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The Kings Point estate said to have been the inspiration for the West Egg mansion in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” has sold, according to a press release by the real estate firm that liste...
Updated : 2012.04.23 20:00
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MILAN (AFP) ― Austere furniture for austere times was the message from this week’s Milan design fair, where the aesthetics of the sober 1940s and 1950s prevailed and extravagance gave way to functi...
Updated : 2012.04.19 19:11
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STOCKHOLM (AP) ― Already the one-stop shop for smart and compact home furnishing, IKEA is venturing into the world of technology ― with the IKEA TV. The new furniture range, named UPPLEVA, the Swedi...
Updated : 2012.04.18 17:56
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Scandinavian designs hot in furniture and household items It is not difficult to detect a notable trend in the living section in department stores and in design magazines: a lot of things have gone ...
Updated : 2012.03.30 12:40
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Ceramics are always a great supporting player on the home decor stage, but this season they’re grabbing more of the spotlight. Today’s ceramists are exploring creative textures and finishes, and eve...
Updated : 2012.03.14 14:37
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The Fallingwater home in southwestern Pennsylvania. But a child’s doghouse? Frank Lloyd Wright designed hundreds of landmark b...
Updated : 2012.03.12 19:57
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LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Chinese architect Wang Shu, whose buildings have been praised for their commanding presence and careful attention to the environment, has won the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize, ...
Updated : 2012.02.28 11:40
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BRNO, Czech Republic (AP) ― It was completed in 1930, a Modernist masterpiece by legendary German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. But Villa Tugendhat’s early history was rocked by the turbulen...
Updated : 2012.02.01 20:32
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KATHMANDU (AFP) ― It is said that the medieval era never really ended in Nepal, its historic towns and architectural jewels blessed by an unbroken continuity of life and ritual that links the present...
Updated : 2012.01.30 20:10
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LOS ANGELES ― Chef Suzanne Tracht is quietly elegant; her teenage daughter is beautiful and casually fashionable in black leggings. Their kitchen? Kind of like grandma’s house ― and that’s just h...
Updated : 2012.01.30 20:10
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LAS VEGAS (AFP) ― Victorinox has pulled from its technology pocket a version of its vaunted Swiss Army knife equipped with a solid state drive capable of holding all of the digital data in a person’s...
Updated : 2012.01.11 18:01
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Warm and heated IT accessories enable smartphone-control easier in winter It takes courage to pull your bare hands out of your pockets in an icy wind just to answer a phone call or check a message. ...
Updated : 2011.12.21 19:12
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Every Christmas Eve my grandma would open her gifts ever-so-carefully, making sure not to rip the wrapping paper. It took foooorrreevvverr as she diligently folded every piece into a neat pile to use...
Updated : 2011.12.12 20:16
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Terrariums are totally trendy again. So says Southern Living magazine in its November issue. So say garden centers, which are increasingly creating and showcasing them as miniature ways to garden on...
Updated : 2011.11.28 19:19
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LONDON (AFP) ― Legendary British designer Terence Conran, whose products and retailing style transformed the interior design industry, on Tuesday launched a London exhibition charting his 60-year car...
Updated : 2011.11.16 19:39
