Inspired By: Ingo Maurer’s Bernhard Dessecker

Ingo Maurer

I had the pleasure of meeting the brilliantly inspired Berhard Dessecker, lighting designer and developer for Ingo Maurer. Bernhard is a composed, thoughtful conversationalist – and he is modest about his talent level. When you see his lighting design, which reflects a higher state of mind and creativity, and pushes the boundaries of technology and engineering, it might astound you that he could possibly be humble. Humility is often a quality of the truly gifted, which tends to allow for more great things to manifest.  Bernhard was in Dallas from Germany to help prepare for the Scott & Cooner opening last month, which was an unbelievable event by the way. When I first met him he was installing a stunning LED installation in the showroom.  He has designed lighting with Ingo Maurer for 29 years, both for the wildly inspired product line and for private and public installations. Lets take a look at a few of his brilliant installations: Continue reading

Friends With Benefits: Lobster and Avocado

Summer Salad
Want a great recipe for your summer entertaining that is AS healthy as it is delicious? This salad is one of the best and prettiest I have ever had. The friendship of lobster and avocado makes for a delicious pairing with benefits of powerful nutritional value. Enjoy them often!  Avocados contain phenylalanine, which some researchers say raises levels of endorphins in the brain, creating a natural high.  But there is so much more Continue reading

ICFF -See What is Trending in Contemporary Design

Oliver Wendell Holmes said that a mind, once stretched, never regains its original dimensions. If you want to step out of your world into the zone of creative interior design possibilities, I recommend attending The International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF).  This year’s show was a mind-stretching, upbeat display of innovative contemporary design trends. Lets take a look at my top ten ICFF takeaways:

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LED wallpapers are trending, and are they COOL or what?! These are by Continue reading

Summertime Cocktail- Cucumber Limeade

Summertime Cocktail

 What are you doing for the holiday weekend? Entertaining by chance? If so I have a recommendation that is sure to be a summer crowd pleaser.

I had this summertime cocktail at an event recently and it is so refreshing that I had to share. This will definitely be my go to drink for the summer entertaining. Try it and let me know what you think…

recipe courtesy of Traditional Home

Do You Know the Faces of Blogfest 2013 and ICFF 2013

New York Architecture

I heart New York. The only thing better than going to New York is going for design inspiration. Earlier this week the Big Apple was host to ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair) and Blogfest 2013, which included a tour of Kips Bay Show House. Inspiration trifecta!  It was so fun to see designer/design blogger friends and meet new ones.  Kravet did a spectacular job with Blogfest – everybody who attended had a wonderful time and learned a lot. I decided to share with you some of the faces of Blogfest and ICFF (the ones I happened to get solo shots of), obviously I couldn’t capture all faces, but these talented people will inspire you… so I am treating this like an informal blogroll. As you will find, they are more than just pretty faces: Continue reading

Cindy Sherman at the Dallas Museum of Art

CindySherman1Cindy Sherman invents personas and tableaus that examine the construction of identity, the nature of representation and the artifice of photography. She assumes multiple roles of photographer, model, makeup artist, hairdresser and stylist. Whether portraying a career girl, a blonde bombshell, a fashion victim, a clown or a society lady of a certain age- she has created a provocative body of work that Continue reading