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Ace is Wild Nicholas Tamarin - 09/01/2009
"Everything I do is a party," Robin Standefer says as she circulates through a raucous event that the denim brand Rag & Bone is hosting in the lobby of the Ace Hotel. With its coffered ceiling, Greek key mosaic-tiled floor, schoolhouse pendant globes, and vintage commercial signage, the dimly lit lobby is grand and mysterious yet relaxed and idiosyncratic, a perfect backdrop for fashionistas. More
Southwest Airlines Introduces Green Plane Nicholas Tamarin - 10/27/2009
The Boeing 737-700 prototype will feature environmentally friendly interior elements, including InterfaceFLOR carpet, that will reduce weight, thus saving fuel and reducing emissions.
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Todd Oldham Revisits Hotel of South Beach Nicholas Tamarin - 10/09/2009
The prolific designer has completed a 20-room addition for the Art Deco Miami Beach hotel he originally remade in 1998, while also updating the hotel's garden restaurant, Wish.
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D.B. Kim Designs Brand-New Hospitality Show Nicholas Tamarin - 10/08/2009
The inaugural INSPIREDESIGN show, running February 1-3 at the World Market Center in Las Vegas, will bear the mark of the renowned designer behind several Starwood Hotels & Resorts brands.
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Sunday in the Park with Frank Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards - 10/01/2009
Frank O. Gehry & Associates completed the American Center in Paris in 1994. In 2005, after a renovation by the Atelier de l’Île, the limestone-clad cubist building became the Cinémathèque Française. Now it’s also home to Mut-Architecture’s Restaurant 51, named for the building’s address on the Rue de Bercy.
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Cooler than Cool William Bostwick - 10/01/2009
It wasn't long after Red Mango and Pinkberry started sprouting all over town that cafés specializing in Asian-style tart-sweet, topping-heavy frozen dessert pioneered their trademark yogurt chic. You could spot one of them down the block: a white cube dotted with stylish lamps and chairs and strewn with glossy magazines—part mod manicurist, part art gallery.
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Applied Science Edie Cohen - 10/01/2009
The Lab Gastropub on the University of Southern California campus represents big news for two Los Angeles institutions. One is USC itself, which is moving away from cafeteria-style dining halls, toward venues that look like they belong in the private sector. The other is AC Martin, a 103-year-old architecture firm with a nascent interiors division that's now completed three food-service commiss...
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The Karma of Yoga Edie Cohen - 10/01/2009
The Noah's Ark installation at Los Angeles's Skirball Cultural Center. The Whatcom Museum of History & Art in Bellingham, Washington. The Frye Art Museum and Wing Luke Asian Museum at home in Seattle. Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects has completed some mighty high-profile institutional projects.
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Cindy's Salon Ghislaine Viñas, Interior Designer, August 16, 2009 The Lloyd Hotel
A couple of months ago, I went to visit the High Line (fantastic, by the way). I&... More
Cindy's Salon Larry Weinberg, Modern Design Curator, August 13, 2009 Cool Pools
Now that the temperature in Central Park has reached the mid-nineties, pools become a... More
Design Green Penny Bonda, Eco Contributing Editor, July 8, 2009 Sleeping In a Eucalyptus Tree
A while back I blogged about Valley Forge, a supplier of decorative upholstery fa... More
Cooler Than Cool From the Magazine:
It wasn't long after Pinkberry began sprouting all over town that cafés specializing in Asian tart-sweet, frozen dessert pioneered their yogurt chic. + Read the Article
Wonder Twin Powers From the Magazine: Twin Bricks might look familiar if you've ever encountered a structural system that Atelier Tekuto developed for stand-alone house Crystal Bricks. + Read the Article
Air travel comes with a notoriously hefty carbon footprint. But as obsolete aircraft are grounded, a few planes are atoning for their environmental sins through reinvention as furniture, surfacing, and even lodging. Something's in the air.
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Up To The Challenge: 2009 Top 100 Giants
