Word: corlis
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...isn’t enough. You have to keep students involved in the visuals.” Mahmoud Tarif ’06-’07 said that one way to make the space less “sterile” would be to model the décor after “a café or a coffee shop, not a student space.” Choi suggested student art, photos, and paintings on the walls. Another idea floated at the meeting was the creation of a performance area around the coffee bar. Choi said this space would...
...Francisco The Hotel des Arts, near Union Square, took a fanciful approach to its dcor and commissioned local artists to paint the walls and furniture of select rooms. Spending the night in a one-of-a-kind room (with a private bath) costs...
...ORGANIC Forget rigidity. Home dcor is going organic, at least in form. Jason Miller's ceramic Superordinate Antler chandelier imitates nature via incandescent bulbs. Lene Frantzen's felt cushion looks like a slab of tree trunk. Ted Muehling's porcelain vase ?grows moss.? And Viva Terra bowls undulate like petrified petals and are carved from Chinese fir roots...
...West Hollywood out of sustainable and environmentally friendly materials, and the company even uses reclaimed and reused furniture for displays. For its recent PS collection, Ikea asked 28 designers to think up ingenious ways to use such recycled materials as wood and plastic to create new home-dcor products like the Ellan rocking chair while maintaining the company's commitment to the environment and social responsibility...
...UPDATED A row of 18th century houses along the Amstel River has been reborn as seven hotel rooms, called the Lute Suites. Dutch designer Marcel Wanders contributed to the simultaneously modern and classical dcor with pieces like his white neo-baroque SoapStars bathroom accessories. And Italian glassware firm Bisazza hired Marco Braga to reinvent a Venetian tradition in the entrance hall of Florence's Una Vittoria Hotel. On a computer, Braga designed a 54-hue floral mosaic made of sintered glass cubed tiles...