NYIGF: What I Wanted to Buy and Leave With, Immediately
Weaving my way through Pier 94 yesterday at the New York International Gift Fair was definitely one of the more overwhelming — and truly amazing — days spent. Lacquered tables on the left, oversize vases on the right, couches ahead, artwork behind. And while I was surrounded in products worth stopping for, a few had me lingering, wishing, and hoping (which I am now sharing). One great example: these Michelle Hatch pillows (above), accentuated with metal nailheads, Swarovski elements, and vintage ribbons.
Book Lust: "Staying Put"
Just as no less than the research sages at Harvard’s Joint Center for House Studies predict that spending on home improvement will be on an upward track, the latest tome from money-smart architecture guru Duo Dickinson lands on our desk. Suddenly, those dreams of a new bathroom and renovated kitchen seem within our reach.
FULL ENTRYFrom the Mag: A little ice music at Rose Kennedy Greenway
Eric Roth
Waiting for the freeze at the Ice Chimes sculpture are (from left) Robert Linn, Oliver Bouchier of Payne|Bouchier Fine Builders, who constructed it, and project co-designer Sarah West of Moskow Linn Architect.
Icicles dangling from rooftops are beguiling, “but who can resist pulling them down to hear them shatter?” asks Robert Linn of Moskow Linn Architects of Boston. Such sight and sound inspired him and partner Keith Moskow to create Ice Chimes, a winter sculpture on display on Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway through April. Heat coils in a perforated canopy melt snow and ice then the water drips along metal conduits beneath. Add frigid air and, voilá, icicles, which clink and chime in the wind until, heavy with their own weight, they fall into the steel hopper below for a percussive finale.
See the story in our Jan/Feb Kitchen + Bath issue online now!
Eva Zeisel's influence in black and white
It was our small ode to a design legend, over five years ago when creating DNE. And it's our small way of remembering her now. Here's to one extraordinary woman.
An insider's look at must-have products, fresh trends, and inspired spaces from the team at Design New England magazine.
Gail Ravgiala is editor of Design New England and a fan of both the region's historic architecture and its growing inventory of modern houses and public buildings.
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