Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

How to Make Your Bachelor Pad Feel More Adult (and Ick-Proof)

If you’re a dude living on your own for the first time (or a self-proclaimed man-child) your apartment could probably use some zhuzhing; you want your abode to be your best wingman, not the thing that gives that hot girl you somehow managed to woo “the ick.” Seriously, your wits and charm may be enough […]

Sir James Martin Statue Relocated to the Heart of Parramatta

A bronze statue honouring Sir James Martin, philhellene and one of the founding fathers of the modern Australian state of New South Wales, has been relocated to a more ‘fitting’ permanent new site in the very heart of the City of Parramatta. Together with the Premier of NSW Dominic Perrottet, City of Parramatta Lord Mayor […]

British Culture Secretary Warns: Returning the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece “A Very Dangerous and Slippy Road”

British culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has issued a warning that returning the Parthenon sculptures to Greece would be a “very dangerous and slippy road.” The 2,500 year old Parthenon sculptures (also referred to in popular culture as the ‘Parthenon Marbles’ or the ‘Elgin Marbles’) were removed from the Acropolis in Athens over 200 years ago […]

The Legacy of the Greeks: Classical Greece and its Influence on Sydney

The glory of classical Greece has had a deep impact globally, its broad influence reaching to all corners of the earth. Although separated by ten thousand miles and twenty-five hundred years, in many regards classical Greece and Sydney are not so much apart as alike. The glory years of classical Greece has had a profound […]

What is Japandi Design? Meet Scandinavian Decor’s Cooler, Japanese-Inspired Cousin

You know it when you see it. It’s smooth, angular, slightly retro, but not Tilda Swinton. It’s [drumroll] Japandi design, which is evocative of IKEA, but not as soulless, and Googie, but not quite as loosey-goosey. No, Japandi is a little more buttoned-up than that. Not in a holier-than-thou way, but in a “my button-up […]

What is Japandi Design? Meet Scandinavian Decor’s Cooler, Japanese-Inspired Cousin

You know it when you see it. It’s smooth, angular, slightly retro, but not Tilda Swinton. It’s [drumroll] Japandi design, which is evocative of IKEA, but not as soulless, and Googie, but not quite as loosey-goosey. No, Japandi is a little more buttoned-up than that. Not in a holier-than-thou way, but in a “my button-up […]

What is Japandi Design? Meet Scandinavian Decor’s Cooler, Japanese-Inspired Cousin

You know it when you see it. It’s smooth, angular, slightly retro, but not Tilda Swinton. It’s [drumroll] Japandi design, which is evocative of IKEA, but not as soulless, and Googie, but not quite as loosey-goosey. No, Japandi is a little more buttoned-up than that. Not in a holier-than-thou way, but in a “my button-up […]

What is Japandi Design? Meet Scandinavian Decor’s Cooler, Japanese-Inspired Cousin

You know it when you see it. It’s smooth, angular, slightly retro, but not Tilda Swinton. It’s [drumroll] Japandi design, which is evocative of IKEA, but not as soulless, and Googie, but not quite as loosey-goosey. No, Japandi is a little more buttoned-up than that. Not in a holier-than-thou way, but in a “my button-up […]

What is Japandi Design? Meet Scandinavian Decor’s Cooler, Japanese-Inspired Cousin

You know it when you see it. It’s smooth, angular, slightly retro, but not Tilda Swinton. It’s [drumroll] Japandi design, which is evocative of IKEA, but not as soulless, and Googie, but not quite as loosey-goosey. No, Japandi is a little more buttoned-up than that. Not in a holier-than-thou way, but in a “my button-up […]

What is Japandi Design? Meet Scandinavian Decor’s Cooler, Japanese-Inspired Cousin

You know it when you see it. It’s smooth, angular, slightly retro, but not Tilda Swinton. It’s [drumroll] Japandi design, which is evocative of IKEA, but not as soulless, and Googie, but not quite as loosey-goosey. No, Japandi is a little more buttoned-up than that. Not in a holier-than-thou way, but in a “my button-up […]

Beauty Meets Function: How to Create a Welcoming, Well-Designed Room

“I love what you’ve done!” Anyone who has remodeled or redesigned their home is of course pleased when they hear this from visiting friends. But I will let you in on a little secret: My heart soars when people walk into a space, look around, smile, and say it’s a room they want to spend […]

Starchitects Don’t Win In Stirling Prize Shocker

A more modest green building from an architect few have heard of takes the big British prize

Steel Box of A Tiny House is Only 320 Square Feet

Candid Rogers Studio designs “retreat for thoughtful repose.”

Dramatic Crocheted Lamps Created With Fashion Industry Waste

These handcrafted lamps use premium fashion fabrics that would otherwise be thrown away.

Brooklyn Timber Tower Student Competition Announced

Students and recent grads get to play with what is probably the greenest building material.

Rock Rocket Stove Is Held Together By Coat Hangers

Here is a really clever and cheap rocket stove design for nomadic peoples

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