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Thursday
May122011

Designer Bowls Forged by Fire

Irwin Weiner ASID - If you haven't heard of architect-designer Omer Arbel, then it's my pleasure to make the introduction. The creative director of Vancouver-based Bocci, Arbel is a visionary, process-driven designer who thinks deep thoughts about how our machine-made homes, furniture, and accessories can be improved to add more variations and artful imperfections to mechanical processes. Whether it's salvaging old timbers to make an exhilarating new home or metal forging his 19 Series bowls, Arbel is always thinking ahead. You'll enjoy this video showing

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Wednesday
May112011

When This Old House Becomes This New Teardown

Irwin Weiner ASID - We're in the process of selling our house in Bucks County, PA after 8 wonderful years of living there. We took a modest 1900 farmhouse and took a year to gut the original core house and refashion it into a more spacious, updated space. The house has since been published in shelter magazines, and we've made wonderful memories there. It will be sad to move on, but we love Bucks County and will look for something else in the area.  

But this time, our inclination is to look for a complete teardown. It's more expensive to remodel and renovate This Old House than it is to build from scratch, and many homeowners haven't figured that out yet. It's costly in daily lifestyle to live in the midst of remodeling - not to mention the mess everywhere - but it's oftentimes better to look for a great lot on a choice piece of land and a hovel that you can simply tear down and start over with. That's basically what the couple in today's featured video did: they left the outer facade, but blew away the rest of the house and made it fit their vision.

Think of the practicalities of eliminating an old-fashioned living room, focusing on adding more open space in a great room adjacent to dining and kitchen areas. Think of a brand-new master bedroom suite, with spacious walk-in closets and spa-like en suite bathrooms. You can recycle old materials into your new design, go greener and energy-efficient with your building materials, appliances, and heating and cooling systems. You're not hemmed in by the old, and you can run amok for $170/square foot of finished space - or more - yes, you can spend much more, but control yourself, and save room in your budget to hire a good interior designer!

 


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Monday
May092011

World Design Capital for 2012: Helsinki

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Irwin Weiner ASID - The International Design Alliance puts together World Design Capital designations each year, and they've announced Helsinki, the capital of Finland, as the World Design Capital for 2012 (click the link to read all about it). The 600,000 population city is compact and beautifully designed, with a core shopping district famed for its innovative Scandinavian design leadership - see Eero Aarnio's Formula chair (above), architect Seppo Koho's trademark lighting (below), and Ilkka Supponen's Flying Carpet Sofa (bottom). Check out today's featured video

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Monday
May092011

What's Cooking at Manhattan Center for Kitchen & Bath?


Irwin Weiner ASID - Last week we went to the Cinco de Mayo party at Manhattan Center for Kitchen & Bath - 29 East 19th Street, for the uninitiated - and feasted on fine food from a master chef. MCK+B is known for their original kitchen displays, including several working kitchen spaces which are perfect for food demonstrations like the one in this Chef Lumino video

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