Here are 25 of my most favorite design related quotes – most are from architects…
The only thing worse than shopping for someone who has everything is shopping for an architect. They suck to shop for because they are exceedingly particular and you know that they think your taste is garbage. So what is the well intentioned gift giver to do?
So it’s been a little while since Life of an Architect has checked in with Cultural Prodigy Kate Borson. Kate was gracious enough to sit down with me and discuss Santa Claus and the magic of Christmas.
Brizo faucets is running a promotional event and they are letting the readers of my site who play along reap the rewards. This is an easy event to enter and your odds of winning are surprisingly good
Trend USA, an Italian mosaic producer with offices around the world, announced a new process for making mosaics recently. It’s something they’re calling an elaboration …
I understand that times were different and the roles of men and women were defined somewhat differently than they are today but I can help but confess that I was surprised at how gender specific these ads were.
I don’t like parades anymore but can you blame me? Since I grew up in a warm weather climate, I didn’t realize that you shouldn’t stick freezing toes in warm water – which is exactly what I did the first chance I got -
I talk about music fairly frequently on my site and it’s something that I get a lot of enjoyment out of – both talking about music and listening to music. I’ve gone on at great lengths to point out that because of my musical background, I listen to music a little differently than other people (generic music [...]
So it’s time for another round of ads from the Architectural Forum circa 1939







