D2S Editor Favorites

  Favorite Olympics Building

The Birds Nest is the nickname for the National Stadium in Beijing, built for the upcoming Olympics. The Herzog + deMeuron building is an instant iconic building, and we admire the way the outer form is both decorative and extremely functional.

  Favorite Furniture Design Idea

Yes, it's a Picture Table, a frame that folds down into a table. Handy space saver from designer Verena Lang.

  Favorite Reader Submission

We're wild about Santa Fe illustrator/designer Su Lund's book artistry. Her one-of-a-kind books slot on the wall and open up to reveal hidden treasures. The top two images are the exterior and interior of Su's All Andy, All the Time piece, soon on exhibition at New York's The Center for Book Arts (28 West 27 Street, 3rd Floor) from July 9 through September 13. The next images are the exterior and interior shots of Chance-Peace, represented by Joshua Heller Rare Books in Washington, DC. Thanks for sharing, Su!

  Favorite Crazy Home Decorating

When Richard Moriarty got tired of his $60,000 Lamborghini stalling out all the time, he took the engine out and turned it into a coffee table; then he had a huge crane lower the car through a skylight . . . to hang it on his wall. Is he starting a car art trend? Wouldn't you eventually get "tired" of it? <yuk, yuk>

  Favorite House Pet House

We love the collapsable eCrate from designer Peter Prasilio. It comes in several metal finishes to fit in with any decor and is so much nicer than regular boxy crates.

  Favorite Green Idea

EcoLibris is the most refreshing business idea we've heard of in a long time. Join their movement and have a tree planted for every book you read, to help offset the felling of virgin timber to make the printed page. Reading without guilt; we love it!

  Favorite OMG Food

Vosges has a sinful delight on the market that we can't wait to try -- Mo's Bacon Bar, with pure milk chocolate, applewood smoked bacon, and alder wood smoked salt. What a combo!

D2S Editor Favorites

  Favorite Celebration

Happy Memorial Day to all Design2Share readers! Fireworks.com is a trippy site with great graphics, real fireworks, and enough sparklers to light up any backyard celebration (local and state laws permitting, of course).

  Favorite Home Office Desk

We are in lust with VH1 product veep Chris Miller's Roger Sprunger rosewood and chrome desk from Dunbar Furniture. We're crazy about the way the drawer units hang down like saddlebags. [Photo by Stewart Shining for Domino]

  Favorite Kitchen Helpers

Speedcook technology, available in a number of ovens, smartly cooks, broils, and grills foods by computer program; identify what you're cooking and its weight and the Speedcook system does all the work . . . in a quarter of the time of conventional ovens. Pictured above is the GE Monogram wall oven with Advantium Speedcook technology.

The conventional kitchen countertop is set at about 36 inches; countertops are about 1.5 inches thick; most dishwashers are slightly adjustable at around 34.5 inches in height. The Smeg Fully Integrated Horizontal 36" Dishwasher (see above) scrunches the height down to 21 inches and makes the unit wider instead. It's perfect for smaller kitchens or for enabling countertops and islands to be built lower. Short people of the world, rejoice!

  Favorite Sharings from Our Readers

D2S readers Gordon and Mustafa are moving into a new home in Pennsylvania shortly; here it is -- a beautiful home done in the vernacular Pennsylvania stone house style, with a most wonderful yard. We love the charm of the meandering sidewalk! 

You can easily upload your house and garden photos to share with the D2S community, too! Go to our Share Photos & Articles with Us feature right now.

D2S reader and national feng-shui author DeAnna Radaj would like everyone to know about her 3E Sleep line of all-natural laundry products (pictured above), designed to clean your bed linens in a healthy and eco-friendly way. We're all for that, DeAnna, and thanks for sharing!

  Favorite Old Rugs

You can find some beautiful antique rugs, kilims, and textiles at Double Knot, at 13 White Street in New York. We were blown away by some of their offerings displayed at the Spring International Art & Antiques Show at the Park Avenue Armory.

  Favorite Kick-Ass Glass

Sometimes staid Steuben Glass can get gutsy, and we love their elegant bowls and centerpieces. Shown above: Wave Bowl, Calyx Bowl, and Blossom Centerpiece.