Today’s post on A+A is the second project featured here that’s made the cut in Dwell magazine’s “Houses We Love” competition for its tenth anniversary issue in October. Only twenty finalists made the grade – and the magazine wants your online vote before June 27. Our first was posted...
Ricardo Vincenzetti’s high-style kitchen designs for Italian manufacturer Miton are contemporary, attractive and versatile. They’re also affordable. Because the company uses a totally automated production line and limits its advertising, it can offer a substantially lower price point for the trade...
Micah Condon manages a gallery of 162 painters from across the nation via a website in Denver. An artist himself, he started Dailypainters in 2006, inviting in a few others who were painting every day and selling their work online. Within a month, 400 artists had signed up at no charge. He made the transition...
A fifteen-year run as an actor in New York came to an abrupt end in 2000 when Michael Curry awoke in the middle of the night with an epiphany about a mosaic and a dining room table. He’d been working at night in “Cabaret” on Broadway, his days free, and was creatively antsy. He’d recently...
Marcello Becchi remembers his days as a child when he’d walk into a toy store with his parents and see things that they couldn’t. “It was a fantasy,” the Italian-born vice president of business development for the international firm Trend Group says. “I was a fan of Legos – not as blocks,...
Kristina de Corpo and Nicole Chiala share an art school background, a vision for sustainability and a relatively new and successful design business. The two mid-‘90s graduates of the Art Academy of San Francisco decided in 2004 that they wanted to join forces and create products for the home. “We...
With a circulation of 350,000 for its print edition, and monthly online page views tallying 3.3 million, Dwell magazine could be considered the journalistic Mecca for aspiring residential architects. Its monthly “Houses We Love” feature alone may be the most coveted single page in the entire architecture...
Not by a long shot. The three Philadelphia partners in MODA botanica derive their pleasure and inspiration from art, from architecture, from the auto supply store and from Home Depot. In the case of the Philadelphia International Flower Show, where they’ve just racked up five major awards – including...
Deborah Carnes Christie describes herself as a lawyer, a dilettante and a designer. The 60-year-old Chapel Hill resident just added author to her list of titles. Her first book, “Green House, The Story of a Healthy, Energy-Efficient Home,” was published this week to give readers a sense of the step-by-step...
For those actively seeking a ready-to-go set of house plans for a modern, sustainable residence, Hometta may be the online source. Since its launch in concert with Dwell in Design in Los Angeles in 2008, Hometta has signed 35 architectural studios to showcase plans for proven, uber-cool homes. For a reasonable...
