Day One

January 20th, 2009. It was the day that many have been waiting for ... for it. One change that was seen at 12 noon was on the White House website, a new design, a new ... of blogs and other social media to make communication with voters a full duplex process. One thing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 03:06:21

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Tarantino X Frank Lloyd Wright Mashup, Of Sorts

tarantino_eva_foam_chairs.jpg It's a small New Jerseymodern design world after all ... house in New Jersey after it had been flooded for the third time in its history? think: modular ... by a complete idiot without two nickels' worth of awareness of quality mid-century modern [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 19:49:25

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: JASON WU - DESIGNER

Jasonwu Well the new First Lady has turned another immigrant fashion designer in to an instant sensation. Tonight its 26 year old Jason Wu. Mrs. Obama is wearing a Jason Wu gown to ten Inaugural Balls this evening. The Taiwanese-born designer graduated from New York's Parson School of Design and opened up his own fashion house three years [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 03:03:40

Cal-a-Vie: French Romance in Southern California

Remember this house designed by Cote de Texas Top Designer #7 Gerrie Bremermann?   The house is owned by Terri and John Havens, of New Orleans ... on a massive restoration and remodeling, turning the picturesque property into a French dream.  California ... trek to France each year to collect furniture, construction materials and even buildings to bring [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 07:30:00

Plum Cute

posted by Gidge Uriza Many of you might be aware that Teagan Blackthorne and Laynie Link recently re-invented their design house and launched the TEA LANE shop with new designs. I have been remiss in checking it out (It’s totally on my list) but Laynie was good enough to drop me some goodies to check out the new offerings. Cowl neck [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 23:34:15

Shortcut no more

#fullpost{display:inline;}For those who been to my house, would probably know about this "illegal" u-turn that we always use ... some contractor clearing out the land next door. I wonder why. Another house? WAW~ new neighbour. There's actually a new house around my area but the owner seems to be modifying the designs again [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:03:00

Modern Green “i-House”

I keep hearing that our current economic recession is going to spawn a new decade of affordable design ... the modern home affordableWee House UpdatedWee House Updated ... floor plan. With a smorgasbord of eco options available it looks like a pretty good deal. Let’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:03:22

Brand new American presidential Web site

Proving once again that he is no slouch at understanding how to use the Internet, ... this morning, WhiteHouse.gov saw its own changes applied almost immediately. Featuring an all-new design ... . Besides the White House logo and a similar base color scheme, the new WhiteHouse.gov site looks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 06:00:25

Unique Fun Toys from Ikea

I know Christmas is still months away but don't you think this is the perfect time now to look for some presents for your kids? ... it to maybe sit while eating or reading. IKEA, never fails to bring new contemporary designs for our house ... There are many benefits of shopping early, you can actually browse for more new items while [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 10:32:18

full-body massage

A small hair-cutting saloon close to our rented house and my childhood days ... to create new-new beard designs, new-new haircuts on my face/head. He enjoyed doing so and I enjoyed too [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 03:38:00

The Man Behind the Inkwell Houses

There are around 2,000 19th century octagonal houses scattered around the United States. Mark Twain wrote his greatest novels while staying in one ... . The compromise was the octagon. Fowler published “The Octagon House: A Home For All, or A New ... a vast improvement over other current house designs. The book went through 9 printings [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 04:00:31

Dream House Dreaming

It’s New Year and I am so into long range planning mode now, you see as an inspiration, ... or whatsoever. I also read that even the richest man in the country loves the house and the designs inside ... house represents, it clearly defines one to the other, you’ll never get tired of looking and scanning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 01:33:01

Weekly Wrap Up: January 16, 2009

It's a been one of the coldest weeks this winter. Our little old house is terribly cold ... been inspired by design*sponge's new video series, Design By The Book. Below is a round ... , Round Dining Tables in Tight Spaces. Interiors: Blue Doors, Sixx Design, Michael Smith. Paper [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:30:35

Hill Spinoff ‘THE CITY’ Coming To MTV One

Hot off the heels of the phenomenon that is ‘The Hills’, ‘The City’ is MTV’s highly anticipated sensational new series premiering in February, ... design house, Diane Von Furstenberg, Whitney finds herself working in the upper echelon ... in the big smoke. Just as ‘The Hills’ organically evolved out of Laguna Beach, its Whitney’s turn [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 09:07:03

Madrona Live/Work Conversion by Tyler Engle Architects

From Tyler Engle Architects: A storefront from the early 1900’s, which had served as a drug store, soda fountain, ... with and extensive art collection. Creating the modern equivalent of a traditional courtyard house, the new design centers around a large skylight over the living and dining areas.  A wood-clad service [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 11:29:58

Scraps: Energy reserves are low, Captain (9/16/2008)

I'm really tired right now, as an event scheduled far earlier than my usual sleep schedule accommodates forced me to eschew the comforts ... to get manufacturers to churn out multiple new console designs a year featuring minor deviations in capability ... Studios to form a new development house, Armature. They seem excited at the prospect of [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 23:00:00

Storybook Hair

Storybook Hair Fairytale is a young style with giant violet bow ... . I will check on that and report :D If you missed my earlier post or are new to House of Heart and Bewitched designs, there are free release packs available at both shops. This changes whenever new hairs [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 19:34:00

White House gets a new website

Picture 3 Change has come to America. The White house has launched it's new internet 2.0 website ... site design offers some pretty sophisticated new interactive features and asks Americans for input [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:22:30

Trendy Bags and Backpacks for Kids from Oompa.com

Who doesn't know the amazing e-commmerce site Oompa Toys? If you haven't been to this online store yet, you don't know what you're missing ... or to grandma's house. Choose from 8 new styles designed by artist Dante Pauwels in New York City [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 11:05:00

just a tease..

