proper industrial revolution, the increasingly powerful technology has gained some traction in the medical world, where customizability and on-site availability...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Designboom - Webloga typical flip flop, wedge bootie, sandal pump, and peep-toe high-heel comprise the collection of vibrantly colored shoes, adorned in complex floral patterns and metallic details. The post olek crochets flip-flops and sandals for summer ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from swissmiss
I am in love with this red and white school desk over at Land of Nod. So much, I want to fill Studiomates with it! -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Co.DesignIn 2015, you could come and go from a Hilton hotel without ever talking to a human. Is this progress? Embassy Suites. DoubleTree. Hampton Inn. They're all brands underneath the Hilton hotel umbrella. And soon, their rooms will unlock via...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Core77Today saw the unveiling of the collaborative bicycle designs that are going head to head in the third edition of the Oregon Manifest , in which five teams in as many cities set out to create and craft the best urban utility bike. As of t...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from The Design Files
Ozone, the new range from Melbourne based accessories label Witu. Above, Witu’s ‘Habitat’ backpack in new lilac and olive colour way. Photo – Ben Clement. Styling / production - Nat Turnbull and Elise Wilken. Witu... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Colossal
Animator and director Mikey Please of Parabella Animation Studio just released his latest stop-motion animation project, Marilyn Miller. The film screened at numerous festivals like Sundance and SXSW over the last year, picking up plenty... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Co.DesignThe tycoon wanted in connection to April's South Korean ferry disaster spent millions to exhibit his photographs in lofty places. The New York Times has a tremendous story about Yoo Byung-eun, the South Korean billionaire who disappeared...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Designboom - Weblogthe 3D printed necklace is a tongue-in cheeck addition to their jewelry series 'the world is your oyster.' The post TO+WN design bejewels miley cyrus on a wrecking ball appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine .
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Designer Blog
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Co.DesignThe director picks Beijing-based MAD Architects to design the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. George Lucas has chosen Beijing-based MAD Architects to lead the design of his new museum, planned to open on 17 acres of what is currently park...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Core77Vacheron Constantin timepieces have been worn by the likes of Harry Truman, the Duke of Windsor and even Napoleon Bonaparte. So when the luxury watch manufacturer needed a special case built to house a one-of-a-kind watch (a "tourbillon ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Frameweb Design NewsThe first edition of the Frame Public Award aims to bring international recognition to Dutch Design Award finalists and winners.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Core77Perennially the most popular—and competitive—category of the Core77 Design Awards, Consumer Products encompasses everything from health and wellness to comfort and convenience. If you didn't catch the announcement of the Cons...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Colossal
Artist Isaac Cordal (previously) is well-known for his creation and placement of miniature cement figures in public places around the world as part of an ongoing series called Cement Eclipses. While the meaning behind each tiny sculpture... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Dezeen » Design
Dezeen Watch Store: industrial designer Michael Young has launched an updated version of his iconic PXR-5 digital watch exclusively at Dezeen Watch Store. In this movie he explains how, 10 years on, he was still receiving regular request... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Car Design News - NewsPic of the Day #454
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Designboom - Weblogtaking the form of a traditional dutch 'schapenboet' shed, the exterior surfaces have been sprayed with a rubber coating and wrapped in colored fishing nets. The post benthem crouwel wraps holiday house in fishing nets on texel island ap...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Co.DesignSoapbox's furniture doesn't require tools or confusing instructions to assemble. For the less-than-handy among us, assembling furniture--even the kind that supposedly only requires a screwdriver--can be a major headache. Asbury Park, New...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Design Observer: Main PostsGuide de la France mystérieuse, illustrated by Roman Cieslewicz, is a surreal beast of a travel book.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Co.DesignMight as well just get drunk. You've heard it before, probably from your mom: Make sure you get enough sleep. Read Full Story
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Co.DesignCreating a striking piece of 3-D art doesn't need to take all day, as the must-follow Tumblr Render Sketch Game shows. Open the 3-D software of your choice. Start with a cube, pane, light source, and camera. Set the timer for 10 minutes....
