Anyone who is a fan of design has no doubt drooled over the coveted classic Sputnik lamp. Anyone who is a fan of a sweet Swedish deal has probably considered the Ikea version. Jenny from Little Green Notebook came up with a sweet solution for a DIY version using the Ikea parts to create a […]
Continue ReadingIf you long for design inspiration and have an iPad, pick up this new app called DesignScene. (Watch the video trailer on the homepage.) It’s a real-time inspiration app that is visual! That’s right, now you can surf visually through curated sources that cover everything from art to architecture, illustration to fashion, and photography to […]
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Salomone In Hans Holbein’s famously inexplicable painting, “The Ambassadors,” a large anamorphic skull appears to lie across the floor at the feet of two dandified renaissance gentlemen. The skull appears in correct perspective only when the painting is seen from an acute angle looking diagonally down from the left-hand side of the painting […]
Continue ReadingAnh-Minh Le and Meg Mateo Ilasco have joined their creative forces to launch a new quarterly print magazine focused on design called Anthology. The magazine focuses on decor, travel, design, entertaining, and culture. The premiere issue is titled “The Slow Life” – the idea of taking it easy and taking pleasure in the simple things […]
Continue ReadingIt’s August now and our theme this month will focus on the kids with CRAFT Summer Camp and Back to School. We’ve also got lots of things cooking in the kitchen as well as fashion projects for you too! Here’s a quick roundup of our Design and Photography theme with all of the projects and […]
Continue ReadingWrapping up this month’s Design Studio tour we have the independently minded design company, Volume Inc., comprised of Adam Brodsley and Eric Heiman. Eric and Adam met while teaching at San Francisco’s California College of the Arts. They founded Volume “at the dawn of the new millennium” and the rest is history. Living history, that […]
Continue ReadingThird up in this month’s Design Studio series is San Francisco’s very own Chronicle Books, which boasts an abundance of bestselling titles over a broad range of topics, including art and design, food, fiction, travel, and children’s books, in addition to some fabulously playful stationary and journals. Designer Suzanne LaGasa was our gracious hostess, taking […]
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