Downtown couple Shayna Kulik and Justin Kalifowitz merge their love of music, deign and travel in Manhattans West Village. They moved into this one-bedroom apartment in a former 19th-century paper mill turned pickle factory (and later a co-op) three years ago when they gut-renovated the place to expose hidden details and add their own personal touches.
shayna kulik + justin kalifowitz
July 18th, 2011 by Spencer BeorProduct Testing
July 17th, 2011 by Jasmine MashmanWhat’s the story behind our testing process? We definitely have fun with it.
In addition to our formal procedures, we test products in our own homes, so we’re sure they will perform in yours. Our buyers take pride in searching out the best problem solvers made. And when it comes to product testing, everyone at Solutions gets involved—including our creative and marketing teams. Even some of our team member’s kids put various toys to the test.
We all look forward to our Thursday meeting when our buyers bring out new products. It’s like our very own “show and tell.” They educate us on each product, pass it around, and decide who would be the best person to test it. We get giddy
DIY: Build Your Own Awesome Log Bench with the Bosbank
July 17th, 2011 by Liam Sowden
Woodland-inspired furniture is all the rage in the hippest of households, so what better way to one-up all your fashionable friends than by building an awesome log bench with your own bare hands? Created for the green-minded DIY fanatic, the Bosbank is a cool new kit by Maandag meubels that provides you with exactly what you need to bring a breath of fresh forest air right into your home or yard. Each Bosbank comes with four galvanized brackets, four wooden legs and two sturdy orange straps to keep that log in place.
Modern Lighting : The Wig Light by Chris Hardy for FontanaArte
July 17th, 2011 by Liam Sowden
“…When I was conceptualizing this design I was inspired by the of society-a unique, organic social structure formed through the relationships that connect an individual to a greater community. This idea of a single mass constructed of smaller individual elements I found to be an interesting concept to visualize through form. “
The Light Snack By Rebecca Wilson Ceramics
July 15th, 2011 by Liam Sowden
The first in the forthcoming ‘Light Snack’ series aims to highligh the little pleasures in life, and elevates the status of the humble Jammy Dodger, so that each little glowing biccy becomes one sparkling crystal component in a grand and glamorous chandelier . The huge light sculpture drips with 1500 inedible fancies in milk white, translucent bone china and vivid pink jammy resin.
The repetitive task of casting and firing each jammy dodger then painstakingly applying the jammy resin took around 10 weeks.
Future additions to the Light Snack range will include pastel marbled ‘Party Rings’, sugary little ‘Iced Gems’, and, a personal favorite of mine, the sickly sweet ‘Pink Wafer’. Watch this spac Get more info…
Sew for the Love of It Contest
July 15th, 2011 by Spencer BeorSeptember is National Sewing Month, a tradition which began in the early 1980s. This year the American Sewing Guild is holding the Sew for the Love of It contest in honor of the month long celebration.
Entries will be taken online beginning August 10 and must be submitted by midnight September 30, 2011. Sew anything that you like, be it a garment, home décor or any thing else. The only stipulation is that it must have a heart somewhere in the design. See the contest page for more details.