From ‘never’ to clever
Never say never? Well, not unless your hand is forced. Think chinchilla fur. Or popcorn ceilings. Sometimes, "over my dead body" is the only reasonable option. We asked five designers...
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What’s in your fridge?
Is your refrigerator running? Is it running . . . on steroids? Over the last few years, refrigerator manufacturers have been bulking up this workhorse appliance's capacity. That's in part...
Gotta have it
WHO: David Jimenez, vice president of visual merchandising and store design for Hallmark Cards, began his retail career as a salesperson at a New York City Gap, where he briskly...
Gotta have it
WHO: David Jimenez, vice president of visual merchandising and store design for Hallmark Cards, began his retail career as a salesperson at a New York City Gap, where he briskly...
Gotta have it
Who: In his furniture and environmental designs, Dario Antonioni, founder of Los Angeles' Orange22, fuses big, juicy concepts with new technologies. To that add other high-tech influences -- like his...
Gotta have it
Who: For more than a decade, Elizabeth Smith was the James W. Alsdorf chief curator and deputy director for programs at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art. She's curated critically acclaimed...
Despite a sea of beige, Gold Coast rentals are hardly neutral
I didn't know the Gold Coast could be so beige. But when Gayle Hallen, a licensed sales and leasing agent with Chicago Apartment Finders, takes me out to view apartments...
Bookend of the line
CONCRETE EXAMPLE Designer Malcolm Leland made the American Cement Building an L.A. landmark with his sculptural exterior facade, a network of 10-foot-tall, reinforced concrete "X" and modified "OO" shapes. Vessel...
Guest services
1. CONVERSATION PIECE Is science or art more essential to humanity? We couldn't tell you. But it does seem worth talking over. Help your host keep conversation flowing with these...
Get a handle on it
1. LAKE EFFECT Midwestern geology just doesn't get enough love these days. Support your local geodes with these stone cabinet pulls, part of Schaub & Co.'s Michigan Naturals collection (schauband...