Interior Design Video - The Story of Eames Furniture

Irwin Weiner ASID - Almost every frame of TV drama hit Mad Men captures a piece of the Eames furniture story. Charles and Ray Eames defined mid-century modern's ethos, verve, comfort, and futurism and made it ubiquitous.

They created a style sensation that's still going strong decades after it was created, and in this video interview, you'll see close Eames associates Marilyn and John Neuhart (they co-authored The Story of Eames Furniture) discuss the Eames phenomenon.  

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Meet Deborah Jiang Stein - Author of Even Tough Girls Wear Tutus

Jay Johnson - It's exciting to see an old friend do well, and I'd like to invite all D2S readers in the New York metropolitan area to join "A Conversation with Deborah Jiang Stein" at the Judson Memorial Church (55 Washington Square South, NY, NY 10012) on Sunday, May 6 at 3pm.

Deborah, who lives in Minneapolis, wrote the memoir Even Tough Girls Wear Tutus: Inside the World of a Woman Born in Prison. The name of her memoir says it all, and you'll learn the remarkable story of a woman whose rough start in life drives her to find true purpose even as she struggles to accept and overcome her own past, born in prison to a heroin addicted mother.

Readers of Design2Share come to us for inspiration about home design - but hardly anyone can imagine what starting life in a prison home is like. My friend Deborah Jiang Stein had to "go home" to prison before she truly found inner peace. She's now crossing the country, speaking up for a brighter future for incarcerated women and their children ... the truly forgotten people in our society. You'll love listening to Deborah's story and asking her questions. She's all about resilience and fun (okay, sometimes downright silliness!), taking hold of your life and having the courage to just plow forward. As Deborah says, "Please join me for conversation and a great time - and tutus are optional!" For more information about Deborah and her journey, check out her blog, Mutts Like Me, and her nonprofit venture, The unPrison Project, to serve women in prisons and their underage children. Deborah also blogs for Huffington Post, and you can find her - socially - on Facebook.

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Just Released - Alberto Pinto: World Interiors

Irwin Weiner ASID - The confidence of a masterful interior designer is present on each colorful page of the new book  Alberto Pinto: World Interiors (Flammarion, 2012). I could gush about the individual treatments Alberto Pinto has created in the yachts, jets, apartments, and houses pictured in the book - from the Caribbean and Manhattan to Kuwait City - but that would not do justice to Mr. Pinto's thoughtful, inspired, detail-oriented work. But let me leave you with two overall impressions.

• It's exciting to see what an unfettered and creative interior designer can accomplish. It's clear that in most cases, budget was no object - only excellence. And it's also clear to me that clients trusted Mr. Pinto to "do his thing" and create spatial masterpieces.
• Alberto Pinto really understands his clients and gets into their head. There is no cookie-cutter approach to his interiors. Each is as individual as the space, the setting, and the client. There is no clamor for "The Alberto Pinto Look," which I like ... but rather, he brings out the best in each space for a client.

So, please click here to immediately purchase a copy of  Alberto Pinto: World Interiors - and click here to see photos and captions of representative interiors from this extraordinary title. I'm finding so much inspiration on each page, and I know you will too.

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Wish List: Design and Style Books from Assouline Publishing

Irwin Weiner ASID - I think everyone with style loves to indulge in the ultimate "designer porn," looking through the pages of a beautiful coffee table book that covers sumptuous design themes. That's why I'm putting Assouline Publishing on my Wish List this year. First off, they assert that "Assouline is more than a publisher. It's a lifestyle brand." Well, excuse me. They produce content on printed pages bound by two covers and a spine; that's a publisher. But I get their meaning. Their book content is swoon-worthy, to be sure, and I've selected some titles that will look good under any design-lover's tree. Click on a photo for more information ... and season's readings! 

 

 

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