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LA/Creative Mornings: Michelle Mcilroy of Lomography

By On April 8, 2011

Up early today to travel down to West Hollywood for our first Creative Mornings, a series of a monthly breakfast lectures focusing on design-centric topics over coffee and donuts (and started by… Read More

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A Most Manor-ly Collection

By On April 7, 2011

Why beat around the bush, Farrow & Ball, your absolutely stunning 2011 line of interior paints should obviously be called The Downton Abbey Collection (and you know how much I like the… Read More

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House Beautiful’s A Family Tree of American Designers

By On April 6, 2011

Found via the always glamorous Kelly Wearstler’s Facebook page, House Beautiful’s American Design Family Tree. Too bad the uploaded graphic’s resolution they uploaded veers on the low-crappy side, as the illustration itself… Read More

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Upcoming Inheritance/Silver Lake House Tour Sneak Peek

By On April 6, 2011

2am and I’m finally done processing 180 photos for an upcoming house tour arranged by a San Antonio Real Estate agency; spotlighting the Silver Lake home of Mike Andrews. The house is… Read More

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Hover Architectural Visualization Challenge II Winners

By On April 5, 2011

It’s not real, but I sure wish it was. Tolgahan Güngör’s entry for the 2nd Hover Architectural Visualization Challenge came in second place, but I personally think he was robbed. The cantilevered… Read More

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Forever Kind of Blue

By On April 5, 2011

Maybe it’s because the first walls I ever painted myself were blue, my childhood bedroom that stayed like that for years until I got professionals from https://propaintingcontractors.net/ to change the color, or… Read More

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Somewhere Between Reality and France: His vs. Her Dreams

By On March 29, 2011

I don’t know how often this happens to you, but after watching a few episodes of HGTV’s House Hunters International (the televised equivalent of crack cocaine for the home/decor set), specifically about… Read More

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What If…David Attenborough and Aphex Twin Collaborated?

By On March 23, 2011

Imagine David Attenborough, Chris Cunningham and Aphex Twin collaborating all together on a nature documentary and you’ll get an idea of the aural-visual madness Kim Holm‘s video for Matta’s Release The Freq… Read More

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The Ghost Project for Kartell Los Angeles: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

By On March 4, 2011

A few weeks ago I was invited to participate in an online project hosted by Kartell Los Angeles, thanks to the kind referral by that lover of gelato, Alissa Walker. The Ghost… Read More

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So In Love With the Outdoors Brought Inside

By On January 25, 2011

Reminds me a little bit of my previous home office and our current bedroom, both which were inspired by the idea of bringing the outdoors inside. The sharp angled ceiling, the round… Read More