The Wind collection floor lamp by Jordi Vilardell for Vibia has just won Wallpaper* magazine’s 2012 Design Award for Best Outdoor Light. Wind is available in a parasol-shape with swivel screen or a hanging lamp. Made of woven fiberglass, it includes acrylic diffusers to create a comfortable, ambient light.
No one does mosaic tile better than the Italian company Bisazza Mosaico. The company was established in 1956 in northern Italy and they have pioneered the field by combining old Venetian glass design techniques and modern technologies.
California-based Jeff Benroth Glass and DeWitt Design Studio c0-designed these limited edition Glass Logs. The transparent glass logs are cast from a real piece of wood and each comes signed and numbered. Each log is approximately 15″ long x 4″ wide and is part of a limited edition of 50 pieces.
This renovation of Fink House is designed by Ian Moore Architects and located in Sydney, Australia. The home’s previous condition was poor, and the architects had to concoct several techniques to conceal the building’s various unsightly elements. The front door is the only visible original element visible on the interior.
Watching Mad Men has given me tons of inspiration for my home. I can’t help but constantly find myself nudging my husband and saying “I want one of those chairs!” or “Look at that lamp!” I hope I’m not alone…
Photo via Dr. Television
I fell in love with a sculpture that I believe was in Roger Sterling’s original office from Season 1 (not the crazy Saarinen op art space-age one he’s in now!). Above the fireplace in our living room, there was a bare space that begged for something like this. Jordan and I made a commitment for our new house that we’d make more investments in art instead of buying tons of posters and prints and putting them in frames that cost more than the prints themselves. So, I did some Googling to find something similar and stumbled on Marc Creates Inc. I immediately emailed them to see whether they had some pieces available.
The award-winning duo of Doherty Lynch designs residential, corporate, and retail interiors with a modern edge while still remaining comfortable. The Sydney Residence was designed with a young family in mind, where the inspiration came from yellow penny round tile. Pops of yellow show up throughout the house giving it a playful and cheery vibe. On the walls, bright white and yellow paint, and fun wallpaper were inspired by the homeowners’ vast art collection. There is a simplicity and thoughtfulness in the details that brings about a cohesive theme to the Australian home.
Flavor Paper makes hand-screened and digital wall coverings that can best be described as, well, flavorful. The range encompasses old-fashioned-turned-funky florals, hyper-realistic psychedelic scenes, and plain decorative fabulousness. You can even work with them to develop custom designs. In other words, Flavor Paper knows no bounds. The team let us grab a glimpse of their creative process inside their Brooklyn studio for this week’s Deconstruction.
We’re constantly running across photos of truly jaw dropping staircases. So much of the time, stairs look as if they were ignored until the last minute of the design process, but not in these cases. Check out some of our favorite staircasess that we’ve come across:
Let’s start out with a staircase we’ve talked about before: Ribbon Stairs. Designed by HŠH Architects to mimic a delicate rippling ribbon, these stairs are beautiful but maybe a little scary to run up and down when you’re in a hurry.
On my first academic trip to Los Angeles over ten years ago I visited the Eames House in Pacific Palisades. Frozen in time, preserved in the way Ray Eames left it upon her death in 1988, I peered through its steel framed windows to find it standing still in design and time except for one thing: the plants.
