Quote for Today: Brian Selznick
“Did you ever notice that all machines are made for some reason?” he asked Isabelle. “They are built to make you laugh, like the mouse here, or to tell the …
Imitating Water: Liquid Light by Tanya Clarke
When flipping a switch brings light and turning the tap brings water, nature becomes remote. How can art change this? Tanya Clarke’s Liquid Light Series is an ongoing collection of unusual …
Mindfulness Meets Playfulness: A Gallery of Faerie Houses
As we age, the pressure to settle down and turn serious builds. Doesn’t play keep us healthy and encourage awareness? A faerie house is a miniature structure crafted and/or placed outdoors to shelter …
Quote for Today: Suzy Kassem
If man could write his own fate, he would have designed his journey to be without obstacles. Yet all obstacles come with valuable lessons designed just for you and only …
Dressing the Story: A Gallery of Operatic Set Design
Scenery is more than mere background or decoration. It has power to determine our rejection or acceptance of a story. Storytelling began with the human voice. No props, no set, just …
Quote for Today: Christian Louboutin
A shoe is not only a design, but it’s a part of your body language, the way you walk. The way you’re going to move is quite dictated by your …
Living in a Crack: Keret House in Warsaw, Poland
Less than 4 feet at its widest point, Keret House, the narrowest residence in the world, isn’t for the claustrophobic. Polish architect Jakub Szczesny is famous for radical thinking inside a …
Quote for Today: Philip Johnson
Concrete you can mold, you can press it into – after all, you haven’t any straight lines in your body. Why should we have straight lines in our architecture? You’d …
Be It Ever So Humble: The Southern Shotgun House
Society has a tendency to write off working class neighborhoods as lacking in creativity and artistry. Are we missing something? Vernacular architecture is that which uses local construction materials to …
Technology in the Home: The Future in Home Appliances from GE
From machines that check vital signs and dispense medicine to laundry stored in compressed pellets, things are changing. Ready? In 2013, GE asked its designers to dream up what appliances …