Hasta La Ideas

Australian designers Büro North have completed the graphics and signage for the head office of Australian department store MYER, featuring patterns carved into the walls. (more…)

New York interior designer and Apartment Therapy co-founder Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan shows real-world solutions when square footage isn’t on your side in the new book “Apartment Therapy’s Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces,” which documents his travels through every type of ingeniously designed, spaciously challenged home.

Maxwell explains, “This book is meant to be easy to dive into and really useful. After all, I want you to get so excited that you’ll eventually put it down.” His knowledge of interior decorating is honest and put to the test regularly, not only on his wildly popular website but also on HGTV and in numerous newspapers and magazines.

This Big Book is interior design for everyone, organized for maximum use—following the successful model of their previous publications. Photos accompany tips gleaned from interviews with home owners, and insightful commentary helps narrate easy approaches to your own DIY redesign.

Apartment Therapy’s Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces comes out tomorrow, 11 May 2010, Random House or Amazon.

Polish design studio Wunderteam have completed a café with a faceted wooden bar, situated on the ground floor of the Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz, Poland. (more…)

Those needing interior decorating tips might find some offbeat inspiration after they see “Rooms”, an exhibit opening tomorrow, 24 April 2010, at Scion’s Installation L.A. Gallery.

Curated by Roger Gastman, eight artists including Kime Buzzelli and Adam Wallacavage were assigned an area in the 4,500-square-foot gallery to create a room from scratch. “This show requires artists to not just hang art on the wall, but build out an entire room that corresponds with their work. All of the artists in ‘Rooms’ are able to deal with a more complex concept and are also inventive enough to create a unique experience,” Gastman said.

The results run the gamut. Wallacavage hung his sea-life chandeliers in his room against custom wallpaper, while Dueling VHS’ comedy skits will play on a TV in a make-believe basement. Bill Daniel’s room interprets a punk-rock teenager’s den, and Buzzelli dives into a girl’s set-up. The overall concept makes for a refreshing take on traditional art exhibits, allowing fans to see the breadth of these artists’ imaginations in a new way.

The show runs till 15 May 2010.

Milan 2010: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka created an installation with hundreds of transparent plastic sticks at the Kartell showroom in Milan last week. (more…)