Design Files

Dreamy Golden Design

This beautiful, sculptural golden folding screen, from the 'Large Emotion' series, is one of a number of limited edition pieces available in a series of 20, from Boca do Lobo.

Happy Thanksgiving

Beauty and Function in a Drinking Glass

From Artful Home, a celebration of hand-formed goblets in the Venetian tradition. Each glass is signed by the artist, Robert Dane. Gorgeous, and pricy - $310 each or $2380 for the set. 

REJECT the passage of Prop 8!

Versailles: the Hall of Mirrors

The Hall of Mirrors at the Versailles Palace is 239 feet long, 34 feet wide and 40 feet high. The seventeen windows that overlook the gardens, are echoed by seventeen arcaded mirrors along the wall. Click to enlarge. Truly breathtaking.

Retro Art Glass Vase

For all my art glass lovers, a retro piece found on a UK site, The Old Cinema. Delicious color and shape. Think mermaids and islands.

Italian Speeders Beware

The 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 sports car, dressed in the Italian State Police trim; top speed - 203 mph. According to an informant,the new Gallardo may be found patrolling the A3 Autostrada between Salerno and Reggio Calabria in southern Italy. Speeders beware. :)

Image courtesy of Motor Authority.

Can Contemporary Also be Cozy?

Leather bench from Crate and Barrel. Room setting distinctly contemporary and cozy.

 

 
Image credit and pieces available at Crate and Barrel online.

Murrini Cylinder

The work of Robin Mix delights the eye, as it moves around the murrini in his vessels. Murrini are small squares of patterned glass, fabricated by Mix and then used to create his works. The cylinder is available through Pismo Fine Art Glass online.

Art Glass Pitcher Pair

Blown glass pitchers in transparent jewel tones. By Cal Breed, and available at The Artful Home.

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