Category: Interior Design
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Get the Inside Scoop on How Heath Ceramics Makes Artisanal Ceramics at Scale
Visit the manufacturing facility of a 75 year old ceramics woman founded brand, Heath Ceramics, to learn how things are made.
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Soften Angles with Curves
Soften a bright white space full of angles and lines with a warm textured curved image and provide focus when the surrounding palette is monotone. This concept works at home or in professional settings. These same images also softened an office. The Work I shot these images in Northern Italy on an iPhone using Hipstamatic,…
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Compare Concept to Tangible Expression
What I mocked up in June 2018 is finally expressed as a reality! Here’s what it looks like now as the first tangible expression of the design idea. Here’s what the mockup of the design concept looked like. There are more iterations to come as this idea gets refined. Having a mockup helps you see…
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Line a Long Hallway
Long hallways are a space in between one destination and another. AND they can be a great place to linger if you line them with something worth looking at. I was thrilled to be able to display these photographs. I played with several different arrangements along this hallway. The delightful thing about a long railing…
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Shape the Space
The shape of space is very important. Preserving open space even more so. Since my last post, the fireplace with cast iron round shot cannon balls, baroque frame over mirrored TV and sofa are in. It was critical to leave a generous floor alley behind the sofa that welcomes the viewer into the other spaces on…
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Frame It
Adding the right frame to a piece of artwork is like finding the right secret ingredient for a designer cocktail. I’ve seen work that does not stand by itself elevated to sublime by presentation alone. Whatever you have, give it the right surroundings and it will do well. Recently, I’ve had the pleasure of framing…
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Use Contrast and Repetition
One of the things I love is seeing how people incorporate my artwork into their homes and how they make it their own. My friend and client Amy has done an amazing job incorporating this piece into her home and making it part of the fabric of the whole. Let’s take a deeper look. The…
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Mock it Up
When you want to be a little more sure of how the artwork will fit into the space, doing a mockup is an inexpensive and easy way to gain a greater peace of mind. It can be something cheap and cheerful that’s just enough or it can be more fully realized. Here are 2 examples…
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Clarify Your Color Language
I recently did a color consult for a client. The goal was simple: add a bright splash of the same color of yellow throughout the ground floor. The challenge was to more precisely distinguish which variation of yellow. Name It The first thing to do is add language to describe variations of yellow. A trip…
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Make the Space Feel Bigger
Make the space feel bigger by using an image that leads you into the distance. The image below has a path and a succession of smaller arches that lead your eye into the distance. The Work I made this 35mm image of the arches that support St John’s bridge and the park underneath it on…
