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GUEST BLOG: Artistic Connections by Linda Kolsky
If, by chance, you just happened to be in the market for an original piece of artwork for your home and you don’t want to pay museum prices, and, if by chance, you met an artist who claimed the following, what would you think? {My goal} is to “develop practical spaces...
COLOR Basics I. – Color and Design
COLOR BASICS I. Some of the most frequently asked design questions center around color – especially paint colors. Questions like: “Where do I start?”; “I like them all - which one should I choose?”; “How can I tell from this tiny color swatch if it will look right in...
Co-creating Effective Design Solutions
Team work equals success in today’s design market. Gone are the days of the lone entrepreneur waiting for the phone to ring. Utilizing unique creative resources and incorporating multiple design solutions, by working with a variety of art and design professionals,...
Manners, lovely manners
Manners were devised to create a mutual ground of equal advantage; a social playing field that acknowledges everyone as the winner. After reading Jane Austen’s Emma for the umpteenth time, I was struck by an important aspect of this astute story: I was stunned...
The Business of Imagination: New trends in decorative design
Spatial design innovators know that the reinvention of the industry’s décor wheel is the business of imagination. By creating new trends in decorative design, progressive artist/designers are making important revisions to the way that we view Art, Architecture, and...
Integrating Art and Architecture
The contemporary design index leans toward comfort that is personalized, practical, and pleasurable. People want to feel a part of their environment and to be included in its raison d’etre. Today most people don’t care as much about impressing others, or being...
The ABCs of How to Look, Act, and Feel Great Over 50
Though I am writing especially for woman, much of what I have to say also applies to men. It may take a little extra effort to look, act, and feel great over fifty, but the good news is that it’s possible! In this age of age-ism it is sometimes difficult to...