This week is pretty much the last chance to design any new patterns for the up coming Melbourne trade show ... before a free week to catch up on some very overdue work around the house (unless inspiration ... and cant wait to see what great new designs they have all cooked up. And did someone tell [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 04:42:29

The Digital Ramble | Workspace Inspiration

(From Theselby.com) The Digital Ramble explores aesthetic topics through materials found online. With a new president come new curtains. Vanity Fair asked designers to offer ideas on redecorating the White House, while The Guardian ... and Ford, says the White House Web site), so I imagine Obama will, too. But what else could he employ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:39:45

Great Quality and Designs

The house we bought has a new modern look that is very easy to match with different accessories in the lawn or on the house. When I realized we would have to buy a high end mailbox to go along with our new modern look I was not surprised. It was very easy doing research online and locating the exact shape, size [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:12:46

Van Millwork Presents Third Annual Festival of Wreaths to Benefit The Room to Dream Foundation

Area's Top Designers Professionally "Deck the Halls" For This Special Show House Fundraising Event NEEDHAM, Mass., Oct. 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) ... , December 13th. This open house fundraising event is bigger and better than ever with a new design ... -- Van Millwork, New England's largest interior millwork specialist, is proud to host the third [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 15:46:17

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

Meet the new White House decorator…

DominoStyle: “I would love to redecorate the White House! ... artists and designers.” Born: Newport Beach, CA College: Otis College of Art and Design, in Los Angeles ... , four-poster upholstered beds His house: Inspired by the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens, his grand brick [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:34:02

Weekend Wrenching - Bike Racking Systems

Weekend Wrenching Bike Racking Systems I just moved into a new work area (she got a new house) ... in mind when looking for a new racking system. Has to at least hold 10 bikes at once. Can't take ... .  Has to accommodate varying frame designs. To find a solution to this issue, I turned to my Twitter [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:11:06

Pandora by Sander Mulder

Pandora by Sander Mulder It has been a while since people are very dependent in using containers for transporting various goods ... - futuristic car designs - eames rocker - wind turbine house design - steep hill - ocean rowboat - solar ... some wonderful art galleries, stores, offices and even homes that uses containers. Some are using a new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:42:48

Mainstream media: At least they’re trying!

Inauguration Day finds my girlfriend only slightly more into our new black president than the new ethnic house ads she’s seen this week on cable ... to her. A designer, a shrewd one, she wonders if networks understand viewers, like presidents, now come [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 22:36:53

very cute

Now shipping, the first 3 Double Flip charts (6 designs & buttons) of Lizzie Kate’s Boo Club, details here.Also, Little House has revealed the first design  - Gentle and Kind  in the new Little Women Virtue Series – the first one ships in February - can’t wait!!I ‘heart’ cross stitch!:0) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 22:49:13

Adaptive Architecture (4): Current Adaptive Building Technology

We continue our serialization of Erich Hunting’s landmark essay on a ‘peer to peer’ adaptive architecture, adapted to contemporary needs, ... , it is perhaps best epitomized in the design of Phillip Johnson’s Glass House in New Canaan [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 11:20:00

Single Women Buying Homes - The Phenomenon

I was taking a look at my list of San Francisco clients that are looking for a home or have recently purchased a home and I realized ... twice as many homes as single men Single women make up more than one-third of the growth in real ... houses, condos, TIC’s, lofts, fixer-uppers, new construction, Victorian architecture, modern design [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 09:47:01

Hugo Boss Cellphone

Hugo Boss Cellphone 19 December 2008, 18.00 | Posted in Gadgets | 1 comment » After Prada and Armani, ... , they are all black and they have the same buttons. From a high end luxury fashion house we expect ... a new market, at least from a design perspective. Somebody who purchases one of these phones [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 16:48:21

Thank You For Helping to Inaugurate Change!

