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Rita Catinella Orrell was previously products editor at Architectural Record and the founding editor of Snap, a quarterly building products magazine. she launched DesignyThings.com, a curated list of gifts, gadgets, and gear for consumers, in 2011, and Architects-Toybox.com, a resource for architects and designers looking for the latest building products, in 2013. This post originally…
As the anchor event of NYCxDesign and North America’s largest showcase of global design, ICFF is just a week and a half away. Now in its 27th year, the show promises to be bigger and better than ever, a design destination for not only New York-based architects and designers but exhibitors and attendees from the…
After a record-breaking show in 2014, Dwell on Design LA returns to the Los Angeles Convention Cente r for its 10th annual show May 29–31, 2015. From humble beginnings in San Francisco, Dwell on Design has grown to be the largest design event in the country, hitting record attendance numbers of 31,000+ and expanding to New…
Jim Toole is a FLOS frosh. In June 2014, he joined the Italian manufacturer as VP of its decade-old architectural lighting arm. Toole was trained as an industrial designer and says he made the leap (from Cooper Lighting) for FLOS’s product line — “they’re creating the most interesting designs and working on the most interesting…
LIGHTFAIR International, the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show , took place in New York City last week, featuring over 500 exhibitors in categories presenting their latest innovations on the show floor of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. But these products don’t just exist in exhibitor booths (or against solid-color backdrops): the…
“Seven is my lucky number; it was on my soapbox derby as a kid,” quipped Joseph Farrell, AIA, during the opening celebration of the Center for Architecture Sarasota (CFAS). This was not just an offhand comment from one of the building’s original designers who was pointing up at the seven-foot sculpted overhangs brightened by a…
Sourcing BuzziSpace products is like filling an office with clouds. The Antwerp- and High Point, N.C .-based manufacturer’s BuzziBlox Penta interior panels absorb different wavelengths of sound into a thick layer of foam. Its felt-like BuzziBooth serves as a silent, freestanding retreat from the open interior. And the suspended BuzziGrid buffers noise from above. In addition…
Beyond the rioting gear, police, looting, and violence, the images of the recent demonstrations in B altimore depict a city crippled by derelict infrastructure. As in many aging American cities, many parts in Baltimore are characterized by urban blight, abandonment, and crumbling buildings — specifically the neighborhoods inhabited by low-income and minority communities. In a recent…
Architizer CEO and HWKN Partner Marc Kushner knows firsthand that flexibility is crucial both in the world of tech startups and in office design. So, when it came time to design the joint office of his two primary ventures, he looked for products that would give him the ability to expand and change over time.…