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		<title>Pixelated rocks to lounge by WYATT STUDIO</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WYATT Studio based in the United States presents a collection of sculptures / modules for interiors named Boulders . Specializes in metal work, the studio provides a pixelated style to this collection Boulders working each piece faceted. : They seem so out of an animated film back . The steel side, rusty or not please [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WYATT Studio based in the United States presents a collection of sculptures / modules for interiors named Boulders .</p>
<p><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Pixelated-rocks-to-lounge-by-WYATT-STUDIO.jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Pixelated-rocks-to-lounge-by-WYATT-STUDIO.jpg" alt="Pixelated-rocks-to-lounge-by-WYATT-STUDIO" title="Pixelated-rocks-to-lounge-by-WYATT-STUDIO" width="500" height="375" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-233" /></a><br />
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Specializes in metal work, the studio provides a pixelated style to this collection Boulders working each piece faceted. : They seem so out of an animated film back .</p>
<p>The steel side, rusty or not please please, but it will record this collection in the industrial movement.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Pixelated-rocks-to-lounge-by-WYATT-STUDIO-2.jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Pixelated-rocks-to-lounge-by-WYATT-STUDIO-2.jpg" alt="Pixelated-rocks-to-lounge-by-WYATT-STUDIO" title="Pixelated-rocks-to-lounge-by-WYATT-STUDIO-2" width="500" height="411" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-234" /></a></p>
<p>Created in the end, hard to put in one box, but still very interesting and inspiring.</p>
<p><strong>What do you think?</strong></p>
<p>Items available for sale: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/81583806/boulders" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >here</a></p>
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		<title>Suspension Fiat Lux, set of levitation by Constance Guisset</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Constance Guisset , French designer accustomed to designgrande presents one of his creations echo the speaker magnets and levitation ( Lamp Crealev ) Suspension Fiat Lux . Between magic and illusion, the switch to light the ball can move around the sphere and thus determine whether the suspension is on or not. In the up [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Constance Guisset , French designer accustomed to designgrande presents one of his creations echo the speaker magnets and levitation ( Lamp Crealev ) Suspension Fiat Lux .</p>
<p><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Suspension-Fiat-Lux-1.jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Suspension-Fiat-Lux-1.jpg" alt="Suspension-Fiat-Lux-1" title="Suspension-Fiat-Lux-1" width="500" height="332" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-228" /></a><br />
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Between magic and illusion, the switch to light the ball can move around the sphere and thus determine whether the suspension is on or not.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Suspension-Fiat-Lux-2.jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Suspension-Fiat-Lux-2.jpg" alt="Suspension-Fiat-Lux-2" title="Suspension-Fiat-Lux-2" width="500" height="332" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-229" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Suspension-Fiat-Lux-3.jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Suspension-Fiat-Lux-3.jpg" alt="Suspension-Fiat-Lux-3" title="Suspension-Fiat-Lux-3" width="500" height="332" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-230" /></a></p>
<p>In the up position, there is magnetic suspension and off, low position, the switch is in levitation (no longer touches the ball) and it lights up.</p>
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		<title>Lighting a book</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lamp called the Enlightenment Book Lamp, original fits easily on your shelf or in your library. Subject shifted to illuminate nearby objects.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This lamp called the Enlightenment Book Lamp, original fits easily on your shelf or in your library. Subject shifted to illuminate nearby objects.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Lighting-a-book.jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Lighting-a-book.jpg" alt="" title="Lighting-a-book" width="240" height="320" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-181" /></a></p>
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		<title>Draw me a tree!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We agree that the design goes all the sauces &#8230; but admit that the link to the trees is still very rare. What&#8217;s more, it comes from Morocco, in the person of Mohammed Bennani, a professor at the Enset (Ecole Normale Superior of Technical Education) in Rabat! And since nothing can stop your curiosity and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We agree that the design goes all the sauces &#8230; but admit that the link to the trees is still very rare.<br />
What&#8217;s more, it comes from Morocco, in the person of Mohammed Bennani, a professor at the Enset (Ecole Normale Superior of Technical Education) in Rabat!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/architect1w.jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/architect1w.jpg" alt="architect1w" title="architect1w" width="300" height="382" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-159" /></a><br />
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And since nothing can stop your curiosity and that of Admirable Design &#8230; </p>
<p>It is from observation of how sculpture of trees, that Mohammed Bennani, had the idea of ​​making a method. It must be said that he is passionate about our business and that conducts research on the concepts and practices of design.<br />
The examples presented here are models for a new type of residential or office address. </p>
<p>Admittedly, the result is surprising. In front of the universality of style in architecture, commissioned by the technologies used, with the lack of regional culture of new construction, this approach opens up unexplored. And the forest offers a boundless field of reflection. </p>
