Author archives: dev

Zephyr’s 2011 IMKDC: Cool Prize Giveaways

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Back in June, we told you about the IMKDC (Inspire My Kitchen Design Contest), brought to you by our favorite range hood innovator, Zephyr. The contest, in its second year, brings together culinary aficionados, and awards homeowners and professional designers with prizes for incorporating a Zephyr range hood into their kitchen. Even better, it enters those[...]

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[...]

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[...]

Blossoming Architecture: Lotus Temple in New Delhi

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In Indian culture, the lotus flower carries deep significance on a symbolic level. Mentioned in Hindu scriptures and sacred to the Gods, indelible images of Brahma and Buddha seated on a lotus can be found everywhere. For centuries, the lotus has influenced Indian architecture; one only needs to glimpse at the Taj Mahal to realize its dome resembles[...]