Designlog

Blik & 3 Form

So While going through my morning mail today, I found a note from a fellow designer I stay in contact with. She sent me a link to a pretty interesting site. Blik is what it is called. Here you can search their library of surface graphics that are over sized, self-adhesive, removable decals that allow anyone to quickly & easily create decorative patterns or custom wall murals for home or office. Now if you are going to use something this interesting in your home or office, you have to have something equally as cool to pull it all together. This is where 3-Form comes in. 3 Form is a company who let you be the designer. They take a panel and let you chose the color, design, and any material you would like to incorporate into it, and when it's complete you can use it as doors, accent walls, flooring, counter tops, ceilings. The list goes on and on. So check out these sites, and give us a call to see what we can do for you!

More-is-More Morris!

Morris Lapidus - have you heard that name?

I hadn't, but now that I know it, I don't know how I missed it before!  Just picture the posh 1950's resort of Miami Beach, with all their curvy lines and over-the-top details - such as the Fountainbleu, which was featured in James Bond's Goldfinger.  That whole look was the result of one architect's before-his-time work. . .Morris Lapidus!  He was a Russian immigrant, who went to architecture school at Columbia, then proceeded to spend the first 20 years of his career designing innovative interiors and facades for retail stores!  Then along came a commission for the Fountainbleu, and the rest, as they say, is history!

Dissed by the architecture and design community during his heydey - Morris received the major awards and acclaim towards the end of his life, when the rest of the world caught up to his Postmodernist ideas.  Some of the words he coined for his designs are "woggles", "cheeseholes", and "beanpoles" - all relate to shapes and motifs he used over and over, which became synonymous with his work. . .work he later called the "Architecture of Joy".  Indeed, he knew how to have fun with design while keeping in mind the utility of the space.  His theatrical designs are all the rage again, as we begin to leave behind the minimalist ethic of the past few years.  Look for his name - I bet you'll see it again!