AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MAN WHO INSTALLED THE CARPET IN 1974 FOR THE PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THE HOME WE JUST BOUGHT. McSweeney's View full entry
Only way to fly with the greenery ($$$ that is). No cheaptickets.com here. Fly away View full entry
Join the party and find out where the name came from. Plus, see the covers of IKEA's yearly catalogs and see the modernity growing from 1985 onwards. Go View full entry
Sarah Scalet looks at all the other benefits besides 'security and counter-terrorism' that come with the 220 CCTV cams installed at NJ's Secaucus Junction, the first major transit station opened after 9/11. Transit authority officials claim the cameras are for more useful for improving customer... View full entry
Want to really fit in? On the 8th floor of Hotel Puerta América, you will always match. Jason Bruges in collaboration with architect Kathryn Findlay, created an interactive environment that adapts to your color. Whether you are wearing cloths or not. Engadget | Jason Bruges View full entry
Transmaterial spots a classy option in threshold design. The AutoDoor. | related feature View full entry
If you are dying to have an insane interior space “a la” Hotel Fox, check out the new wallpaper series from our friends at Maxalot in Barcelona. Enjoy! View full entry
Hotel Fox. Copenhagen, DK. If the discussion forum turns from 'What should we name our baby?' to 'Where should we spend our honeymoon?', Hotel Fox in Copenhagen is sure to appear on the list of suggestions. 21 Graphic Designers and Illustrators have turned this regular 3D space in to a blazing 2D... View full entry
New furnishings from Milan , including new Antonio Citterio for B+B. View full entry
"Hall of Fame designer Eva Maddox (1, 2) breezed through San Francisco last week, leaving behind some inspiration for dealing with the homeless and taking home one of San Francisco's most prestigious design firms." From SF Gate View full entry
Take a guess. Madrid's Hotel Puerta América: 19 architects and designers would be enough to jolt their project into life and capture the attention of a business travel market increasingly jaded by the concept of designer boutique accommodation. FT | Previously View full entry
Turn to POL Oxygen for daily coverage direct from Cologne's International Furniture Fair. For instance: Design god Ron Arad has won Moroso a Best of the Best award for Classic Innovation for his remarkable Big E lacquered armchair. View full entry
Nutley, an accomplished furniture and brand designer as well as a frequent exhibitor at the ICFF, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, sent nine contemporaries from nine cities around the globe an unparalleled challenge: to create a cost-effective, collapsible piece of furniture and ship it... View full entry
View what many call "Camp Cupcake" and see what a typical cell looks like where Martha Stewart, featured prominently in Koolhaas' Content, will spend the next five months. Also related, Forbes features the five best spots in case you have to do some time. View full entry
Miami Beach's Art Deco hotel lobbies are really social laboratories. Hotels manufacture desire in constant permutation between reclusion and exhibitionism. New Times Miami View full entry
