Balance, Design, Products, Technology
August 5, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
1. Phaidon’s Agenda lets the book publisher showcase their great nose for a design, architecture or art story. The stories here are not confined to the book’s they’ve published. It’s a smart way for the brand to get the word out about new books and at the same time feed our design appetite.
2. The Design Files for Lisa Madigan’s home and home office (below).
3. Houzz for it’s collection of home offices. Can you tell I’m looking for new spaces.
4. Wanken for the post on an incredible holiday house in Argentina – it would make the perfect backyard office.
5. Kinfolk is a gorgeously designed new online food magazine. Now I know what to have for lunch.
6. Design Sponge’s Sneak Peek because it’s nice to see the Eames Molded Plastic chair with dowel legs mixed with other pieces so beautifully.
7. De Vetpan Studio’s blog for its luscious photography and their review of a Wacom Bamboo iPad Stylus.
8. Fast Company’s story on a bamboo bike where the frame is grown in shape.
9. Brain Pickings for the Power of 10 Flipbook post.
Powers of Ten, Flipbook from Joe Marianek on Vimeo.
10. NPR’s 3-Minute Fiction for the perfect work break. Great stories that take 3 minutes to read.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
July 22, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week…
1. AIA’s Architect Barbie’s House Competition. Yes, that is a home office complete with an Eames Lounge Chair (above).
2. Rupert Murdoch and the “pie” incident. I was amazed by two things here – how quickly Murdoch’s wife Wendy Deng literally jumped to her husband’s defense and how good the Eames Aluminum Group Chairs look in that deep green!
3. Beyond the Cubicle by Allison Arieff. Arieff’s article includes an interview with our very own Lifework contributors – artist Rebecca Niederlander and architect Iris Anna Regn.
4. Web Design Ledger for their post on excellent iPad Apps. Check out the Awesome Note HD as a good organizing tool (below).
5. Seed Walker for Parneet Gosal’s piece tracking 5 emerging trends on Google+ – which has acquired more than 10 million users.
6. Coudal Partners for their link to these amazing 1960s Japanese office spaces (above). Herman Miller abounds!
7. The Journal of Dustin Heerkens for its beautifully-presented content covering design, art, hotels and food in East Asia (below). My next vacation spot may just have to be the Waterhouse.
8. Grain & Gram for raising up our work lives to an elegant art. I love the piece on butcher Ben Runkle.
9. Fox Johnston Architecture. These two Australian architects do amazing work and this website is a testament to their careful eye. I can see working away on my laptop from this sofa.
10. DWR’s Design Notes for their post on a cool little Vipp Bin trashcan icon to replace the wire basket that now sits on your desktop.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
July 1, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week…
1. Green Retreats for their wonderful backyard “offices”. It’s a UK-based business and it doesn’t look like they ship to the States. But it’s well worth a look just for the inspiration. We’re set for a 100 degree heat over the 4th of July weekend and I’m thinking a backyard retreat like one of these would be a perfect escape!
2. Wired for their piece on a hot tub maker who now does cedar home offices for the backyard.
3. Mocoloco for it’s Airstream home office. The main image is a bit fuzzy but you get the idea.
4. Cubicle 17 for its simple design and blogger Bill Israel‘s mixology skills. He may be a software developer but that Bitter Mai Tai looks mighty good. The perfect end-of-workday cocktail.
5. Billings for its excellent – and simple – billing system. Keep track of your money this summer.
6. Roomzaar’s home office gallery lets you see a ton of real spaces (some made me feel very good about my corner of the kitchen!) and rate them. Great for ideas…
7. Making It My Style for the post on Scandinavian grand design – love those Eames Aluminum Group chairs in the home office
8. My Paradissi is a picture-driven blog from a young Greek architect with a nice sense of style. Great for sun-drenched, white-washed Greek interiors.
9. The Guardian newspaper Writer’s Rooms series. This simple attic space is home to children’s book author Francesca Simon.
10. Present and Correct for their cool home office supplies.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
June 24, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week…
1. If It’s Hip It’s Here for its design-driven content and post on free screensavers.
2. Dwell on Design for its event schedule! Still trying to figure out how to pack everything in.
3. Key Operation Inc for their incredible projects. These Japanese architects produce some amazing houses.
4. ZeenScreen for Dezeen’s interview with Ilse Crawford. I’m a huge fan of her work and her approach to interiors.
5. Core 77 for the post on visual note-taking.
6. Wallpaper’s Architect’s Directory for gathering 20 young architects and letting them dream up the ideal summer house.
7. Emmas Designblogg for the great post on Dutch fashion photographer Fred van ‘t Slot’s home.
8. Sneak Peek over on Design*Sponge for Courtney and Michael Adamo’s home.
9. Stelle Architect because summer is here and they design the most perfect beach houses.
10. Eames Spotting on the Eames Office site for the William Shatner video.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
June 17, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week…
1. Speckyboy Design Magazine for Joel Falconer’s post on ridding distractions from your home office.
2. Architects + Artisans for its design coverage and clean site. Love an easily navigated page!
3. Geoff Mcfetridge for his wonderful burnt toast. He used 2,430 pieces of toast to animate OK GO‘s Last Leaf song. This definitely falls under the ‘take a break’ category.
4. DezeenScreen for its interview with Linda Morey Smith, the designer behind the Red Bull offices in London. Interesting look at how people work and the way corporate interiors are taking their inspiration from residential spaces.
