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, and to achieve it they use proprietary CAD-based software to assign colors and … [Continue reading]
So it's time for another round of ads from the Architectural Forum circa 1939 and 1940 but this time I am focusing on Kitchen and Bath ads. Other than white lead ads, kitchen and bath products take up more than their fair share of advertising space … [Continue reading]
. Greene & Greene Furniture, Poems of Wood & Light By David Mathias Published by Popular Woodworking BooksCopyright 2010ISBN 978-1-4403-0299-2 Book Review by Michael Malone, AIA . Books about early twentieth century California … [Continue reading]
I like Thanksgiving because I enjoy eating the food. Really, that's about it - pies, turkey, cranberry sauce ... Family drama, football on TV, eating too much, etc. etc. and on and on, we all know the deal and how it goes. This year there is a little … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
So it's time for another round of ads from the Architectural Forum circa 1939. I started off flipping through looking for some more white lead ads (always a winner) but started to see how some of these ads could seem exploitative or downright sexual. … [Continue reading]
