Do you use StumbleUpon? It’s a great way to find interesting things that you otherwise may miss. Like I did with Thomas Baekdal’s post about Livingstones. Livingstones are a creation by French designer Stephanie Marin. Made from virgin wool, they resemble actual stones, but are actually soft, comfortable cushions. Well, cushions may be a stretch, [...]
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Following up on my earlier post about Walt Lockley’s view of Boston City Hall, I found a trio of videos that offer ideas of ways to change City Hall Plaza. In 2007, a group of students, both graduate and undergraduate, were sponsored to create a pilot project called Hub2. They used the game Second Life [...]
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Paul Hatziiliades, the owner of Moda Cucina (who I wrote about back in August), wrote me to say that the Boston-based manufacturer of high-end green modern kitchens and cabinetry is hiring a senior salesperson and kitchen designer. This position will be based out of the Boston Design Center showroom, and will entail working with high-end [...]
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Local architect Christine Vargas has started Our Soil Project, a new non-profit organization that helps “empower underprivileged children around the world by helping them develop technical, vocational, and photography skills. We serve disenfranchised children in marginalized areas of the world through high impact workshops aimed at inspiring self-reliance and sustainability.” Upcoming workshops will be held [...]
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After reading about me needing hooks for my son’s room, my friend Brad emailed me this post from dezeen. Paula, a collective of three young Roman designers, has introduced the Wardrom, a modular hook system “born to enhance DISORDER making it graphically catchy.” “WARDROM is an object that invites throwing clothes as if it were [...]
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