Colony’s Conceptual Exhibition – Lightness: the full spectrum

During this year’s NYCxDESIGN, the New York City design co-op, Colony, presented an exhibition of work, entitled Lightness: the full spectrum. The work presented, which was curated by Jean Lin, Colony’s founder, explored experimentations of lightness and what “light” actually is in any form.

The week-long show concluded on May 24th with a reception that allowed guests to help take the exhibition down by carrying a piece of work home with them for a contribution to the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union. By taking the work home with them, they were aiding in making the exhibit more “light” by emptying the space and showing just how important the ACLU’s work continues to be.

The exhibition included the work of Allied Maker, Codor Design, Earnest Studio, Erickson Aesthetics, Farrah Sit, Flat Vernacular, Fort Standard, Gentner Design, KWH, Hiroko Takeda, M. Callahan, Moving Mountains, Poritz & Studio, Richard Haining, and Vonnegut/Kraft.

Photos by Alan Tansey.

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Can you Get a Stated Income Loan on Investment Properties?

Stated income loans used to be very common before the housing crisis. They were a big part of why the housing crisis occurred, but many people wonder if they are still available. When you buy your first rentals properties, getting a loan is not difficult. Most big banks will be happy to finance an investment property for those with less than four mortgages in their name. However, if you have more than four mortgages, have switched jobs recently, have a high debt-to-income ratio, or have less than stellar credit, it can be very tough to finance a rental. The big

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8 Common Misconceptions About Golf

Going for the Flag There’s no shame in aiming for the middle of the green instead. A par is better than a row full of X’s on your scorecard. Divots and Bunkers Make sure you’re... Read more

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Best of ICFF 2017: Caroline’s Favorites

We’ve just returned from another NYCxDESIGN which always wraps up with several days spent walking the aisles of the Javits Center for ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair). This year’s ICFF was 30% bigger than years past, which meant way more things to see and check out. To kick things off, here are my favorites, with more coming from Vy and Jaime!

It’s always great to see what Flavor Paper is going to unveil and this year they knocked it out with several wallpaper collaborations, two of which are these. On the left is an almost 3D looking wallpaper by artist Mark Dean Veca, and on the right is by professional doodler Jon Burgerman, who made all those characters out of Play-Doh and then photographed them.

The Drop series mirror from Skram features a drop-shaped mirror within a wooden frame that extends out to become a shelf.

Stillfried was showing the CUP Sofa, designed by Eric Degenhardt and manufactured by Richard Lampert, that comes with a high back and sides that envelope you while you sit.

Luca Nichetto designed the upholstered Pala chair for Artifort to curve like the shape of a human body. The contemporary chair, plus footrest, sits atop of a pedestal giving it a sculptural silhouette.

AVO displayed an array of beautiful hand dyed leathers for upholstering furniture or covering pillows. They even make leather tiles to cover your walls and floors!

Designer Nolen Niu launched the MOVE massage lounge chairs that massage using sound waves and they’re such a contrast to typical oversized, puffy massage chairs that are currently produced. It was hard to get people out of these.

Nottene debuted their new wallpaper collection which feature beautiful hand drawn illustrations by their founder, Kimberly Ellen Hall.

Cerno always shows lighting we want to put into our homes, including the Ignis fixture, which features a wooden, three-prong structure with a metal shade.

Lim + Lu’s entire booth just made me happy. The wall was covered with these marbled, geometric patchwork rugs in all kinds of colors and they also displayed a cool daybed and some fun candleholders and vases.

Anna Karlin’s booth was just stunning. It was a curated space with various lighting fixtures (two below) and an impressive chaise (below) I caught people trying to get selfies on. Above is Glyph, a series of cast bronze, wood, and metal sculptures that hang from a wall-mounted peg rack that was designed to hang in a much ignored hallway.

