Design Blog Panel at KBIS 2011

Last year I spoke on the design blog panel at the Kitchen and Bath Show in Las Vegas. I joined a couple of my good friends including Chris Phillips of Apartment Therapy, Susan Serra and Megan Arquette.

KBIS is back in Chicago next year and I look forward to attending and hopefully speaking again.

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How The Video Game Awards Are Leveling Up A Fading Format

The idea of a glitzy award show is far from the frag fests gamers are used to. But for Spike TV’s Video Game Awards, the worlds of pageantry and pixels collide to create something entirely new. Like previous years, this year’s gala-for-all-things-gaming (premiering live on Spike 8:00PM/ET) is a slickly produced, reality-blurring amalgamation of industry recognition and fanboy indulgence.

With its splashy augmented reality-infused sets, unorthodox format, and world premieres of forthcoming titles sneakily hidden as easter eggs, it’s safe to say that this year’s VGAs literally have gaming written into their code. Here’s

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GT Challenge: Designer Plots #2: Purple

ok… this is our “test plot” .. let’s see how this goes.

The Goal: A garden plot based on the colour purple

Consider

  • purple and complimentary/contrasting colours
  • perennials (please post which zones the plants are good for)
  • height of plants – mixing tall/medium/low
  • textures
  • spring, summer, fall (and winter) blooms
  • sculptures

What would you include in such a garden plot? How would you arrange the plants?Any other designing factors?



Modern Home Interior and Dynamic Space in Madrid, Spain

Modern Home Interior and Dynamic Space in Madrid, Spain

This modern home with bright interior and dynamic space which full of color and is ready to raise the spirits of the owners after a hard day of work. This house is located in Madrid, Spain. It is built of concrete with wooden walls and feel fresh on the terrace. The interior is very stylish, modern furniture, simple colors, large windows. The colors of the curtains and furniture are varied and light to improve mood. Stripes decor, light wood furniture, plants make the room very dynamic. There is a touch rustic furniture made ​​from recycled materials. The

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Pest Control Tip: Dry Rot or Termites?

Observing any kind of anomaly within the structure of wood in your house may automatically prompt a bout of paranoia. “Is that board deteriorating because of dry rot, or the dreaded termite?”

 

Woodbridge Environmental can put your mind at ease with the explanation of one key difference that will tell you if the holes in the wood are due to the pesky insects or not.

 

If termites are guilty, you will see traces of mud within the “tunnels” that they travel along while eating the cellulose in the wood. I

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