A carousel is meant to spin dreams — and that’s just what it’s done for designers at the Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architecture, which sponsors the Community Design Collaborative.
The group has dreamt up plans for a carousel campus to house the future Carousel at Pottstown — and it didn’t cost a [...]
MORE than 40 years after he drowned off a remote beach in the south of France, Le Corbusier remains a transcendent force. Even if some blame him for the modern city’s greatest sins, from the steamrolling of historical neighborhoods to a stultifying emphasis on function, he is indisputably the most influential architect of the past [...]
Because of its size and diversity, the United States has many types of design that reflect regional identities. Every so often, one of these styles becomes popular nationwide but soon fades as a favorite look — a victim, possibly, of its own success.
The Southwestern style captured the American imagination 15 years ago or so and [...]
To hear Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker tell it, the university hasn’t just been building a new Web site over the past six months; it’s been undergoing major invasive surgery.
“It’s like the roots of a tree; it’s like the veins in your body,” he said of the site. “It goes around and touches every part [...]
Over a career that spans a half-century, Memphis architect Jack Schaffer has designed thousands of buildings. Many are like the old slogan of Schaffer’s first client, Holiday Inn of America — “The best surprise is no surprise at all†— they are attractive, functional and resemble scores of sister designs.
The Hilton Garden Inn at Seventh [...]
Baltimore-based Ephricon Web Marketing today announced the firm’s re-focusing of its core service offerings.
“We started several years back as a web design and web maintenance company, but early on we realize our true value was in our ability to promote websites rather than designing them,” said Jon Payne, Principal and Owner of Ephricon Web Marketing.
Ephricon [...]
It is a rare day when a truly inventive input device hits the creative pro market. Mice and trackballs come and go like a parade, but not since the graphics tablet have we seen anything really unique. That is, not until Logitech released the NuLooq Professional Series: a hardware-software design controller combo that’s so different [...]
Mitsue-Links Co., Ltd. (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Masashi Takahashi; hereinafter “Mitsue-Links”) has released Web Rubato, a CMS solution that acts as a platform for diverse websites. Our “Web Rubato” adopts an open-source CMS tool to enable website construction based on detailed information design. It allows the CMS tool to be used as a platform for [...]
Credentials/ experience
• BFA in interior design from Mississippi University for Women
• Worked with architect Phillip Shaw directly out of college doing space planning and interiors
• Worked with a furniture manufacturing company out of High Point, N.C., to design all of their stores nationwide
• Freelanced on the Coast for three years before Katrina and joined Merchiston [...]
The work of local interior designer Dann Foley is featured in the August issues of two national magazines, Decorating Spaces and California Home & Design.
A Savannah, Ga., home designed by Foley is on the cover of Decorating Spaces. His recent work on a 1961 Alexander home in Palm Springs’ Vista Las Palmas area is detailed [...]
Vibrant color will take center stage at the New York chapter of the International Interior Design Association’s fifth annual Color Invasion design event, Thursday, November 2. A celebration of design, the event feature’s a “Sassy†décor theme this year.
Sponsors—including Allsteel, DIRTT/Lane Office, Harter and Fixtures Furniture, Lutron Electronics, Shaw Contact Group, and Antron—will showcase new [...]
ICEM, the global leader in surface modeling, surface model validation and design visualization software has today announced that Ford Motor Company has made a significant purchase of its ICEM Shape Design (”ISD”) software as part of its global C3P NG strategy. This purchase will provide Ford with a best-in-class automotive Class-A surface modeling and design [...]