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CEILING INSPIRATIONS – ACCENTS
Ceilings play a general part in the overall aesthetics of a room or an area. Careful detailing of it will either add beauty or destroy the overall look of the room. Usually we see the usual drop, depressed, recessed, and cove ceilings. Furthermore...
HOW TREES CAN PROTECT YOUR HOME
Trees have always been represented as vital components of ecological balance. And amidst environmental consciousness talks, start eco-friendly awareness in your home by understanding the importance of trees and how these can protect your property.As ...
ROCK WALLS
Want to give a fresh look to your garden? You can go in for rock landscaping. The insertion of rocks, stones and Rock Wallscan impart extra-ordinariness to your otherwise simple garden. Apart from imparting a natural look and feel to your garden, roc...
LATEST TRENDS IN INTERIOR HOME PAINTING
Are you fed up with the old color variations? Have you lost your cool on seeing time-woven color combinations? Do you require a new band of colors which enthuse you? Can you motivate your sagging spirits by activating new color preferences? The follo...
PHILCONSTRUCT 2009 EXPERIENCE PART 1
I was able to visit the recent 19th PhilConsruct or the 19th Philippine International Construction Equipment and Building Materials Exhibition last November 12-15, 2009 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City. Highlights of th...
MODERN INTERIOR DESIGN: CREATING THE LOOK
There are several things you can count on when it comes to modern interior design. This includes a classic look that is fun and functional, but is still fresh with modern trends. You will find there are several key areas to think about when updating ...
HELP ON CALIFORNIA MISSION ARCHITECTURE FACADE FACELIFT
I was asked make a facade face lift of this existing structure and turn its style into a California Mission Architecture. The images is here are the actual present situation of the school that wants to turn its facade into a California Mission Archit...
GREEN GRAPHIC DESIGN
Can a graphic designer be a catalyst for positive change? Breaking down the concept of “green design” step-by-step, respected industry leader Brian Dougherty captures the ability of designers to communicate, persuade, and ultimately sprea...
THE BIG BOOK OF GREEN DESIGN
The Big Book of Green Design explores the specific techniques and methods that graphic designers are employing worldwide to make their business a more earth-friendly one. When paying clients need a more environmentally conscious image, they turn to a...
INTEGRATIVE DESIGN GUIDE TO GREEN BUILDING : REDEFINING THE PRACTICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
“The members of 7group and Bill Reed are examples writ large of the kind of leadership that is taking this idea of green building and forming it into reality, by helping change minds, building practice, and design process.” ?from the F...
LANDSCAPING MISTAKES
Author: Mark Lucasa Home landscaping is a very interesting thing to do for anyone who has interest in making their homes look beautiful. Unfortunately, sometimes we do not achieve the desired effects because of overlooking one or two things here and ...
STEPHEN WILTSHIRE DRAWING A SKYLINE FROM MEMORY
“British artist Stephen Wiltshire is currently attempting to draw the Manhattan skyline from memory. since Monday October 26th. Wiltshire began filling in an 18 foot canvas at the Pratt institute, Brooklyn. The drawing is expected to be complete b...
CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY : INTERIOR DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE, & STYLE
Amazon.com Review True to the sense of bounty and calm that the California wine regions convey, Diane Dorrans Saeks writes, “Wine Country life is private, peaceful, undisturbed. Rural bliss soothes the mind. The Wine Country encourages simp...
WHAT IS TUSCAN ARCHITECTURE?
I was asked to do a design facade with a tuscan architecture style. I know Tuscan is similar to Italian and Mediterranean architecture but what really is its character to be really called Tuscan Architecture. Well here is what I found out? The Tus...
ARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR DESIGN THROUGH THE 18th CENTURY : AN INTEGRATED HISTORY
For courses in History of Architecture, Interior Design, Furnishings, and Decorative Arts. Exceptionally comprehensive, this single-source text/reference allows students to compare and contrast architecture, interior design, interior architectural ...
