Is There Value in Names? To answer my own question right off, yes. Have you ever heard of The Beatles, Billy Joel, Rolex, Tiffany or Faberge’? Do you recognize the names, Bentley, Ferrari, Bugotti, Mercedes Benz or Jaguar? Can you remember Sophia Loren, Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, Steve McQueen or Ava Gardner? I could go on […]
Continuing the discussion on using color palettes in interior design, let’s further explore the use of Primary colors. Often primary colors in the current vernacular are considered juvenile. You see them used in children’s room décor and toy designs. Perhaps it’s because of the high level of stimulation they generate is what makes them seem childlike. I […]
Embracing the modern style in the 1950’s was part of the post WWII American “Promise for the Future”. The climate of hope and an advertised encouragement to living, and affording, the good life, created a new marketplace for modern design in America. Introduced into the American imagination by both reality and fiction, mainstream America was […]
