The Modernist Classic Eames LCW Recovered
Herman Miller introduced the “LCW” or Lounge Chair Wood by Charles and Ray Eames in 1946. The chair has become a modernist icon that is as contemporary today as when it was first produced. The chair matched simple sculptural forms with what was cutting edge technology of the day. The Eames’ developed the design in [...]
A Fun Foyer Features Fantastic Art
A foyer gives visiting guests a first impression of both the homeowners and the home’s interior design. A large foyer in a Burlingame, CA bungalow was painted sunny yellow with white trim that is usually associated with classic traditional rooms. A modest antique ceiling mounted light fixture, a traditional French style wood cabinet, small works [...]
Mellow Yellow was released by Donovan in 1967
Mellow Yellow was reused in a Living Room designed by INSTUDIO in 2012. Former New Yorkers had traded their city sized NYC apartment for a spacious light filled bungalow in Burlingame, CA. The art loving young professionals painted the walls of their Foyer and Living Room a glowing sunny yellow with white trim that is [...]
A Contemporary Chair for Indoor or Outdoor Use
The Design Directors of INSTUDIO include the Bellini Chair as one of their favorite dining chairs. The design of the chair remains timeless and is easily matched with modernist or contemporary interior design or as a counterpoint to antique or traditional décor. Italian architect Mario Bellini designed the chair in 1998 which won the prestigious [...]
INSTUDIO Design Directors tell COLOR STORIES
Benjamin Moore Paints invited INSTUDIO Design Directors to the San Francisco launch of their new full spectrum color collection, Color Stories. The new collection is inspired by how we truly experience the essence of color in our daily lives. Color speaks to us through observation, memory and perception. Presented as books the new selections are [...]
IKEA introduces New Luxurious Lacquer Colors for EXPEDIT
INSTUDIO Design Directors visit IKEA at least once a year to see new and interesting designs. During their spring visit the designers came across an old favorite with a sexy new look. Some of the Expedit furniture has been given a new finish that got their attention. New high gloss lacquers in red, gray or [...]
INSTUDIO Design Directors discover CAVALIER by Jay Jeffers
INSTUDIO Design Director Samuel Fleming Lewis is one of the few people who continue to produce furniture drawings by hand. For nearly a decade Lewis has provided hand drafting for custom furniture designed by Jeffers Design Group. When visiting the chic JDG interior design studio for a new project Lewis noticed a few changes on [...]
INSTUDIO Returns the Bags of Rags
Design centers in every major city have showrooms that are filled with textiles with an international following. The textiles or mills are known for unique designs colors, patterns or weaves. The selection is so vast that anyone but a design professional would be overwhelmed by the possibilities. Designers source fabrics by reviewing samples and compiling [...]
The Bones of Interior Design Accessories
When interior design is completed accessories add life and individual personality to rooms. Accessories make statements throughout the room with color, texture, sparkle and shape. Accessories are as individual as you are and should complement your décor. We think of natural accessories as flowers, shells, fruits, dried leaves, branches or stones and forget about bones. [...]
FLOWING FROM ART TO FURNITURE
Having an intuitive sense for harmonizing color, INSTUDIO Design Director, Lynne Gillan discovered a new way of looking at her art and design work when she was faced with a unique problem to solve. In her artwork, watercolor is her medium of choice for the fluidity and transparency it allows in exploring the layering of [...]
Self Portrait, 1967 by Max Requenes & Delcio Gomes
Art makes a first and lasting impression. INSTUDIO interior Design Directors asked former New York City resident Max Requenes to look for a large scale work of art to complete the design of the foyer for his northern California bungalow. The designers expected him to find a piece that reflected his interest in animation, modernist [...]
Evolution of the Tolomeo Lamp
In 1987 Italian lighting manufacturer Artemide introduced the contemporary classic Tolomeo table lamp designed by architects Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina. In 1989 the Tolomeo table/task was given the Italian industrial design award “Compasso d’Oro” for achieving the perfect marriage between design and engineering. The lamp has become a global icon. Over decades a [...]
iPhoneography at ArtHaus
With new technology comes new art. Mobile Photography sometimes known as iPhoneography is global phenomenon. ArtHaus Gallerists James Bacchi & Annette Schutz are pushing San Francisco to the artistic edge with their Mobile Photo Awards exhibit that opens on April 5th 2012. The Mobile Photo Awards or “MPAs” are modeled after traditional photography awards with [...]