5. Observers Room over at Design Observer for Rob Walker’s post on the Google map pin.
6. Fast Co Design‘s post on Evernote’s iPad app that utilizes the Smart Cover so brilliantly.
7. GOOD for their post on the Highline. Section 2 is now open to the public and it makes me wish I lived in New York every time I look at those images. What a perfect place to take a mid-morning break from the desk.
8. Abitare for their Design Basel coverage (and google for letting me translate it!)
9. Mark magazine for some incredible architecture. You can see quite a bit using the preview option for each magazine.
10. Cool Hunting for their Fab.com post. I know there are a lot of these discount sites around (I think I belong to most of them) but this one seems to have some great content. Those Milton Glaser poster’s would be perfect for my home office.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
June 10, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week:
1. Fast Company for its the post on the garage converted into a sleek office space and their interview with Dieter Rams.
2. JTNimoy for his amazing programs – most recently he worked on Tron. But you’ve seen his design elsewhere, I promise. Check out his cool graffiti program here. Just heard Josh speak at a Creative Mornings hosted by Media Temple. Cool guy.
3. Chrome Experiments because we all need a break from our work now and then. I’m fascinated by the sketch program. Which one takes your fancy?
4. Workalicious for its standing desk post. More on standing desks from us in a few months. There’s definitely a buzz around this idea.
5. Ecosalon for their year in vintage post. Fascinating to see what came out in 1946.
6.. Obsessilicious for its mid-century aesthetic and obvious good taste!
7. Chairsmith because it’s nice to know someone else obsesses as much about chairs as we do.
8. Brain Pickings for the “100 Best Design Books of the Past 100 Years.” I love a brave list.
9. Moma Design Studio for the sites cool design as well as its amazing content (thank you swissmiss for the heads up on this one).
10. Not Cot for their post on an amazing office space in Moscow.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
June 3, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week:
1.Design*Sponge - what do you think of the redesign?
2. Grain Edit for their House Industries giveaway. Check it out for some cool prints for your home (office).
3. Desire to Inspire for more Eames chairs.
4. Fantastic Journal for architect Charles Holland’s take on architecture and design. He is a director of FAT, an architecture and design practice based in London.
5. Cool Hunting for its post on the new Lexdray Boulder Pack – perfect for taking your home office on the road.
6. Design Boom for their coverage of design and architecture. I also really like the way the site is laid out – it’s clean and makes sense to me.
7. Design Files for a dose of Australian design when I get homesick. Check out the Australian homes gallery for some great interiors inspiration.
8. BldgBlog because sometimes you need a dose of good writing as well as some pretty pictures.
9. Design Addict’s Radar in case you are in the market for something vintage.
10. Dwell for its post on the Baltimore tree house (which is where I want to work this summer).
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
May 27, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week…
1. DWR’s Design Notes for their cool 3D room planner. Perfect for re-working your home office. Or your whole home.
2. Dezeen‘s Bird Nest post. What an incredible space.
3. Casa Vogue is Italian Vogue’s interiors magazine. It’s edgy and beautiful and you’ll need to brush up on your Italian! Check out the Paul Rudolph house on page 122.
4. Core 77 for their excellent architect Barbie post. What other Barbie identities would you like to see?
5. Sharebrain for its roundups and its social network info.
6. GOOD for their interesting story on digital dumpster diving. Seems like a daft idea to me!
7. Fast Company’s post on how our desk job’s are making us fat.
8. Apartment Therapy House Tours because it satisfies the inner voyeur in us all.
9. Livingetc‘s home office gallery. I like this UK magazine’s warm, modern take on interiors.
10. Jon Setzen who I met with this week to talk about Herman Miller hosting a Creative Morning lecture in Los Angeles (more on that soon!) Jon, creative director at Something Massive, blogs about life in Los Angeles with a designer’s eye for images.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
May 20, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week…
1. Design Observer for their excellent piece on architect Harry Weese story. Check out the Ellison Bay house. An amazing place to work.
2. The Fox is Black for their desktop wallpaper project. I love the March 14 post .
3. Dezeen for their video interview with Tord Boontje – one of my favorite designers.
4. Fast Company for their 100 Most Creative People in Business list. Gotta love a list when it is this well curated and laid out. Nice job.
5. PSFK for their smart design coverage (and their own redesign).
6. Intel’s Idea Jam for using You Tube in a really interesting way. They post videos of brainstorming “sessions that bring together the brightest minds in an array of creative fields, including but not limited to video, music, comedy, animation and education.” Very cool.
7. Luxury Culture because I might not be able to afford much on this site but I always come away inspired.
8. Yatzer for their architecture coverage. You know you’re getting the latest and greatest work here. They also did one of the best Milan Furniture Fair roundups this year.
9. Emma’s Design Blogg for her amazing design eye. She covers interiors that are modern and warm. A good combination! Check out her Stockholm guide if you are visiting the city (even if you’re not).
10. Ecofabulous for their lovely spotlight on the SAYL chair (thanks!) and their coverage of all things green.
Balance, Design
May 13, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week…
1. Fast Company for the piece on why Microsoft is buying Skype.
2. Grain Edit for the story on chalk artist Dana Tanamchi.
3. Design Mind for their awesome blogs. Always something interesting here.
4. Unhappy Hipsters because it is still really funny.
5. Design Traveller because we all need a break now and then. Be inspired by these amazing interiors.
6. bltd for its cool design and great design content.
7. Desire to Inspire for their home office round up.
8. The Cool Hunter for an extraordinary range of material you just don’t see everywhere else. A consummate design curator.
9. Elle Decor for its home office with matching white Eames Aluminum Group chairs.
10. Vanity Fair for their wonderful “My Desk” series.