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RADIO: DESIGN FOR THE REAL WORLD
November 7th, 2008
Public Radio feels you. They know you are design-obsessed. So design-obsessed, in fact, that you’ll listen to a radio show about design–even without the glossy pictures. The show is called Design for the Real World. A show last February featured the vinyl record. Take a listen.
BOHEMIAN MODERN
November 7th, 2008
Barbara Bestor is the author of Bohemian Modern, which takes up the burgeoning design traditions and future of the Silver Lake neighborhood of L.A. Apartment Therapy recently ran a few pictures of Barbara’s home:
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November 7th, 2008
Chicago’s own UPPERCASE was celebrating type and font last week. Check out some of her findings: STAIR PORN!
November 7th, 2008
If you ever felt perversely engaged with architectural detail and a stair’s tread, you are not alone. In fact, you are in good company with the creator and readers of STAIR PORN, a blog that makes us smile each time we read it. After the novelty of the title wears off, we get very serious about our STAIR PORN! Here is a little peek: Domestic Furniture | Domestic Architectur via the incredible how’s on Flickr LIT:NEW YORK INTERIORS
November 7th, 2008
An oldie but goodie from Taschen, New York Interiors can still inspire some drooling. And check out that beautiful sweater-blanket! MATTER: DRAWERS
November 7th, 2008
Well, the world has changed since we last reported on this blog. I hope you’ve recovered from election night. You may be too enmeshed in reading every newspaper available to catch up with your favorite blogs, but when you get here–and I have faith you will!–we want you to have the best pad and pen possible to document your thoughts, feelings, and observations about this historic American event. Or maybe you need to go out into the wilderness for a little quiet. Get your Thoreau on. Would you like to take this with you?
DESIGN: BICYCLE PARKING
October 11th, 2008
Here are the finalists for this year’s New York City’s CityRacks design competition. The call was for bicycle parking. Which do you like best? INSPIRATION: ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
October 11th, 2008
Some of us daydream daily about going back to school, while others have nightmares about the same notion. One burgeoning field that designers often overlook is environmental psychology. City University of New York has an extremely innovative program. Look at some of the subjects current PhD students are tackling: My interests are in Housing, Homelessness, and Poverty. My current research is: A Perspective of People with HIV/AIDS in Single Room Occupancies on Housing and Access to Services. I’m particularly interested in the environments effect on how people view themselves. I am researching intentional communities, more specifically ecovillages, looking at the intersection of community and environmental concern. Home modifications for children with mobility impairments, and issues of accessibility. Also, gardens and symbolism, work environment and public space. …loft living and conversion, urban dis-industrialization, waterfront development, historic preservation, GIS (geographic information systems), and ethnographic documentary… LIT: MAGAZINES!
October 11th, 2008
Apartamento is a great magazine that is not always so easy to find: We are looking forward to the next issue. In the meantime, to tide you over: a new Oprah mag, O at Home, focusing on interiors. How will it stand up to, say, Domino? Here are some photographs from the last issue: SENSE: of well-being
October 10th, 2008
The weather is autumnal, and according to Chinese medicine, the organs associated with fall are the lungs and colon. After you put all those papers in the organizer [below], take a minute to step away from your desk and strengthen your lung Qi. Go ahead! Your coworkers will love it. A)Begin in horse stance (feet shoulder width apart), turn the palms up in front of your body and raise the hands along the torso. Inhale as the hands come up.B) When the hands reach the heart complete the inhalation. C) Turn the palms out to the sides and push outward, begin the exhalation with the sound “sssssss”.
D)Continue pushing the palms out to the sides and aspirating until the arms are fully extended The focus of the push should be on the thumb and forefinger of each hand.
E) Turn the palms to the ground and slowly lower to the sides while continuing the aspiration.
F) Return to the starting posture and repeat 6 to 9 times. [from this web-site] If this is a little too far out for you, go ahead and do some stretching in your desk chair. You can do this any season, every day!
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