This Mid-century Modern Trousdale Estate was just put on the market for $12,500,000. An 8,000 square foot home that combines organic materials (wood and stone) with mid-century modern design and open floor plans, lots of light and a fabulous yard. Exactly what I’ve been looking for. It’s just a wee bit out of my price range. Sigh. (more…)
If bullet planters, Nelson platform benches, Eames lounge chairs, slate rock, clerestory windows and dry heat set your heart a-beating, you might want to consider…
Melissa is a socially and environmentally responsible company in Brazil that employs sustainable practices, treats their employees well (paying them above average wages complete with benefits), collaborates with hip designers and fashion icons (like Karim Rashid, Zaha Hadid and Vivienne Westwood to name only a few) to churn out millions (over 50 million pairs in the past 25 years) of environmentally responsible shoes made with a special patented recyclable plastic compound called MEFLEX. A shoe begins as a large orb of plastic and takes a only a minute to produce. (more…)
The Cape Schanck House is a modern cantilevered home with edgeless pool by Jackson Clements Burrows is located on a high dune at Cape Schank…
The Orb prefab is a new generation of mobile structures created specifically to appeal across three distinct markets: commercial show units, holiday or vacation park…
Willam Pye is internationally known for his water sculptures. However most of them are located outside of the United States, so I wanted to share some of them with you. (more…)
Once upon a time, given my old design snob tendencies, the only benches I'd consider owning were the classic slat bench, the Platform bench, by…
Baumraum, based in Germany, designs and builds treehouses. But not the types of tree houses I grew up with. The are actual arborial dwelling spaces…
Neoshed makes architecturally stunning prefab sheds for use as an office or pool house or whatever you'd like. Equally attractive are their birdhouses and bird…
As a huge fan of both artist Danny Heller and architect Joseph Eichler, the exhibit opening today at Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Eichlers: A Modern…