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Co.DesignYou love your "tong kuan"--because you don't have a Prada backpack Copycat products manufactured in China have long been a headache for luxury brands. But now policing purse designs is getting harder than ever, thanks to a trend toward "...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Design Week - Design Week RSSThe publisher is celebrating the release of its new scratch and sniff book with a totally tropical exhibition in east London.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Colossal
Enjoy half off the online Craftsy class The Art of the Picture Book when you sign up now. Draw an illustrated story book that will delight children and publishers everywhere. Find out how to develop expressive characters, specific moods,... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Dornob
The best type of home is one that both fits in with its surroundings and reflects the personalities and tastes of the occupants. This complete overhaul of a Spanish farmhouse’s interior is a perfect example of this delicate balance... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Core77On Friday, July 25, the Scottish Ecological Design Association launched the latest issue of their magazine, which is published two to three times a year, at Greek Thomson's Caledonia Road Church in Glasgow. Local leaders in sustainable d...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from The Dieline
It's Monday and time to wrap up the week's top 10 packaging projects of July 21st - 25th. Related Posts: Student: Little Twig Farm Top 10: This Week's Top Packaging Projects -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Colossal
For many of us, the idea of flying a kite involves stopping by a convenience store to purchase an inexpensive plastic kite emblazoned with a movie character, and heading over to the local park to launch it into the sky where it’s p... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Dezeen » Design
Royal College of Art graduate Offer Canfi has envisioned a future for cycling in which inductive bicycle lanes could be used to wirelessly charge electric bikes and other devices on the go. Offer Canfi's Flux project imagines a near-futu... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Designboom - Weblogunder the belief that creating positive work territories fosters and facilitates creative thinking, companies such as Oakley, the mclaren group, mozilla and heavybit industries occupy complexes and campuses. The post the architecture of ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Car Design News - FeaturesThe twelfth and final extract from the Car Design Review yearbook
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Smashing Magazine
Look at your calendar. If you’re anything like me, all you see are meetings, places to go, things to do, people to meet and not a lot of white space. Few people love their calendar. So, we set out to change that, and we lea... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from HOW Design
The Heads of State, a Philly-based design firm, isn't just invigorating its locale design scene. This small firm is creating buzz across the U.S. The post Behind the Design: The Heads of State appeared first on HOW Design . -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Design Week - Design Week RSSA group of international illustrators has created visions of future ‘beetopias’ for an exhibition to promote organisation the Honey Club.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from The Dieline
Hong Kong Studio - BLOW has created Project Charisma, a promotional packaging teaser that showcases Polytrade Paper. The box set is to promote their range of eight papers. BLOW wanting to showcase something different developed eight sets... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Design daily news
Parts of me want to find these illustrations extremely cute, while another part of my brain finds these bones popping out a bit disguting. Anyway, these drawings are a great take on some famous cartoon characters. It was created by Mahmo... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Car Body Design » NewsBMW has released an official video showing a short overview of the development process of the i3 and i8 models, from the first idea to the final production vehicles.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from DeMilkedDeMilked | DeMilked
These Palestinian artists draw symbolic, inspiring and thought-provoking images that they see in smoke rising from rocket strike sites. Their work forms an online protest against the conflict. Related posts: Palestinian Woman Plants Flow... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Co.DesignTo promote Modern Family , New Zealand's Prime TV has a new app that will tell you if you are the golden child. Parents like to claim they love their children equally, but anybody with a sibling knows this is rarely true. Read Full Story
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Co.DesignA video tells the story of the revolutionary software, launched in 1987, and how it changed graphic design forever. In the pre-Adobe Illustrator age, graphic design was a tedious, meticulous analog process: it could take a day to set one...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Core77Those are the cities, but not the bikes; the big reveal is below... Now in its third edition, the Oregon Manifest Bike Design Project set out a challenge for five teams in five cycling-heavy cities: pairing design firms and bike builders...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from The Dieline
Parallel, a creative agency out of Mexico, designed the identify for Rengöra, a line of all natural products with a special focus on modern lifestyles and healthy living. The main concept behind the product is a detox program comprised o...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Design Week - Design Week RSSThe heart-shaped identity will be used for both next year’s European Football Championships in France and the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from swissmissMichael Bierut Graphic Designer – The Creative Influence Ep.13 from THE CREATIVE INFLUENCE on Vimeo. Michael Bierut talks about his mentor Massimo Vignelli, how the internet has changed the way we do design work in the 20th century...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from swissmissA big thank you to Readymag for sponsoring this week’s RSS Feed. Great tools always inspire to create better content and express oneself. Readymag is a simple and elegant publishing platform that helps you to create microsites, digital m...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Co.DesignCentral stairs, slow elevators, smaller waistline. It's tough to find time in a busy schedule for a full workout, but there's a pretty easy opportunity for exercise that many of us pass up every day. That would be the decision to take st...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Design Week - Design Week RSSA new exhibition showcases Silk Pearce’s work for Suffolk cultural organisation Aldeburgh Music.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Colossal
Though we may be rapidly heading toward peak GoPro, and the number of unique scenarios where the tiny video camera is used to film something is dwindling, gems like these still persist. For his Video Sketchbook class at the University of...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Beautiful LifeBen Young is a self-taught sculpture artist with over 10 years experience, based in Sydney, Australia. Being passionate about sculpting with glass for so long, Ben’s work is completely by hand, sheet after sheet of cautiously cut p...
