Transforming a builder's special with its regulation white cabinets, silver hardware and chunky wood built-ins into a space with unique character was the challenge Taylor Anne Abess of Parlor Interiors faced when designing a house in the Hollywood Hills for her and her art curator husband.
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The day after Melissa Hanley and her husband Seth were laid off from the same firm during the economic downturn, they did the unthinkable: they launched a business. Since the creation of their architecture and design firm, Blitz, the couple have worked with some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech giants like Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft. Together, the duo have led the design and implementation of more than 225 projects across nearly 4,000,000 square feet, and have worked on projects all across America, Western Europe, Australia, and Asia. The Hanleys are now expanding their Bay Area studio to Los Angeles and applying their skills to the Southern California tech scene and beyond. Learn more in our Q+A below.
1. Tell us the origin story of Blitz.
We founded Blitz on optimism and resilience the morning after the two of us were laid off from the same firm during the height of the economic meltdown—a time when many design firms were experiencing profound hardships or closing their doors altogether. We’d gone to a café to recoup and develop a plan of action, and thus Blitz was born. We decided to name our new venture “Blitz,” as an allusion to the dynamism, spirit, and energy of our work processes. Read More...
Opening Harmon Guest House Healdsburg adds to its eco-chic standing with the recent opening of Harmon Guest House, sister property to downtown’s environmentally friendly Hotel Healdsburg and h2hotel.
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San Francisco's newest luxury residential tower The Avery, hosted an inimate book signing event for Clodagh: Life-Enhancing Design. The design icon spoke one-on-one to over 80 discerning designers and real estate experts about her work across the globe and the inspiration for the newly published boo
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Widely known for gray skies and a ubiquitous smell of espresso, Seattle is a sophisticated urban center surrounded by a surreal landscape where snow-capped mountains meet the Pacific.
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The stars aligned at the 2018 San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show held at Fort Mason. This year’s theme, The Sun, The Moon, & The Stars: Celestial Imagery in Art, Antiques & Design was translated through rare objects that spanned bot time and cultures.
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While Los Angeles-based mixed media artist K’era Morgan currently has a penchant for small works on paper, she says she's had a long-term love affair with cultural textile traditions. As the founder of k-apostrophe, Morgan creates luxury prints and textiles for the home incorporating methods influenced by tribal and global textile surface design, mark making, and quilt-making. The resulting "pieced together" look of her collaged paintings is responsible for k-apostrophe's signature style. In addition to her collage work, Morgan collaborates with one of the few remaining American mills to transform her multi-media pieces into colorful woven throw blankets made of 100% hand-dyed cotton for home interiors. Learn more in our Q+A below.
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Over 150 guests came out to celebrate Minotti's 70th world-wide anniversary at the iconic Sheats-Goldstein residence. Roberto Minotti, his daughter, Susanna, and nephew Alessandro were present at the epic celebration, to applaud Minotti Los Angeles founder Mary Ta for her vision in creating the firs
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