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One trait that I see over and over again in designers is that they’re always looking for ways to improve things. Whether it’s Le Corbusier with the density of Paris, or Michael Graves with a teapot, designers look at the world differently than the rest of us. That belief holds true for Brookline-based architects Jin [...]
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Earlier this week, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) concluded their Greenway District Planning Study, setting building height limits along the 1-1/2 mile long Rose Kennedy Greenway. To ensure that no one building or collection of buildings dominates the Greenway in terms of its scale, orientation, or architecture, the team examined potential massing studies from the [...]
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The Boston Globe recently reported on a proposal by local developer Samuels and Associates for two new buildings in the Fenway. A building at 132 Brookline Ave. would house 170 high-end apartments and include retail space on the first floor. A street over, on the corner of Boylston and Van Ness streets, another building would [...]
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Since moving his studio from Fort Point to Milton, Quentin Kelley’s been busy introducing new pieces to Infusion Furniture, his line of handmade, modern furniture. Quentin was nice enough to send over photos of his newest pieces, continuing on his theme of clean, modern lines built with old-world craftsmanship. I especially like the Glass Top [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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. [...]
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I love design, and I know when something is done well, but I’m no designer. So I’m excited to introduce “Wake Up Wednesday”, our newest series here on DesignBoston featuring local interior designer Ana Donohue! We all have that room with no moldings, no architectural detail, or we have that room that is great architecturally [...]
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You can do ICFF in a day, but I wouldn’t recommend it. Christopher and I took an early bus down to New York on Saturday for the first day of ICFF 2010, and came back that night, getting back to Boston around 3:00AM. In between those two four-hour bus rides, there was much design to [...]
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