A new trend in lighting technology is energy efficient lighting. The lighting is changed in a space, people view that space with a different attitude. Interior lighting products come in a wide variety of brands, styles and types. The ceiling lighting, wall sconce, and small table lamp are part of the Clessidra Collection by Studio Italia Design. Wall Sconces are a great way to add life to an uninteresting wall. By illuminating from the sides of a room you can create a warm inviting atmosphere in any setting making wall sconces a great accent lighting addition to any room in the home. [via] (more…)
Successful restaurant design ideas are bred with an understanding of the types of experiences your customers are looking for and the promise your brand has made to them. Design and layout plans are dependent on different factors which will come and influence the final decisions later on.
The restaurant’s interior design also communicates the smoothie concept throughout the store with swirling designs and a custom color palate drawn from the exotic fruits. (more…)
This spring, Kate and Brent Halfwassen plan to build a storage shed with a green roof behind their 1,600-square-foot 1890 Victorian home in Riverwest. Because the roof is level with an adjacent slope and can hold 165 pounds per square foot, it will double as a play space.
“A lot of the homes in Riverwest are like that and can do something similar. Kids could look at it as a tree house and parents as a greenhouse,” Kate Halfwassen says.
Benefits of green roofs include reduced stormwater runoff, better heat insulation and reduced greenhouse gases through the plantings. But the Halfwassens also believe that the garden roof reclaims a slice of the urban landscape and serves up a chance to practice sustainable agriculture in an unlikely spot in an unlikely locale. (more…)
AT the soon-to-open Royal/T showroom for contemporary Japanese art and design in Culver City, a cafe will be staffed by waitresses in uniforms inspired by manga cartoons. The next time British lighting phenomenon Tom Dixon visits Los Angeles, he will be feted at an artist reception inside a special store-within-a-store at Twentieth dedicated to his work. And at the new Limn on La Brea Avenue, shoppers won’t miss the “Private Atelier” sign and red velvet rope guarding access to VIP client rooms upstairs.
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Home Design Studio 11.0, a new consumer-level 3-D architecture program, is aimed at people who want to remodel a room, design a home, or landscape a yard.
Punch Software, well known for consumer-level design software for the PC, has created Home Design Studio for the Mac from the ground up, and the Mac version has benefited from the company’s experience on the Windows platform. The interface is good enough to get you up and designing right out of the box.
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