Six Ways to Flexibility
Sometimes the best way to stay happy is to stay flexible. Here’s six goodies that will bend to your will. Read more
Design, Products, Technology
April 12, 2012
Balance, Design, Products
April 3, 2012
6 Ways to Hold Back the Rain
As the April showers give way to May flowers, here are six springy companions to help you hold back the rain. Read more
Balance, Products
March 27, 2012
Six Ways to Tax Day
Are you prepared yet for Tuesday, April 17? Get everything ship-shape (or at least looking sharp) with ideas like these. Read more
Balance, Products
March 20, 2012
Six Ways to Spring Colors
The first day of the spring season is here. Get a jump start with these happy hues. Read more
Design, Products
March 6, 2012
Six Ways with Desk Lighting
Wake up your desk with lighting that stays on task (and looks great while doing it) with these six smart picks. Read more
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
February 24, 2012
Top 10: Best of the Web This Week
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
Inspiration: Eames Molded Plastic Chairs in the Office
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, Products
February 20, 2012
Six Ways with Presidential Design
Celebrate Presidents’ Day with these POTUS-inspired finds. Read more
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
February 17, 2012
Top 10: Best of the Web This Week
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, Products
February 14, 2012
Six Ways with Red
Use these picks in Valentine’s Day’s signature color to inspire your space all year long. Read more