Design
Architectural Striptease – It’s a Dry Heat
By Erin Feher
For most folks, rain may inspire getting cozy under the sheets with company, but for me there’s nothing like the dry, scorching heat of the desert to get my blood boiling, especially if I was camped out in this gold-plated modernist mansion wearing nothing but 24-karat aviators.
Acido Dorado is the realization of architect Robert Stone’s psychedelicvision. The architecture itself: extra-deep steps that slow your pace,exterior walls that open up completely to the [ Read More...]
The World’s Most Expensive Hotel
By Veronica Christina
Brought to you by people who have more money that Scrooge McDuck comes Singapore’s latest $8 billion dollar tourist attraction, The Marina Bay Sands hotel. Three towers standing 55 stories tall and connected at the top by a huge cruise-ship shaped “Sky Park”, the new hotel aims to put Las Vegas excess to shame. Designed by architect Moshe Safdie, the hotel has 2,560 rooms starting at $500 a night, an infinity pool three [ Read More...]
Recycled Gym Floors Make Their Bedroom Debut
By Ike Edeani
You thought you’d left the sweat-stained, shoe-marked floorboards of your high school gym long behind, eh? Not today. In an effort to recapture nostalgia, designer Søren Rose has introduced the Gymnasium Collection, a limited edition series of cabinets made from recycled gym floorboards, allowing your “kissing under the bleachers” memories to make an everyday appearance.
The current collection is being mass-produced, and merely borrows the graphic lines and simple silhouettes of the court. [ Read More...]
Vicodin Ring – Just Lick and Relax
By Veronica Christina
I spied this jewelry on the web awhile ago and have been chomping at the bit to have a piece of my very own. A clever take on American pill-popping excess, Canadian designers Stern Lab can’t seem to keep these little devils in stock. Hmmm….
Vicodin Ring Directions:
1. Stick finger in mouth.
2. Suck.
3. Ahhhhhh.
Finally, instructions we can all get on board with.
Designer Turns Studio Apartment into 24 Rooms
By Ike Edeani
While living in San Diego a few years back I had a 400-square-foot studio apartment in the University Heights district. In an effort to conserve space I bought a sofa bed from IKEA, a cleverly designed piece with wheels that locked into place, making it easy to fold and unfold. I soon realized that I was usually either too busy or too tired to make the change (or to replace the upholstery with [ Read More...]
Let’s Get Busy Here – Teeny Tiny Hotels
By Veronica Christina
Traveling is awesome. Traveling to the world’s destination cities is even better. Traveling to awesome cities and having to dip into your child’s college fund for a hotel room you only sleep in, not so much. In an effort to save our cash and provide us with the oh-so-photographic novelty of touching all four sides of our hotel room at once, The Arch Group has designed Sleep Box. A mobile cube (2m (l) [ Read More...]
The End of the World = Good Design
By Erin Feher
I’m kind of obsessed with apocalyptic scenarios. Loved the black plague, burned through “The Road” in two days flat and almost every New Year’s Eve I pop 28 Days Later into the DVD player. I know, I know, I’m just some spoiled white girl who craves the excitement of turmoil because I’ve never really lived through it. Maybe, but I’ve also watched the general population become increasing frustrated [ Read More...]
Baby, Wanna Go For a Ride?
By Erin Feher
As anyone who has ever had an inexplicable crush on a deodorant-challenged, alcoholic bike messenger knows – there’s something hot about bikes. Recent news of the SUV-driving psycho who mowed down four cyclists not withstanding, biking is moving each day out of the clichéd confines of crunchy hippies, nerdy, fold-up bike-loving architects and directionless hipsters (unless you count “toward the tattoo parlor” as a direction). The latest proof is [ Read More...]
Let’s Get Busy Here – Crosby Street Hotel
By Erin Feher
I am so over sleeping on couches. I don’t care how good the party is, how old the friends are or how cozy the cushions. I’ve spent more than enough nights sharing a three-foot-wide hunk of ultra-suede with a string of past crushes, clinging to the romantic notion of body heat as my bare feet poke out from beneath a cat-hair-covered throw.
So maybe it’s no surprise that I’ve grown [ Read More...]
Starck Naked – Inside the Designer’s Home
By Erin Feher
I love Philippe Starck, but I have to say I never thought much about his sex life. I mean, usually he’d cross my mind somewhere between “Who can I bribe to drive me to drive me to Daly City” and “Where the fuck are the Brita filters,” while wandering the aisles at Target. That is until I got a sneak peak into his home through the brilliant lens of The Selby. Now, I [ Read More...]
