2003
Solid oak
36” h x 40” w x 16” l
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Canopy Coffee Table
2003
Solid oak
36” h x 40” w x 16” l
Custom Weave Rocker
(A collaborative project with Ahmed Khouja)2008
Ash / Rope / Industrial Felt
32” h x 20” w x 28” d
Through clarity of design composition and simple functional elegance, the Custom Weave Rocker achieves a degree of aesthetic sensibility, mimicking the sensual gesture of the body.
A central feature of Custom Weave is collapsibility. Simplicity of components allows for minimal material use, efficiency of assembly, and dramatically reduces space needed for shipping. Use of certified and natural materials in combination with simple production methods minimizes embodied energy.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Design Interior Living Room Cool Style
If you want to make your living room look as cool style, You have to know about some colors which can create cool situation in the design interior living room cool style. The range of colors for the cool scheme extends beyond the simple blue plus white equation, since a greater range of colors and non colors can be employed, including black and white, and grey and cream, but blue still provides the broadest and most useful color scope.
Some of people they're trying to design or creating a relaxed and harmonious living space, for this purpose they can chose Blues, blue grey, and whites as natural partners because they help to promote a sense of calm and airiness, and provide the cool scheme with strong definition and character. Design interior living room cool style associated with the Swedish style, It is an immensely popular look.
After the scheme color, to design the living room as cool style let's we start with the furniture placement. Furniture's arrangement are should be inviting, not angular and formal. If space allows, create more than one seating area. Try placing a chest across a corner rather than against a wall to soften the angle and make the room feel warmer. You can leave your furniture without any trims or covers.
The distribution of colors and decorative additions in the design interior living room cool style need to be balanced and uncluttered. In the living room especially, where furniture and furnishing fill the room and a mix of colors and pattern scan become overpowering, it is good idea to include elements of broken or lightweight color such as an open style bookcase featuring just a few simple ornaments, or plain white or cream cushion covers.
Design interior living room cool style perform a calm atmosphere at home, relax situation and it's look more space to sitting there. Those people who want to listening and watching movie in the living room, they will feel more comfortable and also enjoy the music sound with home theater.
Some of people they're trying to design or creating a relaxed and harmonious living space, for this purpose they can chose Blues, blue grey, and whites as natural partners because they help to promote a sense of calm and airiness, and provide the cool scheme with strong definition and character. Design interior living room cool style associated with the Swedish style, It is an immensely popular look.
After the scheme color, to design the living room as cool style let's we start with the furniture placement. Furniture's arrangement are should be inviting, not angular and formal. If space allows, create more than one seating area. Try placing a chest across a corner rather than against a wall to soften the angle and make the room feel warmer. You can leave your furniture without any trims or covers.
The distribution of colors and decorative additions in the design interior living room cool style need to be balanced and uncluttered. In the living room especially, where furniture and furnishing fill the room and a mix of colors and pattern scan become overpowering, it is good idea to include elements of broken or lightweight color such as an open style bookcase featuring just a few simple ornaments, or plain white or cream cushion covers.
Design interior living room cool style perform a calm atmosphere at home, relax situation and it's look more space to sitting there. Those people who want to listening and watching movie in the living room, they will feel more comfortable and also enjoy the music sound with home theater.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Green Building
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| From The Hollows at Northshore, Lake Travis, Austin, Texas |
Current trends with new home buyers and builders center around building an environmentally sensitive home. This can be accomplished by taking advantage of a site's inherent ecological characteristics, carefully selecting building materials so energy is efficiently used during the lifetime of the home, and many other methods. This focus is also known as green building.
In this age of everything green, it is wise to analyze your building, design and selection process with a fresh approach and put together your own green team. I suggest we take a whole-house systems approach to building green. Commit to educating yourself on the many details and benefits of owning a green, durable and energy-efficient home and then we can communicate this understanding and belief to the team players. Together we can deliver a home design that is healthier to live in and more energy efficient.
The builder is the green team coach and quarterback. It is this person's job to assemble the most knowledgeable team players, to understand the cost benefits of each system feature and to help educate the owner as to which features are most beneficial while balancing the owner's budget and design criteria.
The green team's players are your suppliers and subcontractors.
Your green team is owned by the client (if you are building custom), or by the builder (if building a spec). The owner makes the main decisions that affect the budget which have a major impact on both project costs and long-term energy efficiency.
The Building Designer is the green team manager and assists with designing green in many areas. He may minimize the size and quantity of north-facing windows while maximizing the number of windows that face south, thereby increasing the passive solar efficiency of the home. He might explain the advantages of spraying sealant around all windows and doors as the most economical investment for saving fuel. The designer and builder should understand the energy benefits and cost implications of different insulation methods such as fiberglass batt, blown wet-spray cellulose, blown-in blanket-spray fiberglass and polyurethane foam insulation. He may also specify gravel or a brick paver driveways, then the site will have less impervious coverage and less impact on the surrounding areas for runoff and flooding.
