The Portland Museum of Art’s new exhibition pairs architects with furniture makers.
Opening on Saturday, “Getting Personal: Maine Architects Design Furniture” features 15 pieces, many built by Maine artisans.
The exhibit follows the furniture from napkin sketches to final products of wood, concrete and steel.
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Denise Little decorates her Troy home to showcase art — her art, her daughter’s art, her granddaughter’s art and the art of prominent artists such as Tom Palazzolo, Barry Rowe, John Glick and Camillo Pardo.
“My passion is art, so my approach to interior design is to not let my decor interfere with my art,” says Little, who is a painter, patron of the arts and promoter of artists.
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Over the last decades, designers in India have shown themselves to be a confused lot, if only because they haven’t been to handle international and Indian influences simultaneously.
Where traditional havelis have replaced the low-seating in the baithak with incongruous imported sofas, apartments in cities have attempted to play the ethnic card with ludicrous results.
India’s great tradition in crafts was never intended for urban homes, and though a few designers have been able to carry it off with panache – Romi Chopra, for instance – most times the interface between cultures simply ended up in a mess. (more…)
The Aurora Public Art Commission presents Interior Journey, Furniture Renaissance, an exploration of the materials and methods of furniture construction and design, from 1760 through the present.
Curated by the Aurora Public Art Commission and Albert and Mary Ann Signorelli, Interior Journey features the work of three artists: furniture designer and craftsman Tonino Stalteri, and photographers Tony Berardi and Sally Good. In addition the exhibit includes numerous pieces of period furniture from the collection of the Aurora Historical Society. (more…)
T he National Hardware Show and Lawn & Garden World had their annual exhibition earlier this month at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The best one-word description of the event was big. Oh, my aching feet, it was big!
Show manager Rob Cappiello, said there were 3,280 manufacturers displaying their products in more than 767,000 square feet of exhibition space. Every guy and a lot of gals love to cruise the aisle of a hardware show looking for new stuff, but after five or six hours with no place to sit, you get a little numb. (more…)
