Lighting Designer Beau McClellan Four time Red Dot Design Award winner, well traveled Scotsman, Portuguese local and all around creative Beau McClellan is in Dubai. The artist and creator of various ...
“ Frame Your TV Ltd was launched in late 2010 by 2 young London based entrepreneurs Sagi Goldfein and Drew Bernstein. They saw a gaping gap in the interior design sector for a solution to the a...
Google search page UAE 126th birthday of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Thanks to a Google image the Famous Architect Mies van der Rohe has made headlines again. Today we celebrate the 126th Birthday of th...
Design Days Dubai March 2012 I recently had the privilege of attending the opening preview night of Design Days Dubai below the stunning Burj Khalifa courtesy of Beau McClellan lighting. See Modenus ...
So you want to be an Interior Designer? I get 2-3 emails a week from eager design hopefuls, each of them with a similar story, wanting to learn more about how to break into the industry. Most are uns...
Luxury Interiors in Commercial Interior Design Magazine March 2012 Luxury Interiors just got published in CID – Commercial Interior Design Magazine’s March 2012 issue. I made it in as Int...
iSaloni 2012 during Milan Design Week It’s almost here!!! iSaloni, Eurocucina and International Bathroom exhibition in Milan Italy April 17-22nd 2012 Now I am not one to beg but living on ̶...
In a world of Social Media where every person tries fights their 15 seconds of fame of “discovering” something cool for the first time… the true hero’s of fashion and design a...
Zara Home Blue and White collection Having left Canada for Qatar in June 2011 I had not seen a Zara Home before. My many long hours passing the time by in Doha often resulted in me browsing with deli...
It’s that time of year again for the Big Apartment Therapy contest “The Homies”. As much as I want to post a photo of myself in a hoodie doing a ganster sign and holding a paint fan...
Dubai is known for going big… the passion here for over the top mixed with the unbelieveable power of Whitney Houston’s voice. It made for one hair raising and tear-jerking tribute with t...
Aaron Brown has been a tile setter in the Edmonton area for 15 years. His background in the industry includes not just installation but manufacturing of handmade tile, as well as working in retail s...
It is probably the bottom of most interior designers and clients lists for specification priority but the quality of switchplates in a project can make a dramatic difference to those with finer taste...
Dubai Business Bay Reiser + Umemoto office building O-14 Architectural Detail I thought today would be like any other showroom visit…. until I stepped out of the car in front of Dubai office bu...
It has been a fantastic 2011 for me both personally and professionally. While I have not written in my blog for over 6 months (Yikes!) I have spent plenty of time finding myself. It all began with my...
Hi everyone. It has been a while. 4 months in fact. I have been crazy busy with a new and exciting phase in my life since June 12, 2011. My employers in Edmonton (Kasian) have sent me off to Doha Qat...
hospitality design trends 201… More PowerPoint presentations from Laura Bielecki Hospitality Design is...
I was inspired a few weeks ago to write a blog post about chocolate shop designs by my favorite new chocolatier Brett Roy creator of Sweet Lollapalooza confections in Commerce Place downtown Edmonton...
A the Milan Furniture Fair there were a lot of inspiring ideas that came not only from the products on display but also from the booths they were in. Here are some of my favorite reception desk desig...
Mommy & Me Happy Mothers Day to all the baby mamma’s out there. Particularly the Blogger moms. But most of all Happy Mothers day to my fabulous Mom!!! Thank you for being there through all ...
At the Lyon Festival of Lights in 2010 on the Theatre of Celestins, 1024 Architecture pulled off an incredible display with a system of visual distortions on voice command. At first glance its an ave...
Swarovski booth - Euroluce 2011 Beauty is timeless and for me anything shiny is forever! I was super excited to see the Swarovski booth at Milan Design Week. Swarovski always goes over and above at s...
press pass! As you all know this year was my first time attending the International Furniture Fair and Euroluce in Milan. For the 50th edition of the show I got to be wowed by the best the design wor...
Jason Thielke silence Everyone has their good days and bad. Today this week has been one of my bad ones. Through my struggles though, I know that I am genuinely still a positive person with a knack f...
Are you a Mount Royal University or Mount Royal College Alumni? are you a product rep/manufacturer, Architect or Contractor? if so be sure to attend this years MRU Interior Design event at the Art Ga...
As much as I wanted to be serious about the new launches of stellar fabrics from Maharam that my wonderful rep Bree showed me today I couldn’t help but daydream of Italy and how wonderful these...
Milan International Contemporary Furniture Fair 2011 BIG EXCITING NEWS……. On April 5th my 3 designer friends and I will be on a whirlwind “leaning” tour of Italy during Italian Design Wee...
Corning Incorporated came out with an incredible corporate video called “A day made of glass…. made possible by Corning” that was targeted at large scale investors in technology, sc...
Traditional white kitchen White Kitchens have always been a designers love. The simplicity of the color combined with the countless variations of styles and details always makes for an effortl...
Classy residential front entry doors When it comes to selling a home the first and last thing a buyer sees and touches in the front entry door. A door should make a statement to the entry of somethin...
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