I’m always interested in how successful artists create their work. A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to hear four different “creators” talk about how they do what they do at a discussion on the “Structure, Art and Expression of the Creative Process” at the innovative San Francisco showroom Coup d’Etat. Panelists included designer [...]
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Alonzo King on Creativity
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Packing List: 12 Easy Pieces for Europe Travel
I’ve been busy setting up camp these past few months but now it’s time to set out on another expedition. I’m headed to Switzerland and Germany to do a little novel research and see our son Will who has been working in Stuttgart for the past six months. Inspired by the packing posts from Sue at [...]
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Friday Things: The Snail Edition
On my way to meet a walking buddy this morning I noticed an unexpected hitchhiker on my car hood. A good sized snail was stuck mid-slime trail on the other side of the windshield. I’d missed it in the early morning fog, otherwise I would have flicked it to safety before I took off. As [...]
Design Book Review: Remodelista
All right. Time to stop getting distracted by stocking stuffers and get down to serious gift-buying. If you’re giving to someone who leans towards contemporary design on a less than stratospheric budget, consider the collection of well-edited designs presented in Remodelista: A Manual for the Considered Home (Artisan). The book culls ideas from the popular [...]
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Design Book Review: Suzanne Tucker Interiors – The Romance of Design
I don’t know about you, but I’m finally tuning in to the holiday calendar and starting to think about gifts for friends and family. Right now I’m considering several recently released design books as possible gifts. Over the next few weeks I’ll share some favorites in hopes of helping you whittle down your own gift [...]
Friday Things Considered: The ARTful Edition
When we were young and broke it was a challenge to fill our empty walls with something more than inexpensive framed posters. We actually rented our first piece of original art through a rent-to-buy program at the Oakland Museum. That program has since been discontinued (though SFMOMA still runs one), but I’m grateful that it [...]
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Also tagged art, art collecting, Lou Reed, Love, needlepoint, priorities, quilting, Thanksgivvukah, writing advice
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Friday Things Considered: The Pink Pearl Apples Edition
Our first home came with a high-ceilinged living room, lots of wavy glass windows and a big empty garden. I spent hours thinking about what to plant in that garden and consulted plant and seed catalogs for inspiration. One catalog was devoted to apples and taught me that you could grow something beyond the five [...]
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Happy Halloween!
If you’re still looking for some last minute Halloween decor ideas–simpler than this front yard fright fest I spotted in Virginia last week–consider combining seasonal votives and an exceptionally gnarled pumpkin with a black tablecloth. Or add a string of spooky black cat lights to an all black tablescape like the one Design Within Reach put [...]
Friday Things Considered: The Loose Threads Edition
Ever since I finished a ten-years-in-the-making quilt top on Tuesday, I’ve been happily plucking clipped loose threads off my furniture, clothing—even my hair brush. Now the top (and back) are off to be professionally quilted and I’m savoring the delicious pause between completed and new projects. I’m also taking a little break from fiction writing [...]
Bodleian Library Chair Competition
I’m entranced by this clever design recently chosen as the winner of the Bodleian Library Chair competition. This is only the third chair developed for the Bodleian–Oxford’s main research library–since it opened in 1756. The first was a Windsor Chair and the second, two variations on a leather-clad bucket chair designed by Giles Gilbert [...]