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Six Degrees of Separation By Charles Kalpakian

Taking the idea of all people are connected by at least six steps or less from each other, artist Charles Kalpakian was inspired to create his latest collection, Six Degrees of Separation.

This collection approaches the idea through different frameworks — and uses objects rather than people or living things. He gives nod to Brutalist, Monumentalist, and Constructivist design and the objects all have twisted, connected, tubular forms that create networks, similar to societies. The collection shows how, even though these design styles may seem very different at first glance, they are still very interconnected through broader design elements. Six Degrees of Separation includes side tables, a mirrored console, wall appliqués, and a desk/console. All sculptural, all made of wood, and each can be customized.

Six Degrees of Separation is currently being exhibited at Joy Mardini Design Gallery in Beirut.

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Notebook Faves From Society6’s Collective of Artists

As much as I rely on my phone and apps to keep me organized, there’s nothing quite as satisfying as crossing something off my to do list in my notebook or brain-dumping into my bullet journal. Notebooks are also a nice gift to give, they make daily work life a little more enjoyable, and they’re a must-have to pack when traveling. Society6 has endless options, from classic marble patterns to more creative illustrations. Check out these 10 from Society6’s artists and designers:

Caouflage XVI notebook by Metron

Tribute notebook by Hector Mansilla

Women’s March Poster 2017 notebook by Rachel Jo

The City of Towers notebook by Steve Wade (Swade)

Make Magic notebook by LordofMasks

Stormy Mountains notebook by Elisabeth Fredriksson

Marble notebook by Patterns And Textures

Pretty Coffee Cups 2 notebook by Elisabeth Fredriksson

Luxuriance notebook by 83 Oranges™

Herring Cream notebook by Project M

In an ongoing effort to support independent artists from around the world, Design Milk is proud to partner with Society6 to offer The Design Milk Dairy, a special collection of Society6 artists’ work curated by Design Milk and our readers. Proceeds from The Design Milk Dairy help us bring Design Milk to you every day.

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Podcast 102: Using Rental Property Income to Retire Early with Tim Rhode

Tim Rhode was a grocery clerk when he caught the real estate bug. He became an agent and started selling houses and investing in rental properties. Tim knew that if he wanted to be successful, he would have to work harder and smarter than his competition. On this episode of the InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast, I talk with Tim about his journey into real estate. We’ll discuss how he sold over 2,500 homes as an agent, bought as many rentals as he could, flipped houses, and ended up retiring very early with a substantial portfolio. In addition to realizing great

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Made in London: Rachel Scott

This is the second our Made in London series of films about London-based makers by filmmaker William Scothern. This month’s video is about rug-maker Rachel Scott, who has been hand-weaving rugs since 1976 when the carpet on her stairs wore out and needed replacing. “I was trying to think of a way to make a braided rug that would go upstairs,” she explains. “I met a friend in the street, and she said, ‘Welsh wool is the thing’. I hadn’t thought of spinning wool until then. I just started with an old bedstead, which I wound my warp around.”

She was immediately hooked, enjoying the slow pace of weaving, and has been making rugs ever since. “Wool is this wonderful fibre,” she says of the material she works with every day. “It’s so strong and it wears so well. There are 60 breeds of sheep in Britain. We think of New Zealand having sheep, but it only has four breeds.” Rachel works exclusively with British wool, sourcing her fleeces from friends on the Berkshire Downs and the Chilterns – breeds include Shetlands, which provide fine brown, grey and black wool; Manx Logthans, which have soft brown fleeces, Hebrideans which provide black yarn and Herdwicks which have coarse grey fleeces. “The wool is spun directly from the fleece and the yarn is not dyed,” she says. “The colors are the colors of the sheep.”

Now in her 70s, she doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. “An artist can keep going, still doing wonderful work – that’s all one can hope to really emulate,” she says. “It suits me just to keep making rugs. What I’m making now is very similar to what I was making 35 years ago. As long as what I’m making is useful to somebody I think that’s fine.”

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