Bored at Home? Try an INSTUDIO Restyle!
Having nice things is sometimes not enough when you’ve had the same furniture, art and accessories for so long that you don’t see them anymore. It’s easy to become bored with your rooms simply using them every day and not seeing your home with fresh eyes or ideas for new possibilities. Everything old can become [...]
Last Chance to Visit the MENS ROOM
When you gotta go, you gotta go to the MENS ROOM exhibit at ArtHaus. The MENS ROOM is a rotating exhibition of works by male artists that closes Saturday March 31, 2012 Gallerists James Bacchi and Annette Schutz cultivated a group show in the ArtHaus Project Gallery that features paintings, photographs, sculpture and works on [...]
A&G Merch of Brooklyn NY now in SF
No need for San Franciscans to fly to NYC and take the subway to Brooklyn, A&G MERCH is now in the Castro! While searching for accent tables and accessories to complete a design project INSTUDIO Design Directors happened into A&G MERCH. There they found cool retro style sofas and chairs accented with the latest in [...]
Artistry in wood, a tour of Berkeley Mills
Recently INSTUDIO Interior Design Directors were given a tour of Berkeley Mills. Since1988, Berkeley Mills has produced handcrafted, custom built cabinetry and furniture along with unique projects tailored to fit the individual needs of their loyal clients. They welcome visitors to their spacious showroom and workshop seven days a week. The loft like showroom features [...]
EXTRAORDINARY USE OF COLOR – THE ART OF ROSEMARY MCDERMOTT
Artist Rosemary McDermott – a continued favorite of INSTUDIO – takes color to new levels of compassion and interest in her artwork. Rosemary discovered she was an artist about 10 years ago when she picked up a sketch book and began drawing through copying the works of the masters Degas, Sargent, Klimt and Schiele, an [...]
INSTUDIO gets INSIDE THE DESIGN
Everyday products that we recognize as global icons for their beauty, efficiency, reliability, innovative qualities or stunning design are featured on the Science Channel program INSIDE THE DESIGN. Within a 30 minute program three classic designs are explored. Viewers are given a glimpse of the production of enduring products, their history and design development. Manufacturing [...]
INSTUDIO is on to Discarded to Divine
Bring home one of a kind fashion and home furnishings that were transformed from Discarded to Divine while supporting the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco. Discarded to Divine is a charitable event that features the visionary talents of aspiring and professional designers who use their skills to create a metamorphosis on donated [...]
Tamara Codor FURNITURE DESIGN
Some of the most innovative, beautiful, contemporary furniture designs are not mass produced, seen in design showrooms or retail stores. These works of art that happen to be furniture are developed by furniture designers who work with specialty crafts people to realize their own designs. INSTUDIO Design Directors were thrilled when they reviewed a portfolio [...]
The Art of Caryne Havican-Mender
Miami artist Caryne Havican-Mender creates artifacts pulled from the urban landscape. She finds discarded man-made objects in abandoned houses, junkyards, and flea markets and allows the viewer to re-discover the discarded in her works of art providing hints of traditional art subject matter such as landscapes, as well as contemporary abstract works. The art is [...]
An Odd Pair of Chairs Add Life to a Room
INSTUDIO interior Design Directors like to add an odd or interesting pair of dining chairs to a dining room set. The chairs can also provide extra seating in a living room. An unexpected pair of chairs can add life to a room by being a counterpoint to the other furnishings in the room. When selecting [...]
INSTUDIO Directs Design at MISSION PICTURES
The unassuming vine covered building at 1500 Seventeenth Street on the northwest corner of Arkansas looks plain on the outside but it is the home to three creative businesses. Buddy Rhodes is an artist and the innovative design force for concrete products. INSTUDIO Design Directors/Artists develop their ideas for art and interior design projects. MISSION [...]
