So often we think of design as simply something to make our places look better. Through Laura Summer, a New York artist, we learned of ARTinACTION, an artists’ project in New Orleans, using art to heal from devastation.

ARTinACTION’s latest project is by contemporary artist Jacqueline Bishop, and is titled “Field Guide.” It’s a site-specific installation [...]

If you want a touch of the outdoors indoor and you don’t have a green thumb, try an indoor water fountain. They can come in many different flavors - tabletop fountains, free standing, or wall fountains. Fountains are made of natural stone such as slate, river rocks, pebbles or metals such as copper [...]

Okay, some excellent questions have come in from a reader, about indoor fountains. How exactly would that work? and how much water would one use? and what makes it better than just hearing a broken toilet running ? See the comment on the last entry, and please, anyone with knowledge of indoor fountains, let us [...]

On a recent trip to California, I became obsessed with fountains. And that funny thing happened, where you see (or hear of) something, and then you see (or hear of) it everywhere you turn, like when you’re thinking about getting a little dog you can carry around in your purse and suddenly the world [...]