The 3rd Annual Hit List: Submit Now!
Author:Lindsey Shook
California Home + Design is asking readers and the statewide design community to help round up and nominate the top 10 best California creations for a year-end feature we call ‘The Hit List.” Email us with 2011’s most stunning and innovative products, places, websites and design, and our readers will vote on which items will make the list. Winners will be featured in our November/December 2011 issue. Deadline for submissions: August 26.
Good Luck!
Email your submissions to: submissions@chdmag.com
Eligibility:
-All submissions must have been created by a California-based designer or artist and completed, released or revealed iwithin the last 12 months.
-Landscape and architecture projects must be open to the public.
-Residential projects and products previously featured in CH+D are not eligible.
-Please include an image and a 25-word description, including designer information, in your submission.
Check out last year’s incredible winners!
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 | Glass Series No. 4 Lamp Brandon Morrison, founder of the seven-year-old furniture company WhyrHymer, set out to design a side table and ended up with the amazing Glass Series No. 4 lamp. Read More > | ||
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 | The Bleachers Rug | ||
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 | The Modena Table Designer Stephanie Batties wanted to create a piece that would be a graceful departure from the angular, architectural designs that the furniture company has been making since 1996. Read more > | ||
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 | Kalifornia Rocker “I wanted it to feel as if you could sit down and drive off,” says Brandon Morrison about his auto-inspired Kalifornia Rocker. Read more > | ||
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 | Sticks and Stones San Francisco landscape designer Deanna Glory combined set design, fine art and interior design to create her recent sculpture, Sticks and Stones. Read more > | ||
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 | Heat Shabu Baru For her design of Sacramento’s new nightspot Heat Shabu Baru, up-and-coming San Francisco designer Lynn Trinh complemented the Japanese fondue menu with a palette of gray and black with jolts of symbolic red. Read more > | ||
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 | Dreamland Pillows Designer Jeanine Hays’ Dreamland pillows were inspired by her various interests, from African-American culture to feminist theory. Read more > | ||
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 | Juliana Chaise Collection Although she’s worked with plenty of spotlight-stealing pieces in her 20 years as an interior designer, Janie Kasarjian created her Juliana chaise to let the rest of the room shine, Read more > | ||
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 | On the Rocks Light Some days call for sparkle, while others do not. Mill Valley interior architect Sherry Williamson’s On the Rocks light, a 16¼-inch wall sconce that’s part of the Kentfield Collection for Boyd Lighting. Read more > | ||
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