A huge THANK YOU to amazing designer Caryn Cramer for coming and speaking to my interior design students!! If you haven't had a chance to check out her textiles, you are missing out. Her work is thoughtful, painterly and super conceptual. It also happens to be full of color & movement! Check out her website - www.caryncramer.com
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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!
Some More Cosmo Couture Coverage /
Thanks Pamela Sorensen for featuring our design from last year in this year's coverage of the fantastic Cosmo Couture event! It is always such an honor to be involved in this event & to help bring awareness (and a big check!) to My Sister's Place.
Backstage (and in my comfy sneakers too!!) before walking the runway at 2013's Cosmo Couture event!
Check out the original article here!
Home Workspaces /
Thanks once again to Marilyn Campbell for talking with me, this time about designing a functional & beautiful home office.
You can read the article here.
Creating a Private, Restful Retreat /
FOX Takes Home the Pinnacle Award! /
FOX was honored with the Pinnacle Award at the IIDA Mid-Atlantic Premiere awards last night!
This project was a great collaboration with many teams internal & external, with special attention for FOX's incredible in-house graphic design team. They are experts in creating a holistic branded experience & applying it to & embedding it within the physical structures. It's a wonderful collaborative & integrated process & result.
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
Dezeen's Interview with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky /
I really enjoyed this article about the founder of Airbnb (which of course I love) & his understanding of how design influences an entire business' structure.
“Then we thought “What would magical feel like?” and that’s how we approach design problems.”