<p>While the result may not convince, but recognize that the idea deserves that we dig the groove a little more.</p>
<p><strong>The design of the trees &#8230; </strong><br />
This method is made to develop the possibilities of design objects, but also apply these techniques to the architecture or implementation of sculptures. It is presented as a series of exercises.<br />
Learn to &#8220;design tree&#8221; is an original idea that can get them to ask questions differently, think outside the box to find &#8230; those of the forest! </p>
<p>For designers worthy of the name, all are good sources of inspiration to explore &#8230;<br />
It is not admirable in that they will say the opposite! </p>
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		<title>Gaudi and design &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a remarkable tribute paid to light Luxion by Antoni Gaudi, the Spanish designer of light. Brief visit with admiration. Otherwise, it is worth the trip &#8230; Let there be light! Not easy to go after as an architect Antoni Gaudi great and unusual, especially when it comes to illuminate the interior of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>This is a remarkable tribute paid to light Luxion by Antoni Gaudi, the Spanish designer of light.<br />
Brief visit with admiration.<br />
Otherwise, it is worth the trip &#8230;</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/admirable_design_barcelone.jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/admirable_design_barcelone-e1322997030271.jpg" alt="" title="admirable_design_barcelone" width="450" height="176" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-129" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Let there be light!</strong></p>
<p>Not easy to go after as an architect Antoni Gaudi great and unusual, especially when it comes to illuminate the interior of the incredible balsilique Sagrada Familia in Barcelona!</p>
<p>Recognize that the glove was found in a masterly way by Luxion, a Spanish group via its references and Led Troll &#038; Co. It could only be custom lighting for ceilings, arches, interior walls and architectural elements.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/admirable_design_lumiere-4.jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/admirable_design_lumiere-4.jpg" alt="admirable_design_lumiere" title="admirable_design_lumiere-4" width="350" height="525" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-130" /></a></p>
<p>Technically the latest innovations in lighting were used for color LED with high, metal halide and white &#8230;</p>
<p>The aim of these artists is to combine the light subtly and at the same time spectacular natural and artificial lights.</p>
<p>A great way to apply the thoughts of Gaudi (who died in misery unknown):</p>
<p>&#8220;The essential quality of the work of art is harmony, which in the case of art comes from the light, which gives relief and decorates&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Photo Essay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been working on a new photography project entitled, “Places of Power”. The idea being to capture the essence of sites of human pilgrimage. The first photos have been posted on my page at flickr.com. This set was taken at Indian Mounds Park in St. Paul, Minnesota. The park held many surprises for me. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been working on a new photography project entitled, “Places of  Power”. The idea being to capture the essence of sites of human  pilgrimage. The first photos have been posted on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/_ken/sets/72157622685844929/">my page at flickr.com</a>.  This set was taken at Indian Mounds Park in St. Paul, Minnesota. The  park held many surprises for me. First it was not located where I  thought it was so I spent a good half hour trying to find it. Luckily it  was a beautiful sunny November day so I really didn’t mind. The park  itself was deserted except for a couple quietly playing with their child  on the playground on the other side of the street.<br />
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The parking lot and  sidewalks were strewn with debris and trash. Someone had defaced all of  the signs with the words, “Jesus Saves”. A tall airway beacon tower from  the 20s stands over the burial mounds pissing on the entire site,  violating the air. The burial mounds themselves were strangely trash  free, imposing and undisturbed by their surroundings. At first this  seemed an inauspicious beginning to this project but the calm and  solitude of the mounds suggested that I calm down, relax and find the  message there.</p>
<p>Here are a few of the photos. More can be seen <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/_ken/sets/72157622685844929/">here</a>. Enjoy.</p>
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<div id="attachment_5" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 650px"><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Indian-Mounds-144.jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Indian-Mounds-144.jpg" alt="Indian-Mounds-144" title="Indian-Mounds-144" width="640" height="427" class="size-full wp-image-5" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Indian-Mounds-144</p></div></p>
<div id="attachment_6" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 650px"><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Indian-Mounds-145.jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Indian-Mounds-145.jpg" alt="Please Respect Sepia" title="Please Respect Sepia" width="640" height="427" class="size-full wp-image-6" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Please Respect Sepia</p></div>
<p><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Indian-Mounds-146.jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Indian-Mounds-146.jpg" alt="Mississippi" title="Mississippi" width="640" height="427" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7" /></a></p>
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		<title>Mid-Century Furniture Auction</title>
