Monthly archives:January 2010

Bloggers Day of Action - Help Haiti!

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Please see below for a list of places you can donate to help in the Haiti Earthquake relief! Before the 7.0 earthquake hit on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Haiti was as much of a third world country as any place in the world. Even before the hurricanes that hit the small island nation in 2008 the country was extremely impoverished, with massive illiteracy rates[...]

Stylish Space Saving Furniture on Third Avenue

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We found a very nice furniture store last week that has found quite the niche in furniture by coupling high end pieces of furniture with space saving designs that are perfect for Interior Designers, Architects and Specifiers. Founded in 2000 by Steve Spett and Ron Barth, Resource Furniture carries hard to find European Furniture that is not widely distribute[...]

Architectural Lighting Designer Profile - Motoko Ishii

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Motoko Ishii is an important and influential Architectural Lighting Designer for a number of reasons. She is famous for her lighting design artistry, as well as her accomplishments beyond the scope of her lighting projects. Motoko Ishii was able to break through the male dominated architectural community in Japan, which at the time did not welcome women into[...]

Nature's Blueprint: Stone Forest's Wooden Inspiration

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Reflective of the individual range of the elements found in nature, Stone Forest’s wooden collection brings the forest’s splendor indoors. Unfinished edges are unique all their own, and matched with tailored precision, they add a cutting-edge contemporary addition to their environment. The natural beauty of wood reflects the characteristics of the tree it wa[...]