One excellent resource for improving your knowledge of green building is the U.S. Green Building Council (usgbc.org) which runs the LEED for Homes program; LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
Each green team member must do his part to build green. The knowledge of each team member will determine the extent to which your finished home is environmentally sensitive. Although it is the builder's responsibility to be ready and able to advise the client of the costs and benefits of each selection, it ultimately is the owner's decision to select green features.
Green building is here to stay and it will be the standard practice of designing and building in the near future. We are in the beginning stages of transitioning to green and it will take time, patience and commitment to do it right.
Green Building
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| From The Hollows at Northshore, Lake Travis, Austin, Texas |
Current trends with new home buyers and builders center around building an environmentally sensitive home. This can be accomplished by taking advantage of a site's inherent ecological characteristics, carefully selecting building materials so energy is efficiently used during the lifetime of the home, and many other methods. This focus is also known as green building.
In this age of everything green, it is wise to analyze your building, design and selection process with a fresh approach and put together your own green team. I suggest we take a whole-house systems approach to building green. Commit to educating yourself on the many details and benefits of owning a green, durable and energy-efficient home and then we can communicate this understanding and belief to the team players. Together we can deliver a home design that is healthier to live in and more energy efficient.
The builder is the green team coach and quarterback. It is this person's job to assemble the most knowledgeable team players, to understand the cost benefits of each system feature and to help educate the owner as to which features are most beneficial while balancing the owner's budget and design criteria.
The green team's players are your suppliers and subcontractors.
Your green team is owned by the client (if you are building custom), or by the builder (if building a spec). The owner makes the main decisions that affect the budget which have a major impact on both project costs and long-term energy efficiency.
The Building Designer is the green team manager and assists with designing green in many areas. He may minimize the size and quantity of north-facing windows while maximizing the number of windows that face south, thereby increasing the passive solar efficiency of the home. He might explain the advantages of spraying sealant around all windows and doors as the most economical investment for saving fuel. The designer and builder should understand the energy benefits and cost implications of different insulation methods such as fiberglass batt, blown wet-spray cellulose, blown-in blanket-spray fiberglass and polyurethane foam insulation. He may also specify gravel or a brick paver driveways, then the site will have less impervious coverage and less impact on the surrounding areas for runoff and flooding.
One excellent resource for improving your knowledge of green building is the U.S. Green Building Council (usgbc.org) which runs the LEED for Homes program; LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
Each green team member must do his part to build green. The knowledge of each team member will determine the extent to which your finished home is environmentally sensitive. Although it is the builder's responsibility to be ready and able to advise the client of the costs and benefits of each selection, it ultimately is the owner's decision to select green features.
Green building is here to stay and it will be the standard practice of designing and building in the near future. We are in the beginning stages of transitioning to green and it will take time, patience and commitment to do it right.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Design Interior Romantic Living Room
The living room is one of the most important rooms in the house in where your family will spends their time to organizes holidays and parties, receives visitors and relaxes. The style of the design interior living room can be vary, some people they want their living room style as romantic room. Especially for a couple that just married and move to the new house.
However, despite the predilection of many modern designers for the newest styles (modernist style, neo-modern, and techno-art), the design interior living room in classical style will always look stylish, beautiful and cozy. Many women and creative people prefer to create their living rooms in a romantic style.
Ok, Now we will talk about how to design your romantic living room. Of course, al to do is depend on your bugged to buy furniture or other thing that help you to make your living room style look romantic and luxury design.
Start from painting your living room. When you are thinking about romantic living room, surely you will look at color of wall. There are some colors can make your living room style look more romantic design, for example white, pale pink or pink, peach puff, pale goldenrod and magenta. You can chose one of them.
Arrange to buy nice and good design furniture. Create your room with some item such as chair, table, cabinet or cupboard that support to the romantic living room style. There are many good branch of furniture in the world, but take it easy to look at furniture shop near you. It's not only color but also model of furniture design will help you to bring your living room in romantic performance.
When designing a romantic living room, you can use heavy curtains with brushes in combination to easy transparent curtains. Put some accessorize in your living room such as flower, lamp shades, picture on the wall, all the thing that may help you to create your romantic living room.
However, despite the predilection of many modern designers for the newest styles (modernist style, neo-modern, and techno-art), the design interior living room in classical style will always look stylish, beautiful and cozy. Many women and creative people prefer to create their living rooms in a romantic style.
Ok, Now we will talk about how to design your romantic living room. Of course, al to do is depend on your bugged to buy furniture or other thing that help you to make your living room style look romantic and luxury design.
Start from painting your living room. When you are thinking about romantic living room, surely you will look at color of wall. There are some colors can make your living room style look more romantic design, for example white, pale pink or pink, peach puff, pale goldenrod and magenta. You can chose one of them.
Arrange to buy nice and good design furniture. Create your room with some item such as chair, table, cabinet or cupboard that support to the romantic living room style. There are many good branch of furniture in the world, but take it easy to look at furniture shop near you. It's not only color but also model of furniture design will help you to bring your living room in romantic performance.
When designing a romantic living room, you can use heavy curtains with brushes in combination to easy transparent curtains. Put some accessorize in your living room such as flower, lamp shades, picture on the wall, all the thing that may help you to create your romantic living room.
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