		<link>http://www.designgrenade.com/2009/11/mid-century-furniture-auction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Elkhart Public Library in Elkhart, Indiana is having a online auction to get rid of extra mid-century furniture, including desks, credenzas, tables and chairs. This includes big names like Eames, Herman Miller and Jens Risom. The online sale starts on November 15, 2009 with the winners announced November 16. Expect a lot of competition. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Elkhart Public Library in Elkhart, Indiana is having a online auction to get rid of extra mid-century furniture, including desks, credenzas, tables and chairs. This includes big names like Eames, Herman Miller and Jens Risom. The online sale starts on November 15, 2009 with the winners announced November 16. Expect a lot of competition. If you buy anything please let me know!<br />
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<strong>Here are some of the available pieces.<br />
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<div id="attachment_11" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/4-Eames-fiberglass-chairs.jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/4-Eames-fiberglass-chairs.jpg" alt="4 Eames fiberglass chairs" title="4 Eames fiberglass chairs" width="300" height="200" class="size-full wp-image-11" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">4 Eames fiberglass chairs</p></div></p>
<div id="attachment_12" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/A-bench-designed-by-Jens-Risom.jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/A-bench-designed-by-Jens-Risom.jpg" alt="A bench designed by Jens Risom" title="A bench designed by Jens Risom" width="300" height="200" class="size-full wp-image-12" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A bench designed by Jens Risom</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/A-desk-designed-by-George-Nelson..jpg"><img src="http://www.designgrenade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/A-desk-designed-by-George-Nelson..jpg" alt="A desk designed by George Nelson." title="A desk designed by George Nelson." width="300" height="200" class="size-full wp-image-13" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A desk designed by George Nelson.</p></div>
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		<title>Score!</title>
		<link>http://www.designgrenade.com/2009/09/score/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, I am getting so much painting done today. Leave me alone! I found these chrome kitchen items on Craigslist and couldn’t resist. The nice person selling them has the greatest little Boston Terrier named Betsy. The items still need to be polished up and the front of the mixer has a dent in it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, I am getting so much painting done today. Leave me alone! I found these chrome kitchen items on Craigslist and couldn’t resist. The nice person selling them has the greatest little Boston Terrier named Betsy. The items still need to be polished up and the front of the mixer has a dent in it that I’m pretty sure can be gotten out with little effort. </p>
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I got a cake plate &#038; lid, 4 piece canister set, breadbox and Hamilton Beach stand mixer for… wait for it… wait for it… $40! I don’t need the mixer but it will come in handy for some house staging that I’m doing. It has a timer on it so that the mixer will automatically turn itself off. Nice feature. The rest will have a happy home in my kitchen once it gets finished. No stress in my world.</p>
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		<title>Friday Extra – Living Room Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.designgrenade.com/2009/08/friday-extra-%e2%80%93-living-room-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When looking at individual pieces of furniture it can be difficult to envision how it would work in your space. Furniture stores set up room vignettes to help customers picture what that sofa, chair or whatever will look like in their home. Unfortunately, this isn’t possible when shopping on Craigslist where we are lucky if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When looking at individual pieces of furniture it can be difficult to envision how it would work in your space. Furniture stores set up room vignettes to help customers picture what that sofa, chair or whatever will look like in their home. Unfortunately, this isn’t possible when shopping on Craigslist where we are lucky if we even get a decent photo. So today I am going to try something different than my regular post. Instead I have put together a living room from recent finds to show you how to put together a beautiful room that has personality and doesn’t cost a fortune. Then I will explain my process.<br />
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<strong>Top Row</strong>:</p>
<p>    Large red vinyl ottoman. $60<br />
    White leather sofa. $450<br />
    Wood magazine rack. $35</p>
<p><strong>2nd Row</strong>:</p>
<p>    Mid-century 6 drawer dresser. $80<br />
    Danish woven rope lounge chair. $100<br />
    Lane end tables. $145</p>
<p><strong>3rd Row</strong>:</p>
<p>    70s reflective wall art. $40<br />
    Noguchi table lamp. $55<br />
    Textured ceramic lamp. $25<br />
    McCoy pottery. $25</p>
<p>Total cost: $1,065 which is less than the price of a good quality new sofa. The price can be less if you’re willing to bargain.</p>
<p><strong>The process</strong>: After finding the sofa I decided to go with a eclectic modern look with a complementary color scheme of red &#038; green. Most of the furnishings are neutral which helps the red &#038; green pieces avoid looking like Christmas. The sofa, end tables, storage unit, magazine rack, chair, Noguchi lamp and artwork all have angular square lines which tie them together. The round ottoman, ceramic lamp and pottery provide relief and contrast. I chose the dresser for the living room because it mimics a side board if you leave off the mirror and provides storage. These pieces would be a good start for a smaller sized living room.</p>
<p>This would also be a nice arrangement to use when staging a house or condo when selling. While the idea of dropping a grand on a place you are no longer living in may seem extreme, it has been shown that homes with furnishings in them sell faster than empty ones. It’s the same idea as a furniture store using vignettes to help potential buyers envision their furniture in the space.</p>
<p>Common sense note: Design Ninja’s makes no guarantee of any kind on these items. Shop local &#038; avoid scams. Happy scavenging and good luck!</p>
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