Designers Today is a digital and print magazine that promotes itself as the link between interior designers and the home furnishings industry. As part of their goal in pushing the envelope to make the interior design profession stronger and more transparent, they are hosting a yearlong webinar series that interviews experts on their business practices. […]
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Recently, I interviewed Lisa Lev, of Lisa Lev Design based in Toronto. I asked her, “What is your most challenging, yet satisfying, project to date?” She replied, “the Clarendon job.” This modern rehab of a heritage home for a repeat customer, was challenging for her. This client has a bad reaction to color and Lisa […]
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Chintz, glazed cotton prints, were the rage in over-the-top interiors in the 1980s and an excess associated with interior designer Mario Buatta, among others. This pattern-upon-pattern riot eventually died out, giving way to the minimalist and ubiquitous mid-century modern aesthetic –first in beige, and then in all white- we have been living with since. Polychrome […]
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What could possibly be meant by the term The Inca Insistence? I will get to this! First, I have to explain how patterns are categorized and how this is culturally relevant. Previously in this blog, we have discussed basic pattern repeats. An ogee, such as this image below (and which we defined here), is an […]
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