From the monthly archives:
DB Fletcher, a custom furniture maker in Arizona, has created a truly impressive table. The Capstan Ilona “is a circular table which, when rotated at its outer perimeter, doubles its seating capacity, yet astonishingly remains truly circular.”
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I got an email yesterday from Teresa Méndez, a staff writer for the Christian Science Monitor. In the newest issue, Teresa wrote an article titled “Marimekko fashion makes bold new again,” about the Finnish textile company’s resurgence in the fashion world, using the story of Marimekko’s history in Cambridge, from Design Research in the 60′s [...]
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Wow, 6 posts in two days. Something must have lit a fire you-know-where! Actually, I was feeling a little sluggish just a few minutes ago. I was seriously thinking a nap would do me good. But then I got the Design Public newsletter, and POW! I was awake! No, it wasn’t the email itself, but [...]
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The Boston Globe reports today that residential developer John Rosenthal has proposed a 1.3 million square foot project in the Kenmore/Fenway area. The new project will include 668 residential units (most likely as apartments), 57,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, and parking for more than 1,200 vehicles. 500 feet of the eastbound side [...]
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Cell phone companies have been adding storage and music capabilities into their products for some time, but this is a reversal of that idea. After months of rumors, Apple introduced the iPhone. The majority of the face is a touch screen, allowing you to navigate between its music, phone, and PDA functions. It’s beautiful, but [...]
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Quentin Kelley emailed me to tell me about his company, Infusion Furniture. A trained engineer whose interest in architecture and furniture was piqued when he was in the Peace Corps, Quentin makes incredibly beautiful, hand made custom modern furniture. After looking at all the photographs of his work, I had to ask him if he [...]
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I was checking out new members of Curbly from around Boston earlier today, and I came across someone named ModBarn. Curious, I check it out and find a link to his blog, Bare Hill Barn House. Ben is the name the ModBarn typically goes by, and he is documenting the conversion of an early 19th [...]
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The Boston Globe reports today that the former warehouse building that has housed Jimmy’s Harborside Restaurant (a.k.a. “Home of the Chowder King” – please pronounce that in a proper Boston vernacular when you read it) for over 50 years is beginning to be torn down today. In it’s place will be a development of two [...]
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Last week, I was lucky enough to meet Katie Dammann, the Marketing Director for New England Home Magazine. We got to chatting, and she told me about this great party that they are throwing at the newly opened Intercontinental Hotel. It’s an industry only event, so a lot of architects and designers will be there. [...]
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The Boston Business Journal reports that the Boston Architectural College has bought the building that formerly housed the Institute of Contemporary Art. The ICA sold the building to the real estate development firm Samuels and Associates in 2006 and moved to their current location on the South Boston Waterfront last year. The BAC, where I [...]
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