This book by Lucien Herve conveys the poetry and serenity of the medieval abbey’s architecture and ambiance in an inspired way that is in harmony with its subject. A considerable achievement as the abbey is a place of exceptional… MORE +
This year’s show was the biggest and best yet! I love seeing the companies, both big and small, that fall under the dwell umbrella – modern, creative, quality, human- and eco-conscious. On the design front, I appreciated the creative… MORE +
Design is a term applied to both valuable innovations in function and aesthetics as well as to “cute” novelties of questionable merits. Great design museums offer insights to those interested in truly good design. We have visited four design museums… MORE +
Less and More THE DESIGN ETHOS OF DIETER RAMS exhibition at SFMOMA from August 27, 2011 – February 20, 2012 http://www.sfmoma.org/exhib_events/exhibitions/434#ixzz1bvTFPxJH San Francisco Museum of Modern Art I have been a fan of Dieter Rams for a while now… MORE +
Sometimes you walk around a show and find only a few booths of interest – for me it was the opposite here; almost every booth was truly of interest to me and only a very few were not. All of… MORE +
“Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman” is a fascinating look at both the work of photographer Julius Shulman and Julius Shulman the man, produced and directed by Eric Bricker. Design-focused people are all familiar with Mr. Shulman’s iconic photograph… MORE +