Monday, June 28th, 2010
Michael Graves and Moshe Safdie try out some (classy) sin-city indulgences on one of the most uptight places around. After a 45-year ban on casinos, Singapore is getting back into the gambling business by rolling the dice on a couple starchitects. Their mission: Keep sin classy. So we have one casino from Moshe Safdie , the Israeli-born Boston architect most famous for designing the cubist-like …
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Famous Architects Design Monuments to Vice in Virtuous Singapore
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Friday, June 25th, 2010
For those who enjoy the challenge, fun and excitement of decorating, but can’t afford a Design Star to tackle those projects, professionals share their secrets and designs and offer tips in a number of “how to” books available to aid and abet the design challenged.
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Summer reading for decor lovers
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Saturday, June 12th, 2010
The HandMade: Western North Carolina Craft, Architecture & Design Expo will bring in nationally known author and speaker Toni Sikes for a keynote talk.
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‘Artful Home’ author Toni Sikes to give keynote talk at HandMade: Western North Carolina Craft, Architecture & Design …
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
FAIRLAWN Design and décor come together at Distinctions. The seven-year old business is located at 113 Ghent Road in Merchants Square.
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Distinctions has design, décor ideas, items
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
A roundup of home products created from cork. The products include creative designs found at Velocity Art and Design, Ecohaus, Target, Branch Home and MOMA.
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Twitter unveils its expanded bird-themed headquarters. It’s downright Hitchcock-ian. Last November, Twitter fetched up at generous new headquarters in San Francisco’s SOMA district. Just six months later, the social networking site has annexed more space. Next up: Twitter takes over @world? Let’s hope not, at least not for design’s sake. The decor’s pretty basic here; it looks like it was …
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
HGTV has revealed the identities of the 12 contestants competing on HGTV Design Star’s fifth season, which will premiere on Sunday, June 13 at 10PM ET/PT.
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HGTV reveals ‘Design Star’ fifth-season cast, series to debut June 13
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
One Darien resident has taken her love of interior design, combined it with her passion for the ocean and turned it into a new creative business. Liz Orgera, a 25-year-old Fairfield University graduate, has always loved design.
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Darien resident’s designs are ‘Shorely Chic"
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Texas Cultural Trust, The Blanton Museum of Art, et al.
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Public Relations, Design, and Branding Firm Signs Key Cultural Clients
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
LOS ANGELES, CA, MAY 10, 2010 – In celebration of ALICE IN WONDERLAND’S Blu-ray and DVD debut on June 1, 2010 , Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE), in partnership with Disney Consumer Products (DCP), are unveiling a first-of-its-kind Alice In Wonderland Exhibition in the FIDM Museum & Galleries at FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in downtown Los Angeles.
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Disney Unveils A First-of-its-kind Alice In Wonderland Exhibition At LA Fashion Institute of Design
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