October 2011
16 posts
Karim Rashid Designs First Residential Interior →
Karim Rashid—the design world’s sartorial answer to Tom Wolfe—is pulling back the curtain on his first-ever residential project, a soup-to-nuts interior scheme for upscale Miami condominium mybrickell… from DesignWire
Oct 27th
“The Guggenheim museum has entered into a licensing agreement with Fine Paints of...”
– House Paints From the Guggenheim - NYTimes.com House paint has been a part of the modernist fine-art supply cabinet for more than a century, from Picasso to Pollock to Bridget Riley.  This sounds fabulous!! Click here for the link to Fine Paints of Europe!
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“Hotel interior design is an important factor for guests and can increase...”
– Hotel Interior Design – The Business Case Many hoteliers continue to regard hotel interior design as a “one-way” expense, but if conducted effectively, an expensive refurbishment can repay dividends. Phil Benson explores the business case for hotel interior design.
Oct 15th
How do you design rooms to make a gambler want to... →
And what is the gold standard for room design? Well, the consensus in the industry says it’s the W hotels such as the one in Barcelona, Spain which plays to a “sophisticated clientele” and offer such perks as mini-bars in its suites. In Las Vegas, the Aria has been a success for attracting the “minor player.” - from Gaming Today Some interesting “design...
Oct 14th
Black & White by jenrl - My recent board got some... →
@jenrl Thanks! “RT @olioboard: You can’t go wrong with basic black and white. Nice work @jenrl bit.ly/qhKvPu”
Oct 13th
Carsten Höller is Putting a Giant Slide in the New... →
This looks super fun!! German artist Carsten Höller will be installing a 40-foot-high slide in the New Museum for his retrospective show starting on October 26th. The slide, a signature site-specific installation that has appeared in other cities including Berlin, Milan and London, is to function as “an alternative transportation system within the museum,” running through ceilings and floors and...
Oct 11th
LUCAH DESIGNS: NEW AMERICAN VINTAGE from VandM's... →
Loving this collection!! Both Rustic and Modern with repurposing and refurbishing materials into unique and beautiful pieces!
Oct 11th
Oct 10th
Rapsel Tub Vanishes from last week’s Cersaie... →
That’s some pretty impressive “thievery” - it will be interesting to see if they find out “whodunit”! via Designwire Daily
Oct 8th
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Dark Nostalgia by jenrl | Olioboard →
Having some fun creating “moodboards” on the Olioboard site…lots of fun!!
Oct 4th
Designers Are The New Drivers Of American... →
“This growing desire among designers to bring their user focus, strategic vision, iterative methodologies, and propositional thinking to the still-geeky, tech/engineering-centric world of startups promises to be transformative and explosive.”
Oct 4th