This week found me squiring an out-of-town friend, who is a visual artist, around New York. You know, friend comes to town, and you, as the New Yorker, make the great sacrifice of going to galleries and museums, doing those things you would never do otherwise.
So finally I made it to the New Museum, which [...]

You may think of a barbecue grill as a big honking grease-covered hulk that sits on your back porch just waiting to spontaneously combust some evening when the in-laws are over.That’s why we want one of these fancy “outdoor kitchens.” It even has a sink. All all those cute little places to put things, [...]

This column is called, “I Want One” but it would be much more accurate to say about this thing that “I Need One.” Just look at what I’m up against, here at my home office: 18 pounds of a loving furball. Actually, 37 pounds, as there’s another one of these beasties who weighs in [...]

How can the latest technology also be a throw-back to mid-century modern? With the “reBraun” from Gizmodo.Gizmodo explains it may look like a retro record player, but really it’s an MP3 jukebox. The design of the box is based on the “Audio 1 Kompaktanlage”designed by Dieter Rams in 1962.For techies, we’ll tell you that [...]

If you’re looking for a spring make-over for your rooms or client, check out the Conran Shop in New York City.  Conran is having a two-day Designer-Day specials, starting this Friday, March 20th.
The Conran shop, based in London, is known for their contemporary furniture, lighting and accessories. They also have quirky kitchen accessories for the [...]

If you’re in New York City this weekend and feeling the need to see some fabulous antiques, some terrific mid-century modern, some fine art—and have the chance of buying some of it, too, check out the Pier Antiques Show and Fashion Alley, March 14 and 15, at Pier 92 (12th Ave. at 55th Street). There’s [...]

Are you feeling the pinch of the falling economy? What a question! of course you are. Unless of course you’ve already taken advice from a Feng Shui expert about how to keep the money flowing in the right direction.
Jennifer Ellen Frank, the Sheffield School of Interior Design’s own Feng Shui expert, offers advice about how [...]

Scandanavian design gone extreme.

We love these utensils and dishes, that bring a sense of humor and irony to the clean lines of Scandanavian design. We found them on Design Sponge athttp://www.designspongeonline.com/category/guest-blog It’s part of a guest blog they’ve got on Mexican designers. Great stuff there, including tires decorated with delicate floral designs.

He’s a real turn-on. This sent in to the Stylehound for our Object of the Week (aka “I Want One!”), from the Sheffield School of Design’s Feng Shui expert, Jennifer Ellen Frank. It’s a plug adapter that makes you laugh as well as increasing your voltage load. Frank says not only is this thing [...]

We all love before and afters, and usually they’re just a matter of a designer taking a room that needs some changes and putting in new furniture, new cabinets, using a new color on the walls.In the case of Tobi Fairley’s recent project, it’s more than that. She was part of the design of a [...]