Archive for the ‘Trip and Traveling’ Category

David Rockwell’s Latest Restaurant for Danny Meyer Opens at Whitney Museum

Titled Untitled, the new cafe in Marcel Breuer’s 1966 Brutalist masterwork, is completely furnished in removable pieces for easy transitions during events.

AIA and HUD Award Three Outstanding Housing Projects

The yearly AIA/HUD Secretary Awards, which recognize outstanding residential and institutional work serving underprivileged communities, were given to three offices for projects that span three distinct categories.

In The Garden: Boxwood: Loving What the Deer Don’t

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The garden designer and antiques dealer Andrea Filippone created a deer-proof New Jersey landscape with varieties of boxwood.

Design Notebook: At the Furniture Fair, Sustainable Furniture Gets Playful

[unable to retrieve full-text content]At the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, new designs mingled playfulness with social responsibility.

Collections: In Williamsburg, a Live-In Cabinet of Curiosities

[unable to retrieve full-text content]They call it the House of Collection, and it’s filled with stuff — some of it eccentric, much of it old and almost all of it scavenged.

Shopping With Wayne Burgess: 1960s Design

[unable to retrieve full-text content]After unveiling the 2012 Jaguar XF, the car’s chief designer took a trip in search of more of the 1960s silhouettes that inspire him.

On Location: In England, a Former Factory to Call Home

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A late-19th-century building still maintains much of its industrial past.

ICFF Doles Out 2011 Editor Awards

Editors from an array of global design magazines voted this weekend for their favorite exhibitors and products at this year’s 23rd annual ICFF in New York. Honored at the Exhibitors Reception, 16 companies took home the awards.

Sol LeWitt Showcased in New York’s City Hall Park

Lower Manhattan will play host to an exhibition of sculptures by the acclaimed artist in an exhibition titled, “Sol LeWitt Structures: 1965-2006.”

ICFF 2011: Marcel Wanders for Alessi

Tonight, at its SoHo storefront, the Italian housewares company is celebrating “Dressed,” its latest kitchen collection, with a featured appearance and video installation by the renowned Dutch designer.