Yesterday’s Chicago tours concluded with a stop-off at the stately Merchandise Mart. At 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago resides the largest commercial building in the world spanning two entire blocks (and 25 floors)! It is an international business hub and a frequent stop for architects, designers, and wholesale buyers. With hundreds of showrooms on kitchen, bath, […]
February 26, 2011
Two Chicago design firms, Goettsch Partners and Gensler, were met by a group of 30+ ASID student members yesterday, myself included. We had the pleasure of touring both local offices and learned a bit about their design history Goettsch Partners Our first visit was to Goettsch Partners with a 17th floor reception area in Daniel […]
November 16, 2010
I’m loving the work of interior stylist Summer Thornton as seen in the September/October Issue of the Chicago Home+Garden Mag. In this client’s living room she used small amounts of punctuated color such as chartreuse and lavender throughout to energize a muted gray/blue palette. Ok, I’m just going to say it… Hot damn, that oil painting of […]
February 27, 2011
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