Huniford Design

And so do I!  I really enjoyed this piece about one of my favorite pieces of furniture.  And Greige is one of my favorite design sites with lots of great finds. – Ford Huniford Check it out.

This copper and enamel bookshelf by Korean artisan Kwangho Lee is really spectacular. The impact of the blue enamel against the copper makes such a bold statement–bringing a modern flair to an industrial-inspired piece. Lee works with his hands only–rather than fabricating objects commercially–which makes his objects really personal and unique. – Ford Huniford Check [...]

I wanted to share this event with you all. It’s a great event and and an amazing cause: May 5th, 2011 is this year’s annual celebration of Housing Works’ Design on a Dime. Currently in its seventh year of production, the event shows spaces decorated by more than fifty designers; from up-and-coming professionals to trade [...]

Progress of the Media room…. Progress of the Master bedroom….

I always begin with a space’s envelope. Here’s what the living room looked like before we got started. To return the space to it’s original rigorous design, I ripped out the crown molding and replaced it with flat molding. And then to maintain the “indoor-outdoor” synthesis Bunshaft was going for with the 40-foot expanse of [...]

Last week, we finished an apartment in the Manhattan House (http://www.manhattanhouse.com/) ,a modernist landmark on the Upper East Side. It’s a 1950s Gordon Bunshaft-designed building, so the interior had to reflect the ethos of the architect, whose work (including his best-known building, Lever House) is heavily based on the theories of Mies Van der Rohe [...]