Googie architecture is both futuristic and nostalgic at the same time. Originally from Southern California and part of the Streamline Moderne architecture, Googie architecture represented America’s fascination with the future and a better tomorrow. Googie architecture...
The Taliesin West in Arizona, located in the thick of the McDowell Mountains, is perhaps one of the most significant architectural landmarks and an exceptional legacy that Frank Lloyd Wright left behind. Frank Lloyd Wright was credited for pioneering the Prairie...
Furniture designer Florence Marguerite Schust, aka Florence Knoll, was born on May 24, 1917, in Saginaw, Michigan. By the time she was twelve, she was orphaned. Her father died when Florence was five, and her mother died when she was twelve. She was raised by a legal...
We were shocked when we thought that nothing would impress us on the topic of custom lighting design. Then we came across the revolutionary Artichoke Light created by Poul Henningsen. Poul Henningsen, referred to as PH for short, was a Danish architect and designer...
Almost every great architect who ever lived has designed a beautiful piece of furniture. Whether the furniture we speak about is the Wiggle Chair designed by Canadian architect Frank Gehry, the Barcelona Chair designed by German American architect Mies van der Rohe,...
“The details are not the details. They make the design” Charles Eames If you are persnickety and pay attention to detail, this is the first and foremost reason that you should involve an artisan in the design process. Our first stop is custom lighting design, and...
