Design: This is serious business

 As I venture into the blogosphere, hoping to make my impact on the *virtual* World of Design, my sister brings me back to the Real World with this blog link:

Catalog Living

Pay attention next time…Despite Elaine’s simple instructions (position 2 wooden pedestals on the table so that the smaller is rotated 45 degrees and tucked slightly under the larger one, top both with leaves and put just cheese on one and just figs on the other), Gary still managed to screw it up.--- catalogliving.net

I have to admit it took me a minute to "get it".  I have been so immersed in the details and business of design, that I forgot about the fun and, especially, the creativeness of it!  Because, if nothing else, the author of this blog is very creative and sees the humor in at least, the marketing of design!

I especially had to laugh at the September 18th posting -- I definitely would have used this advertisement in MY September 18th post on "Let the Sun Shine In.."  or  the "meaning of gray and yellow"!!!  Not with the same caption though!  :)

Ever since he was a child, Gary had wanted to play the decorative yellow stringless mini-cello, but he had to admit he did not take to it as naturally as he had hoped.  --- catalogliving.net

 

I hope something or someone has made you laugh today!

Let the Sun Shine In..

I'm back!  Summer is over --- but it looks like sunny days ahead! As I type the sun is shining on a beautiful fall day.
Looking at my current design mags, I see that the sun is peeking thru, too!  It had seemed to me for quite awhile, that all I had been seeing in design world was the gray, industrial look---look at the current Restoration Hardware catalogue to see what I am talking about.

So much of the look now is to monochromatic shades of gray.  I love the look, but can you really live with it for a long period of time?  Could these colors be a reflection of our bad economic times?

Apartment Therapy.com

We must be feeling glimmers of hope, because everywhere I look I see gray rooms with pops of sunny yellow!

From fabric manufacturers:

Vervain

Kravet

to photo spreads

Architectsforlife.com

Furntitureseen.com

to blogger articles ...

like this one from Belle Maison, which has some great inspiration photos!

cococozy blog post: Peony bowl, Bloomingdales

Let's hope this is a sign of better times ahead!  Let the sun shine in!