What do you get when you combine craftsmanship and inspired design?  You get Wunderwurks! a line of non-toxic plastic accessories and lighting fixtures.  Artist Tony Wurman uses EVA -  a type of hotmelt adhesive - to create a rainbow array of bowls, plates, chandeliers, and other home items.
EVA or ethylene vinyl acetate can be melted [...]

I vastly prefer wandering around a real, bricks-and-mortar building to look at real furniture, but sometimes doing a little on-line research doesn’t hurt. And I found a very cute-looking, very Chinisoirie-ish cabinet online at Overstock.
I kind of love it, and it’s under $300. But still, “under $300″ means “more than $200.”
Maybe I [...]

Urban Oasis is a store that has space at ABC Carpet and Home. And ABC Carpet and Home is a towering paean to home design, five floors (or is it six? Or sixteen? It’s ENORMOUS) of the most unusual, interesting, and in many cases, expensive, furniture you will ever see in one place. Spending an [...]

In thinking recently about how important good design is to good health (don’t ask for the details) we came across this about the Hospital for Special Surgery, NYC’s premier hospital that only does orthopedic surgeries. It’s so fabulous that, literally, princesses and other royalty from around the world, not to mention major league sports stars,  [...]

Science is finally catching up to what architects and interior designers have known all along….room design can affect your well-being.
In a recent article in Scientific American, researchers have carried out formal scientific investigations on how certain room elements affect mood.  For instance, the height of the room can influence your thinking processes.  Taller-height rooms allows [...]

Thanks to Alexia for that great take on LEDs. Anything that is not only green, but also allows one to feel like a diva in bed (or, really, anywhere) is okay by me.  
Me, I have not been feeling very diva-like, ever since getting that estimate from the electrician. In fact, I’ve been sitting here [...]

I’ve always envisioned my life as if it were were a Broadway musical. People I greet will break out in song; I’d sing along in perfect harmony. A man worthy of Baryshnikov will take my hand and we’d dance through the streets. Lights will wink at me as if sharing a secret joke and transform [...]