With dual degrees from Penn in architecture and fine arts, textile designer Kevin O’Brien started printing decorative textiles 30 years ago. . Now he’s got a staff of 11, housed in a Philadelphia movie theater dating back to 1932. They’re producing apparel and home decorating items, including...
In a virtual era dominated by Zoom, Twitter, and TikTok, a design firm called Roto is breathing real-world fun into public spaces. Since 2004, they’ve been creating unique experiences for museums, zoos, aquariums, attractions and brand destinations for clients worldwide. Kids’ museums are a specialty...
Graham & Brown, the U.K.’s leading wallpaper manufacturer, is prepping to celebrate its 75th anniversary in early 2021. The family-run business in Lancashire, Blackburn was founded by two friends – Harold Graham and Henry Brown – in 1946. The company’s expanded its collection to include paint...
A book of Louis Kahn’s early drawings and words, out of print for almost 50 years, is about to be reprised. The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn was first published by Falcon Press in 1962, with a press run of 1,800 copies. They were snapped up almost immediately. MIT Press would reprint 3,000...
Nicole England is a Melbourne, Australia-based photographer, director, artist and author. She grew up in Auckland, New Zealand within a family of architects and interior designers and has been living in Australia for almost 20 years. She studied fine arts at Auckland University, specializing in photography....
Suzy Annetta is a trained interior designer, while Phil Annetta comes from a background in book and magazine publishing and editing. Together they founded Design Anthology magazine in Hong Kong in 2013. They recently published a comprehensive book called Design in Asia: The New Wave, and A+A interviewed...
Dominic Bradbury is a busy man. No sooner did a copy of his “Iconic American Homes” land on our doorstep than his “Mid-Century Modern Design – A Complete Sourcebook” arrived via UPS. But let’s tackle the former first. Subtitled “Architectural Masterworks since 1900,” it’s a 320-page...
Sure, CERSAIE – the international exhibition of tile and bathroom furnishings – has been pushed off until Sept. 27 – Oct. 1, 2021. But that doesn’t mean that tile and product manufacturers have lain dormant. Just the opposite’s true, and some interesting trends are now afoot. One of the more...
In a time of fake news – and now, bogus debates – why not take a look at fake architecture around the world? That was Anne-Catrin Schultz’s thinking when she sent out a call for entries on the topic to nearly everyone she knew. “There was no funding,” the associate professor of architecture...
The Mighty House is a concept whose time has arrived. It’s built in a factory, with 3-D printing technology. It’s sustainable – waste materials can be re-used in the manufacturing process, and with roof-mounted solar panels, it’s a net-zero structure. And once it’s shipped to a building site,...
