SEE WHERE THEY ARE NOW! An interview with a Bienenstock Interior Design Competition Winner
My name is Meredith Fraga and I am an Intermediate Interior Designer with IA Interior Architects in their Los Angeles office.
Covid-19 Challenges the Design Industry
Who could have predicted that the Corona Virus or Covid-19 would completely disrupt and dictate how the design industry would conduct business?
The Ubiquitous No. 14
You may not know the name Michael Thonet, but you’ve probably sat in one of his chairs hundreds of times. Thonet was a German-Austrian furniture maker and designer who developed bentwood furniture and the incredibly popular No. 14 chair, known as the Cafe Chair, that is used in bistros and restaurants around the world.
The Lyre & Sweet Harmonies
Cosmic harmony. Who could pass that up? Not Greece 2000 years ago and not America and Europe 200 years ago. Apollo was the mythological god of music and dance, and his stringed lyre was thought to represent not just artistic sensibilities but also harmony and heavenly peace, social order, and all that was rational in ancient Greece.
The Sea Shell: Design Motif
“Why are there so many sea shell designs on furniture, textiles, and architecture?” As with many decorative and design patterns, the answer lies in a combination of ancient superstition, the borrowing from nature’s unchanging harmony, and