D.B. Kim

D.B. Kim is an award-winning designer, a conceptual and constructive practitioner, a commentator on creativity, and a world traveler and citizen. Born in South Korea, he built a professional career that has taken him all around the globe. His work spans hospitality, architecture, interiors, product design, and associations with leaders in these industries. His convictions, humor, and intellect drive a strategic imprint on the business of design and creativity

Kim recently joined the firm Pierre-Yves Rochon, Inc. in Chicago. Founded in 1979, PYR is world-renowned for its award-winning interior environments for hotels, private residences and restaurants and has completed projects in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, North and South America.

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The First Maya Romanoff Showroom

I've known about the extraordinarily exquisite wall coverings of Maya Romanoff since 1991, the year I started working for Holly Hunt Ltd in Chicago. Freshly out of my master's program in architecture, I was not too fond of the decorative aspect of design. In fact, it did not exist in my world of architecture. Yes, I was a part of that extraordinary architectural society. Soon after entering the w... More

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"Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins." -Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Since the days of Bauhaus, I am not sure that professional designers have held any significant design revolutions. Though we should probably not forget the postmodernism movement during the 1980's that most of us were happy to see go away. Perhaps the exhibit at the MoMA when... More

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Residential Development Boom in China

"If you can dream it, you can do it." -Walt Disney "Why not a fantasy as a home of my own?" I asked myself when given a tour of a new luxury residential development in the beautiful Hangzhou area. As I would normally feel mortified in favoring a themed, clichéd, post-modern style home, I must have felt nostalgic because my harsh dislikes of such descriptions were completely we... More

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Friendly Dinner Tops

"You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love." -Julia Child My vocation has led me to live in a variety of places during my life. Whatever the destination, a move is always a stressful and emotionally exhausting experience. It always helps to reacquaint with new and familiar faces, and this has encouraged me many times, after landing in a new home, to leav... More

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Expressions of Peter Som’s Fall-Winter 2011

"It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure." -Coco Chanel Fashion is a tool of my style, a superfluous skin that often expresses my state of mind and sense of humor. Fashion is also an important inspiration, helping me assemble concepts and details on various projects yet to come. No surprise to many people, us... More

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