I went to Porter Exchange in Cambridge with my friend Jeff this afternoon for lunch — some of the best, least expensive sushi around the city is served there. On the way out, Jeff noticed a sale sign in the window of Kitty Haas’s jewelry shop. Knowing that Kitty isn’t known to need to put [...]
If you’re like me then you have fond memories of your first Barbie Dreamhouse. The layout was alright, the furniture was bland and uninspired, and worst of all everything was pink. Pink isn’t for everyone, so thankfully there’s brinca dada. brinca dada (pronounced (BREEN-kuh DEY-duh) is the brainchild of Douglas Rollins and Tim Boyle. Simply [...]
Pretty in 672 C pastel pink to be precise. The first pieces that struck my eye at this year’s ICFF were the Pantone Folding Chairs produced through Seletti of Italy. I’m normally not one to gush over a folding chair but this is pretty neat. These metal and synthetic leather chairs utilize the Pantone color [...]
It’s Friday at Design Boston… which means it’s time to get distracted by shiny objects! Shiny object number one? The sun. Which is high in the sky as I type. It’s a GORGEOUS day in Boston, and I’m terribly sorry for anyone who doesn’t live here. Mind you, when the wind starts to blow rain [...]
ICFF 2010 has come and gone and it was quite a show. Gradon and I went down on Saturday and managed to do the show and five parties in under ten hours. We saw the good and not so good. I think it’s important to highlight the contrasts between this year’s show and the last. [...]