BLKCORAL website launch

In VERY exciting news, the website for BLKCORAL has been launched!

For those of you that don't like to read, just head on over to www.blkcoral.com & check it out.  For those of you who want a little history & information ... read on:

Nikole Nelson & I have known each other since our days at the illustrious Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD), where we were roommates, friends and co-conspirators!  Since then, Nikole & I have collaborated regularly, especially when she launched her New York City-based Nikole Nelson Studios.  After moving back to her native Hawaii (she's from Maui), she took a chance to re-energize & re-brand her now-Honolulu-based enterprise to reflect both her urban NYC experience and her natural Hawaiian roots.

In focusing on collaboration, BLKCORAL brings together a unique blend of creative energies & vision; as well as specializing in both concept and creation.  It really is a unique enterprise!  

Thanks for checking it out!

Where I Discuss Pattern & Spring Trends

Many thanks to Kim Resnik for talking with me about patterns & some of the new interior design trends for spring!

Spoiler alert: mixed metals, oversize exotic florals & what I like to call "natural brights".

Click Here to see the article in full in the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel

FOX Architects team with Vornado to create the spec suite of the future

FOX was invited to build a prototype spec suite in an otherwise unassuming office building in Crystal City - one of the many recently vacated by government tenants. Challenged with creating a workplace that was an innovative, smart & flexible, the design focuses on collaboration (both within the office & with other locations) and flexibility - ideal for start-ups & satellite offices. 

Be sure to check out FOX's contribution to Vornado's DesignLab contest. Click away for some of the press!

Washington Post, In offices of the future, receptionists are virtual, walls are for writing on and flexibility trumps all

 Crystal City Design Lab

City Biz List: Vornado Unveils Crystal City Design Labs Competition

"The Interiority Complex"

And here it is, folks ... the best explanation of our profession I've heard yet, from Gem Barton, over at Archetizer ...

“An interior architect with good training can fully appreciate and instigate the passage of utility and human interaction through studies, charts, and mapping, making precise predictions and choreographing the light, the access, and the materiality to achieve the desired goals.”

— Gem Barton

Click Here to read the article on Archetizer

SCAD is DesignIntelligence's #1 Interior Design Program for the Third Year in a Row

Once again DesignIntelligence has released their rankings of design programs, and once again, SCAD tops the list!  How very proud I am to be an alumna!

Click Here to see all the rankings on the DesignIntelligence website

Click Here to read the press release on SCAD's website

SCAD & Nikole Nelson in Interior Design Magazine!

Wonderful to see SCAD & the inimitable Nikole Nelson getting well-earned recognition from Interior Design magazine!

Click Here to read the article on Interior Design's website

FOX Architects designs HON's new DC Showroom

Some of my wonderful colleagues just wrapped up construction on HON's new DC showroom & it looks fantastic!  Inspired by L'Enfant's plan of the city, the showroom is housed around a central "monumental square" that is a flexible, multi-use space that can accommodate large groups of visitors in various settings.