How do we measure the passage of time? Digital numbers changing, hands on a clock turning, shadow on a sundial?
How about ink spilling forth from a bottle?
Get a load of this “Ink Calendar” by Oscar Diaz. He is really one of the most inventive, interesting designer/artists we’ve encountered lately. He’s in London.
Here is his own [...]

One of the students at the Sheffield School of Interior Design found this very cool, very useful-looking organizer for design projects, in which you can keep paint chips, fabric samples, and work your way through a design project. Could be a really useful assistant to the Sheffield Complete Course in Interior Design!
For more details, check [...]

Ever had the problem of trying to find the right size artwork for that narrow space on your wall between two doorways or a really wide picture to put above a mantel?  Now someone has come along to make your designing life a little easier - Art That Fits.
This company provides a wide selection of [...]

Have you been stuck at home, wondering what’s going on in design in the world beyond your little corner? Or maybe you’ve just come back from your summer holidays, and your appetite for new ideas is whetted. Either way, you should check out the new Designer Monthly that just went up today, with features on [...]

For those citydwellers who wish for a little green spot to call their own but don’t have a backyard, check out this video on how to create a rooftop garden.  It’s simple, economical, and easy enough for those who don’t have much gardening skills.  And don’t miss it - they’ve installed a bamboo fence around [...]

What a creative, savvy group designers are.
Give them a lousy economy, and they’ll find a way to make it work for them, whether it’s by jumping into the internet or coming up with new ways to sell their skills.
We were so encouraged by this article in the New York Times that we had to [...]

How do we measure the passage of time? digital numbers changing, hands on a clock turning, shadow on a sundial?
How about ink spilling forth from a bottle?
Get a load of this “Ink Calendar” by Oscar Diaz. He is really one of the most inventive, interesting designer/artists we’ve encountered lately. He’s in London.
Here is his own [...]

One of the great jewelry designers we mentioned recently has two shows coming up: Emanuela Duca will be at the Craft Expo 2009 at the Guilford Art Center in Connecticut July 16, 17 and 18, and then she’ll skedaddle to Seattle (well, to Bellevue, Washington, but “Bellevue” doesn’t rhyme with “skedaddle” ) to the arts [...]

If you’re going to San Francisco….before next weekend, schedule in a stop at the Metropolitan Home “Modern By Design” show house in Pacific Heights.

Several designers, each of whom was assigned a different area of the house, will show off their work in the  historic 7,000 square feet home. Proceeds will go to the San Francisco [...]

Continuing the theme of art and wood from the previous post, at the Uptown Art Stroll this weekend, the Stylehound came upon the work of Michelle Bernard, who makes jewelry out of ceramic and colored stone, and sometimes wire, too. The necklaces are big, strong, earthy pieces. It’s unique, eye-catching stuff that seems to have [...]