Liberty from Humanscale
Humanscale is the leading manufacturer of ergonomic products for the office. From chairs to keyboard trays to task lighting, they cover a wide range of products. Last week, they gave us a luncheon presentation which was fun, informative, and tasty!
Shangri-La meets Europe
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has signed a long-term lease agreement with BAI Bauträger Austria Immobilien GmbH, the development and management arm of the Immobilien Holding Group, for the Shangri-La Hotel, Vienna, opening late 2009.
HD Award
Remedios Siembieda, where I have been working for almost 7 years, won the annual hospitality design (HD) award for the Shilla Hotel Seoul, Korea.
The Energy Saving Adapters
The Energy Saving Adapters – EDF – by Gilles Belles not only look good but have some smarts behind them too. The standby mode of the electrical appliances can represent up to 10% of the electric consumption of housing (except heating).
Tsunagu – Connect
This installation, called Tsunagu – Japanese for “connect”- by architect Kengo Kuma, of a concept home based on traditional Japanese interiors was one of the talking points at the Salone del Mobile, Milan this year. It was commissioned by one of Japan’s largest developers of home real estate property company Mitsui Fudosan Residential, which plans [...]
N.O.W. (Not Only White)
If you are tired of same-old, typical wardrobes, here is a solution that might help you to have fun. Italian company, Lago, has a new concept for wardrobes! This is an infinitely customizable wardrobe, one that disappears behind the walls and integrates perfectly with the interior architecture of the home.
Normal Room
Would you like to see how people live around the world? Then visit Normal Room. This web site has images of homes from all over the world that includes interesting places, such as Ethiopia, New Zealand and Argentina. You can search the image database and explore the differences and similarities in architecture and home decoration [...]
Shade Hotel
Last week, my colleague, Larry Drasin, showed me an article in the Hospitality Design magazine about one of his designs “Shade Hotel” in Manhattan Beach, California. Shade is the first luxury boutique hotel in Manhattan Beach that is synonymous with casual California beach culture. The hotel has the residential feeling which is a very popular [...]
Quietest Cooker Head
From now on you can also listen to your favorite music in the kitchen. Forget that the hood is on and you are carrying on with your excellent work. Elica has patented an innovative system of noise reduction called Elica Deep Silence (EDS³) that allows the decorative hood to function extremely silently, indeed up to [...]
The World’s Sexiest Hotel
Adam & Eve Hotel combines design, nature and sensuality to create the newest concept hotel in the Mediterranean, (Belek – Antalya – Turkey) opened in late 2006. Merging design with nature, elegance with eroticism and luxury with exclusivity. Adam & Eve has provoked intrigue since its launch was announced.
Art of travel
Time magazine published the following article, by Liam Fitzpatrick, about the hotel design. Illustration for Time by Harry Harrison. The mid-twentieth century, some say, was the golden age of the big, bland chain hotel. Vacationers of the 1950s or ’60s took out second mortgages to afford jet travel, supposedly to find, as they hurtled from [...]
