Design Dose - September 2010

09/30/10

InBox | New Metal Crafts and Design Harvest Events | Amalie Drury

Two design events this weekend (they share just one overlapping day: Saturday) are hoping to lure members of the trade and everyday enthusiasts in search of one-of-a-kind finds. We’re not choosing favorites—why not hit both?—but it’s true we’ll be manning a Chicago Home + Garden booth at one...

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09/29/10

InBox | David Adler House Tour | Elizabeth Frantz

Here’s the chance to peek inside a David Adler-designed home at 2708 N. Lakeview Ave. during an exclusive Chicago Architecture Foundation event tonight...

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09/28/10

InBox | Caskata | Jan Parr

Great minds: I was talking to the folks over at Elements about what they liked at the New York Gift Show last month, and we both agreed we loved the new peony-patterned tableware from Caskata...

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09/27/10

Spotted | EnV Chicago Luxury Apartments | Jan Parr

River North is the city’s official nightclub hub, so it only makes sense to gear a new apartment building toward the scenesters who line the neighborhood’s blocks waiting for entrée night after night. Right?...

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09/24/10

InBox | Healthy Home | Jan Parr

A lot of us are striving to make our homes healthier—low-VOC paints, cabinets and carpets that don’t off-gas; avoiding harsh chemicals in cleaning supplies. Here’s a model for healthy living: Healthy Home 2010, a showhouse in Palatine...

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09/23/10

Spotted | Nettelhorst and Nate | Megan Duffy Rostan

Nate Berkus was busy last week. Not only did his new show premiere, but he also unveiled a long-awaited kitchen overhaul at Nettelhorst School complete with breakfast prepared and served by Chicago chef-of-the-moment Stephanie Izard and private chef Lorin Adolph...

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09/22/10

InBox | Jayson Home & Garden Flea Market | Amalie Drury

This is no side-of-the-highway maze of stalls hawking Beanie Babies and paperback romances. Jayson Home & Garden’s biggest event of the year (Sept. 24–26) will showcase the fruits of an around-the-world shopping spree taken by buyers Devin Kirk and Caroline Scheeler...

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09/21/10

Spotted | The Nate Berkus Show | Amalie Drury

I’ve known interior designer Nate Berkus since I moved to Chicago a decade ago. A story about Nate’s former Old Town rowhouse was the first magazine feature I ever wrote, and we’ve sat down for plenty of interviews since...

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09/20/10

InBox | IQmatics Sale | Jan Parr

The contemporary European furniture store IQMatics in Schaumburg is moving and holding a floor sample sale...

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09/17/10

Spotted | What a Difference a Flor Makes | Jan Parr

Darren Puffer’s dining area, featured in our March/April issue...recent Flor catalog showing the same room with Flor tiles.

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09/16/10

Spotted | ‘70s Cool at Lenny & Me Home | Bridget Herman

I love the look of vintage, but lack the patience for digging through a junk-filled thrift shop. That’s why I love Lenny & Me Home, the décor outpost of Lenny & Me...

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09/15/10

InBox | Free Design Consults | Jan Parr

...sign up now for a fun (and free!) event called at the Chopping Block September 22...

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09/14/10

InBox | Mid-Century Modern Estate Sale | Jan Parr

This is one estate sale I’m not going to miss. Diane Ostreko of Amazing Space, is conducting a sale for the son of a Danish-American woman who began collecting in the 1950s...

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09/13/10

InBox | Garden Ridge in Aurora | Amalie Drury

Good news for Chicagoland crafters and holiday decorating fiends: Garden Ridge will open its second area location in Aurora (a Schaumburg outpost was unveiled in early August) on September 17...

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09/10/10

Spotted | Sunflowers | Jan Parr

This display of sunflowers in a Brooklyn shop window last month caught my eye...

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09/09/10

InBox | Lowitz & Co. | Jan Parr

On Wednesday, September 22, you’ll get a rare opportunity to buy deeply discounted tile from an art tile studio whose work is usually only available through Ann Sacks, Urban Archaeology, and The Tile Gallery. Lowitz & Co. will open its doors for a sale...

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09/08/10

Spotted | Dunes and Duchess | Jan Parr

The first booth that made me stop and take a look at the New York Gift Fair was Dunes and Duchess...

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09/07/10

InBox | New from Alessi | Jan Parr

You can always count on Alessi for cool, innovative, and whimsical designs...

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09/02/10

InBox | Labor Day Weekend Harbor Country | Elizabeth Frantz

It’s a party in Harbor Country this weekend. Nonpareil in downtown Buchanan, Michigan, takes place on historic Front Street Saturday, September 4 from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m....

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09/01/10

InBox | Graham & Brown’s Shape & Form | Jan Parr

Graham & Brown, the innovative wallcoverings company, has hit another home run with its new, architecturally inspired collection, Shape & Form...

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September 2010