InaugurateChange_letterfeatureright.jpg More than 2,400 people joined us in sending this vital message to the White House ... , we at Worldchanging thank you tremendously for your support. President-Elect Barack Obama The White House ... . Livable cities, clean energy, green jobs, new technologies, improved product design, better [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:55:51

New Whitehouse.gov introduced alongside inauguration

Just before Obama took office yesterday, the official web site of the White House was rejuvenated and updated with a new design and never before seen ... of politics in the United States, as well as plans for initiatives that Obama wishes to act on in the near [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 06:21:31

Glossy White Kitchen Design Trend

When Japanese people create innovations in dark kitchen designs, Aussies go in different direction ... it isn’t as new it mostly was used in modern house designs and mostly combined with black color [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:33:27

The unicorn’s horn looks crooked

Yesterday, I mentioned http://usaservice.org and the significance of President Obama’s understanding and use of the web. Today, the new http://www ... for design, usability, and accessibility* on the web. The fact that these sites validate is big. So is the White House’s new creative commons license on site content. There are other observations being [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 23:55:42

Popular Toys for Preschoolers

If you are searching for new toys for your preschooler, you will be pleasantly surprised with all the choices available ... . There are many toys that allow them to play house or to pretend they are building a new house or tall skyscraper ... . Some systems also teach writing, art, science and other subjects. There are laptop designs as well [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 07:00:48

Nobody's Sweetheart, Dyna Moe, Captures TV's Madmen In Illustrations Befitting The Genre

AMC's Mad Men is the hot tv show du jour. With multiple Emmy nominations (two wins, including one for Best Drama) ... , she describes herself as follows:"I'm a freelance illustrator and designer in New York City, who also does ... -- flyers, posters, logos, etc. I have been the unofficial official house designer for the Upright [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 07:00:00

Dell releases (PRODUCT) RED artwork on Dell Studio laptops

Dell has a heart for those who are fighting against the deadly disease known as AIDS, ... s other popular Art House designs by Mike Ming. You can now personalize your Studio laptop with original ... regarding the designs and artists. “New World”: African artist Joseph Amedokpo resides in the town [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 13:00:24

Recapturing Americana: Everything Inauguration

Are you working today? Playing hooky to watch the inauguration festivities? ... ? If so, Bloomacious has a great wrap up detailing the history and designs of the official White House Presidential ... , Starbucks will be beginning a new campaign on January 21st called Pledge 5. For any customer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:29:00

Meta MoCo This Week

This week's MoCo picks. + Brad Pitt's Make it Right houses in New Orleans get built at TreeHugger ... . "13 of the world's top architects were commissioned to design green, sustainable houses and is building 150 of them.". modern_modular_the_shed.jpg + The Collins and Turner Bombala Farmhouse [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 20:19:06

Get Elegant Look With Steel

Decorating the house is such a very fun activity for me. I usually redecorate my house twice a year. Replace the old things with the new one will make our house looks brighter and automatically ... for my interior design. I have to buy many stainless steel decors to put in my living room and also [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 15:17:00

Celebrating, defending A.E. Doyle

Tonight at 7:30pm, author Philip Niles will read from his book, "Beauty of the City: A.E ... and his parents had a beach house in Neahkahnie near the vacation home Doyle designed and built for his family ... is deplorable. Designs for a new and updated school facility that don't consider the historical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:32:28

How To Make The Most Of Your Closets

When you build a new house or just move to a new home, a major task is deciding how to lay out and/or organize the Closets ... condition. You will find several closet designs offered in various stores. This will easily assist you in attaining your final goal of improved storage space. You may get closet designs that are plain [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 13:35:01

Play With Me, Sadie!

CC Designs (available at All That Scraps) has another new illustrator with a new stamp line - Jen from Stampin' Spot Sudio.  These images will be released on Oct. 7th, with another new designer.  I have a few peeks ... anymore, but I remember many hours playing house, etc. with them.  JRB raquelle and sadie [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 05:15:10

new year, new printable stationery

Happy new year! I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend ... by my awesome "in-house" IT guy. ;)So here they are my new printable designs:For a less cute ... of little hands. I would love to see a 'badly' colored in bear. Kids drawings are the best!Lined [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:38:00

With its new iPhone application, Trulia.com is taking on-line real estate search to the streets

This is my column for this week from the Arizona Republic (permanent link). There is a fuller review of this new technology here ... . It’s hard to argue with the design premise: If people are going to go out house-hunting ... , but the design premise is based on location-sensitivity: Your iPhone always knows where [more...]

Date: 2008-08-31 23:52:13

With its new iPhone application, Trulia.com is taking on-line real estate search to the streets

This is my column for this week from the Arizona Republic (permanent link). There is a fuller review of this new technology here ... . It’s hard to argue with the design premise: If people are going to go out house-hunting ... , but the design premise is based on location-sensitivity: Your iPhone always knows where [more...]

Date: 2008-08-31 23:50:01

Nicole Richie Sports ‘House of Harlow 1960′

Nicole Richie gets down to business and has a business lunch with manager Benny Medina at La Conversation in West Hollywood on Saturday afternoon. The 27-year-old reality TV star sported jewelry (headpiece, bangles, ring) from her new collection “House of Harlow 1960″. Nicole spoke of her jewelry designs on yesterday’s episode of The Ellen [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 03:21:55

More on Michael Smith

Even if you or I can’t afford to hire Michael Smith to design our homes, we can all own a piece of the new White House decorator ... of Smith’s fabrics. Here are some glorious prints that remind me of an English country house: Top row: Indian Flower in Indigo on Red (hemp), Lacquer Stripe in Sage (hemp), Le Havre in Blue (viscose [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:51:11

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