Category Archives: decorating philosophy
Six eco-friendly decorating trends so sexy you’ll want to make out with them
I’ve been catching up on reading decorating blogs and magazines lately. One advantage of ploughing through a backlog of posts from recent trade shows and magazine feature articles looking for trends is that it clarifies whether what you’re seeing are … Continue reading →
Slow Design: A Quick Primer
Lately, I’ve been really intrigued by Slow Design, which is a cousin of the Slow Food, traditional skills, and voluntary simplicity movements, and the Zen Buddhist concept of wabi-sabi. The published Slow Design Principles (Strauss and Fuad-Luke, see www.slowlab.net) are … Continue reading →
Home Truths: ecoDomestica reDesign’s Decorating Philosophy
(This article was first published in January 2008 in vol.1, no, 1 of the ecoDomestica reDesign newsletter. It has been edited and updated.) • Good design delights the eye, the body, and the soul, and is nothing if not personal. … Continue reading →