Monthly archives:August 2011

Drinking in Style: The 5 Most Design-Forward & Inviting Hotel Bars in the World

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Just because you can’t afford to stay in a luxury hotel, doesn’t mean you can’t swing by and drink in one. Some of the best hotels in the world are also known for having some of the most design-forward and inviting bars in the world. And while we love sports bars and dive bars almost any night of the week (or every night of the week, really), every on[...]

Master of Wood: The Furniture Designs of Vito Selma

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Life must be pretty good when you’re a 20-something furniture designer working out of your own shop in Cebu, Phillipines, and the world has taken keen notice of and a strong liking to your pieces. This is the life of Vito Selma, a master of design, geometry and working with wood to create stunningly complex and beautiful chairs, tabletops, sofas and [...]

Luxury Lounge: Product Designer Balint Kormos’ Modular Lounge Chair

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In London-based sculptor, product designer, artist and all around idea factory Balint Kormos’ own words, he believes only in “high quality work” and therefore aims “to achieve the best at all times.” Passionate and enthusiastic about art and design, Kormos is always on the lookout for innovative design solutions to further his experience. It seems [...]

Mid-Century Marvel: Shia LaBeouf’s Sherman Oaks Bachelor Pad

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Success is not easy to come by in Hollywood; millions of hopefuls try, but only a fraction of a fraction actually succeed. There is no doubt that Shia LaBeouf, 25, star of hit films such as “Transformers”, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, “Eagle Eye” and “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps”, is breathing in that rarefied air of su[...]

Mid-Century Marvel: Shia LaBeouf’s Sherman Oaks Bachelor Pad

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Success is not easy to come by in Hollywood; millions of hopefuls try, but only a fraction of a fraction actually succeed. There is no doubt that Shia LaBeouf, 25, star of hit films such as “Transformers”, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, “Eagle Eye” and “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps”, is breathing in that rarefied air of su[...]