FLEXIBILITY OF DESIGN
Design could be as flexible as possible. It could have one form or mass or media but it could have several outputs or feel. In Architecture for example, you could have several layout of rooms or floor plan but you only have one floor area and simila...
SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA TO HOST 4TH HERITAGE CONFERENCE
The City of San Fernando, Pampanga will host the *4th Philippine Towns & Cities Conference: Reflections of the Past, Lessons for the Future* (PTC4) from November 6 to 7, 2009. PTC4, organized annually by the Heritage Conservation Society (HCS)...
HOW TO START AN INTERIOR DESIGN BUSINESS (Kindle Edition)
Learn the basics of interior design. Learn what it takes to be an interior designer, from specialties to schooling, to building a portfolio. Start your interior design business part time or full time. Find out what it takes to break into the deco...
HOME BUYER MISTAKES TO AVOID
Author: Victoria San Is it your first time to buy a home? Then you should start cracking on research on how to do the process properly. Doing this minimizes the chances of making costly errors. You do not want to make mistakes that could lead to fina...
PIANO STAIR TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE ESCALATOR
The folks at Volkswagen turn a set of stairs into a piano which turns out makes people walk up stairs instead of the taking the escalator. The commercial is titled where the world is your symphony, the stairs are your piano, and you’re the composer...
GYROFOCUS FIREPLACE
The Gyrofocus fireplace has been voted the World’s Most Beautiful Object 2008–2009 in the Pulchra design competition, which considers itself the first ‘beauty contest’ exclusively reserved for objects. Gyrofocus is by fireplace maker Focus, ...
SELECTING DIFFERENT TILES FOR YOUR HOME
Author: Sheldon Estes Glass tiles : there is a massive array of ornamental glass tiles on the market today and are OK for both home and commercial applications. Glass tiles are a good choice for giving interior and exterior surfaces an ornamental de...
GETTING YOUR DREAM HOUSE IN A VERY CONVENIENT WAY
Author: srini When you are thinking about building your own home, you will find that there are many wonderful planning days ahead of you. Choosing the number of rooms, the layout and the fixtures as well as the design motifs is extremely important, a...
FINDING FREE HOME DECORATING IDEAS
Author: Gail Logan Everyone appreciates home decorating ideas when planning to make improvements to their home. You may have visions of your own about how your new home décor would look but it’s always nice to have an alternative plan. There&#...
COLOR IN INTERIOR DESIGN (HARDCOVER)
Create dazzling color schemes for any indoor space. You’ll quickly sharpen your color skills–and open the door to a more rewarding and profitable career with John F. Pile’s Color in Interior Design. He takes the mystery out of wo...
SKETCHUP PRO 7 WORKSHOP
This was just emailed to me by a colleague and just sharing it and you might be interested to participate. My colleague said that the workshop would give certificates to those who joined. It will discussed all the basics including component making ...
SOME ENTRANCE GATE PROPOSALS
I was asked to do some Entrance Gate works by one of a fellow architect because he has no time to do some of his work. I gladly accepted the offer and gave him my proposal price. He accepted my offer and the above image was my preliminary schem...
A REAL-WORLD GUIDE TO BUILDING PAGES IN GRAPHIC DESIGN
New in Paperback! An inspired resource for creating excellent layouts Layout Workbook is one of five volumes in Rockport’s series of practical and inspirational workbooks that cover the fundamental areas of the graphic design business. In this...
THE BIG BOOK OF NEW DESIGN IDEAS
How do creative people create?Where do they get their ideas?For many, “brainstorm” sessions are a starting point. But huge numbers of creative people go through creative annuals or other books showing large amounts of work by top creative...
INTERIOR IDEA – WORKSTATION TABLE
The previous post tackles on where to put your worstation if you have a small space. Now here is an cool idea on your workstation table. This table certainly speaks of Matt Tovey’s geeky obsession. He has created a geeky computer desk with 434 ...
