interior design

Roy Lichtenstein-Inspired, Seizure-Inducing Interiors

Cliff Kuang — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:58:25 -0500

Everyone knows the comic-book inspired work of Roy Lichtenstein. But for some, a measly painting just isn't enough. They'd prefer to actually live inside of one.

Design Crisis has rounded up some amazing examples, like this interior by Jeffrey Miller.

From Treestumps to Transformers: Dutch Laud Top Interior Design of '09

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:38:25 -0500

Amazing Door Wows Design Award Judges Before They Even Get Into Houses

Cliff Kuang — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:27:35 -0500

Architectural Review has tapped four projects by young architects in its annual Emerging Architecture Awards.

Art House: The Private Spaces of 8 Great Artists

Sheryl Sulistiawan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:48:38 -0500

SightUnseen: Lifestyles of the Young and Designy

Cliff Kuang — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:15:04 -0500

Today marks the launch of a new kid on the design-blog scene: SightUnseen, dedicated to the lifestyles and obsessions of designers.

Japan's Swankiest Capsule Hotel

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:26 -0500

Japan's getting yet another capsule hotel, but this one aims to provide something unprecedented: Luxury.

The Hills Are Alive, in Google's Swiss HQ [UPDATED: New Pics]

Cliff Kuang — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:34:10 -0500

There's lots of perks at Google HQ out in California, but the design itself is a snooze. Things are a lot more interesting at their just-completed engineering offices in Zurich, Switzerland.

The common spaces are particularly zany, and they play off of lots of tropes of Swiss culture. Above: Meeting rooms in the form of ski-lift gondolas.

Design With Teeth (and Also Cavities, Fillings, and Drills)

Cliff Kuang — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:51:34 -0400

SVPPLY: High-Style Shopping, Curated by the Crowd

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:04:41 -0400

There's a mass of design junk out there--and if you're a design junky, consider how much time you spend just sifting through it, looking for the perfect chair/shoes/alarm clock. And guess what? Thousands of people just like you are doing the same thing. But all that work's lost, because none of it's shared.

IdeaPaint: Turn Your Entire Office Into a Whiteboard

Cliff Kuang — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:56:25 -0400

Why didn't you think of this?

John Goscha, at the ripe old age of 25 ditched a job offer at Goldman Sachs, and instead began marketing IdeaPaint, which is simply a paint that turns any paintable surface into a dry-erase board.

If You Like NYC's Guggenheim, You'll Love the "Cocoon" Office

Cliff Kuang — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:47:59 -0400

Most businesses these days fancy themselves as fluid organizations, blissfully devoid of hierarchical bureaucracy. But that's usually a farce, and one need only look at the seas of cubicles and floors separating management from employees to see behind the facade.

Exhibition Design Questions Our Love of the Precious Objects It Displays

Cliff Kuang — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:06:40 -0400

Rarely do you get an exhibition design that questions the very value of what's being exhibited--but that's exactly what Kristin Jarmund Architects created for the Bergen Silver Collection, on display in Bergen's Museum of Decorative Arts and Design.

Dark-Sided: 10 Hauntingly Beautiful Hotels, Homes, and Restaurants

Fast Company staff — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:47:11 -0400

Dark-Sided: 10 Hauntingly Beautiful Hotels, Homes, and Restaurants

Fast Company staff — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:47:11 -0400

Workshoppe: Stylish Temp Space in the Land of Gourmet Burgers and Bankers

Cliff Kuang — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:17:52 -0400

Let's say you're based outside NYC. But you come here often enough to need an office. But not so much that it's worth renting one long term. How's someone who's design obsessed supposed to pull that off? You can't very well sell your next high-tech, high-design Ponzi scheme over drinks at the Holiday Inn.

The New Work Space: Will Lounge-Like Office Furniture Inspire Big Ideas?

Cliff Kuang — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:02:14 -0400

PearsonLloyd, the British design firm, has a knack for making boring design challenges sexy; one of their greatest hits has been their nightclub-ish interior spaces for Virgin Atlantic. And now, they've taken on contract furniture, for the Austrian company Bene.

The Duo Behind Inglourious Basterds' Signature Style

Cliff Kuang — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:54:56 -0400

Palm Pre Goes Pre-Fab

Cliff Kuang — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:57:51 -0400

We've been fairly critical of Palm Pre's marketing strategy, but here's one idea that works. As The Moment reports:

The World's Hippest Seminary

Cliff Kuang — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:00:26 -0400

Andres Jaque Arquitectos has just completed a seminary renovation that would inspire envy among any rock star or nightclub owner.

Eye Candy of the Day: Wall Stickers for Grown-Ups

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:34:57 -0400

If you're a design freak, wall stickers make a lot of sense: They're relatively cheap; easy to put up and take down; and they're not nearly as messy as wallpaper. Problem is, they're usually hideous and kitschy. Unless they're made by Domestic.

JWT's Offices: Designed for Telling Tales (and BS-ing with Friends)

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:51:25 -0400

Facebook's Swank New Offices

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:43:04 -0400

Facebook's offices used to reflect the Web site itself--instead of one central office, employees were scattered across Palo Alto in ten different locations. But not anymore: Everyone just moved into a cavernous 150,000-square-foot space at the Stanford Research Park that's likely to make you sick with envy.

W Hotels Brings Its Hip, Hot Brand to South Beach

Saxon Henry — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:11:26 -0400

I had the pleasure of interviewing Eva Ziegler, the GlobalBrand Leader for W Hotels Worldwide and Le Méridien, last week when she was intown to help show off the W South Beach, which is nearing its opening date. Wediscussed how the designs of the company’s diverse locales evolve and how thebrand manages to stay at the top of its game. In her own words:

A Peek Inside a Saudi Prince's $485 Million Flying Palace

Cliff Kuang — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:09:51 -0400

It's a long flight from Saudi Arabia to Le Cap d'Antibes or Monaco or London--what's a Saudi prince drowning in petro-dollars to do? Buy a custom flying palace naturally, so that no moment passes without the comforts of home.

ICFF's Best New Designers Hail From...Milwaukee?!

Cliff Kuang — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:34:18 -0400

At ICFF 2009, Misewell made an extraordinarily polished debut with its very first furniture collection--and the furniture design company just won the New Designer award, judged by the ICFF Editors committee, which included tastemakers from Dwell, Metropolis, and others. The young company, comprised of two brothers, Vincent and Paul Georgeson, is perhaps the only furniture start-up in recent memory to be based in Milwaukee.