Balance, Technology
February 29, 2012
By Iris Anna Regn
Artist, educator, and curator Leonardo Bravo is Director of School Programs at the Music Center: Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County. He also organizes and produces Big City Forum, an interdisciplinary project designed to bring together creative practitioners over issues related the social dimensions of art, design, and public space. As an artist and curator, he’s had a long history exhibiting at spaces such as the Santa Monica Museum of Art, the Whittier College Arts Gallery, Deep River Gallery, Barbara Davis Gallery (Houston, TX), POST LA, Michael’s Restaurant (Santa Monica, CA), and Fifth Floor Gallery. Here he talks about how music seeps into all his activities. Read more
Balance, Design
February 28, 2012
By Amy Feezor
When you work regularly from a home office, it’s imperative to have the solutions you need to get a job done: your tools, tech, and supplies at the ready; the right amount of space to successfully complete a given task; comfortable, supportive seating (something we know a thing or two about); and a touch of personality to make long days (or nights) in the space worth it.
When two people share the same home office, however, that’s when things can get complicated. In a recent post about a George Nelson-inspired home from Apartment Therapy Tech, we showed you an office designed to easily accommodate a husband-and-wife team in Austin. Here are few more smart ways we’ve seen couples, partners, and friends tackle the same issue. Read more
Balance, Technology
February 27, 2012
By Amy Feezor
Inspired by our easy-to-adjust Monitor Arm, we found six more items that help maximize your everyday devices. Read more
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
February 24, 2012
By Amy Feezor
Here’s a glimpse at what we’ve been reading.
1. Chairsmith, a blog find from Jamie Latendresse of this week’s Ideal Live/Work Space.
2. Everything at ghostlyferns.com.
3. This colorful interview with Eames Demetrios, grandson of Charles and Ray Eames, on Ace Hotel’s blog.
4. Should you? “Be Free, Lance: Should I Freelance?” via Studio Sweet Studio.
5. “10 Steps to a Home Office You’ll Love” from Apartment Therapy.
6. A peek into the secret lives of hired guns by Susannah Breslin for Inc.
7. This over-the-top home office at biscade.com. (We spy an Embody Chair.)
8. Bloomberg Businessweek’s “Who Should Take a Home-Office Tax Deduction?”
9. The latest issue of Edition29 ARCHITECTURE for iPad (we’re particularly fans of the Summerhill Residence in Kenwood, CA and the Lake Lugano house in Switzerland).
10. Did you celebrate Modernism Week in Palm Springs? There’s still time–events will be held through February 26. Get details here.
Products
February 23, 2012
By Amy Feezor
Whether it’s at your desk, serving as a side chair, or poised for meetings around a work table (such as the Magis Tavolo XZ3), an Eames molded plastic chair from Herman Miller adds color, contour, and authentic design to any home office. Brighten your workspace with the naturally supportive seating in your choice of colors, bases, and shell style—and get inspired by some of the offices we’ve featured on Lifework that do the same. Read more
Balance, Design, Technology
February 22, 2012
By Amy Feezor
Take a listen to our latest music mix straight from York, Pennsylvania and the Eames-inspired home office of WORKtoDATE design director Greg Bennett. Read more
Balance, Design
February 21, 2012
By Amy Feezor
Prior to joining The Whole Brain Group as creative director, designer Jamie Latendresse served as Creative Arts Director for CPOP Gallery in Detroit, was co-owner of the emerging-artist gallery Primary Space, and worked for clients like General Motors and Our Time Theatre in New York City. Here the recent transplant to San Francisco shares his ideal live/work space–one that’s founded in every city dweller’s dream: more space.
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Balance, Products
February 20, 2012
By Amy Feezor
Celebrate Presidents’ Day with these POTUS-inspired finds. Read more
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
February 17, 2012
By Amy Feezor
Here’s what we’ve been reading this week.
1. The ongoing “Creative Spaces” feature at confessionsofadesigngeek.com.
2. Houzz’s look at the Nelson Coconut Chair, “a stylish slice of modern cushiness.”
3. Design Milk on the importance of plants in the Pacific Palisades home of Charles and Ray Eames.
4. Glimpses of this organized home office (and its Finnish office supplies) at Weekday Carnival.
5. The premiere issue of The Roger magazine and its mission to showcase creative workspaces.
6. Apartment Therapy’s transformation of a home office belonging to two engineers in need of a more functional space.
7. This smart toolkit covered on fastcodesign.com that rethinks the standard pencil cup.
8. “How America became a nation of freelancers” at The Guardian.
9. The colors and pattern in the home of Wolfgang Joop at The Selby.
10. Deskography.org, where you can “show the world where you work.”
Balance, Design, Technology
February 16, 2012
By Amy Feezor
There’s much to discover inside the oak tree-shaded Austin home in Apartment Therapy Tech’s latest tech tour, but one thing in particular got our attention: the owners’ serene, uncluttered home office. Designed around a his-and-her pair of desks created for Herman Miller by George Nelson, the space features small pops of color by way of well chosen office accessories, a flexible Mirra Chair for long nights spent on deadline, and lots of light via a tall floor-to-ceiling window. Just outside? A soothing water feature offering white noise and an extra dose of tranquility. Read more