Ben Weprin, Graduate Hotels founder and CEO, says in the introduction to his new book from Rizzoli that: “In my opinion, the two most important days in your life are the day you decide where to go to college and the day you decide who you want to be.” Weprin went to the University of […]
A love of electric trains inspired Richard McClintock to take up making scale models of Virginia’s historic buildings. There’s the Appomattox Courthouse and the McLean House, where a defeated (if impeccably dressed) R. E. Lee surrendered to a mud-splattered (but generous) U.S. Grant. There’s the Bell...
A few months back, the editor of Big Sky Journal in Bozeman, Mont. asked me if I’d be interested in penning a feature on sculptor Ott Jones. While I wasn’t familiar with his works in bronze, a quick Google search yielded a treasure trove of wildlife sculptures in bronze. So I accepted the assignment,...
Just in time for Halloween, the creatives at New Ravenna have rummaged through their collections to come up with a celebration of a single color: Black. As in Gothic. Macabre. Sinister. And decorative. “It’s not a newly designed line but it is catching up with a trend that people are talking about:...
Educated by his Early-American-furniture-loving parents, Stuart Grannen bought his first piece of stained glass at age seven. “They dragged as kid to places like the Metropolitan Museum and the South Street Seaport Museum,” the 65-year-old owner of Chicago’s Architectural Artifacts says. “And...
Tom Kligerman’s self-described “New American” architecture is chronicled in a new book from The Monacelli Press. “Shingle and Stone: Thomas Kligerman Houses” covers nine of his homes designed since 1992. They’re as small as a tiny guest house – and as big as any Texas client could want....
New Ravenna has announced the two winners in its mosaic design competition, initiated to celebrate the firm’s 30th anniversary. A total of 33 designs were submitted to the competition: 17 in the Fine Arts category, and 16 in the Pattern category. As promised, New Ravenna’s judges have selected...
Catherine Scotto is the author of a new book from Prestel and Rizzoli called “Morocco: Destination of Style, Elegance and Design.” She’s the former editor-in-chief at Elle Décoration, and is now freelancing for the press and publishing. A+A recently interviewed her via email about the book,...
A few months back, the editor of Big Sky Journal in Bozeman, Mont. asked me if I’d be interested in penning a feature on sculptor Ott Jones. While I wasn’t familiar with his works in bronze, a quick Google search yielded a treasure trove of wildlife sculptures in bronze. So I accepted the assignment,...
For all the mosaic artist wannabees out there, your ship just sailed in. To the Eastern Shore of Virginia, that is, where New Ravenna is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. A big part of its scheduled festivities is a mosaic design competition that’s open to anyone. There are two categories:...
