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This nursery was designed for my client in Santa Monica who wanted something expressly modern and unique. She fell in love with a gorgeous acrylic crib, and we pulled the rest of the design from that. All of the furniture is sleek and modern, and the room is light and bright. We added pops of bright blue and lime green and added a masculine touch with some charcoal grey. Design by Little Crown Interiors, Photo by Full Spectrum Photography.

Customers photo: Sunset Sundby's. He is a scientist that spent months diving and studying these Manta Rays. I am very stoked to get this project and to bring this image to light.

An academic couple, a renown materials scientist and a respected artist, wanted an outdoor space for entertainment and contemplation in their elegantly designed garden. We determined during the initial meeting that the design goal was “…to give them a reason to use the garden.” After several iterations, we developed the new space as an extension of the existing deck, creating a framed, optimal view of the garden and landscape that was previously de-emphasized. The pavilion can serve both as a stand-alone insect-protected space for a small group, or a covered deck expansion for larger gatherings. The repetition of patterns is a theme throughout the space. The corrugated white metal exterior is conceived as a textural complement to the pale horizontal face brick of the adjacent ranch house. The decking planks become the floor of the pavilion. Wall and ceiling panels align with lights and fixtures. Temporal patterns result from rainwater channelled across the correlated roof surface, as well as scalloped shadows cast onto the deck and wall surfaces. The “light chimney” to the North reflects the house fireplace chimney to the South, and draws south light into the pavilion serving area. All of the pavilion's openings are carefully arranged to frame the existing plant compositions. Since completion, the clients have entertained extensively in the pavilion. It has also become a favorite place for morning coffee, writing, and contemplation, thus fulfilling the initial goal of the project.

RINEKWALL The Microcrystal Collection is the result of the collaboration between renowned scientist and artist Lee Hendrickson and the design team of RINEKWALL. Hendrickson's images of vastly intricate crystals have been transformed into endlessly repeating designs by RINEKWALL. CITRIC ACID OPAL

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Alison Sigethy's Sea Core Bubble Tubes are her artistic tribute to the beauty and mystery of the sea. She handcrafts each component out of glass and calls them Sea Cores because they are inspired by the core samples scientists take to study and monitor the oceans. They are easier to care for than a houseplant and are wonderful to live with. Photo credit Pete Duvall.

Whoa, is it real? Take it all in. We’ve added a new member to our Pixi Collection, the Pixi Curve. Designed with you in mind, we visualize you transforming your important space with intriguing illusion. The curvy console is an eye-opener and an icebreaker. The soft but edgy lines of curvy dark bronze steel supporting gorgeous bamboo will fancy all personalities, from the artist to the architect to the scientist.

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This elegant solid brass doorknocker is unusually heavy in its casting. The Blair House is a precise replica from one of the most famous doors in the United States - the front door of the Blair House in Washington, D.C., near the White House. For two hundred years, the Blair House has been the guest house for the great, the famous and the infamous: from statesmen to scholars, scientists to scoundrels, from Union heroes to Confederate Generals, European royalty to pretenders of royalty. Greet your guests in the same flair and sophistication as the Blair House. It is cast in pure solid brass, flawlessly detailed, and beautifully finished.

Children’s waiting room interior design project at Princeton University. I was beyond thrilled when contacted by a team of scientists ( psychologists and neurologists ) at Princeton University. This group of professors and graduate students from the Turk-Brown Laboratory are conducting research on the infant’s brain by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (or fMRI), to see how they learn, remember and think. My job was to turn a tiny 7’x10′ windowless study room into an inviting but not too “clinical” waiting room for the mothers or fathers and siblings of the babies being studied. We needed to ensure a comfortable place for parents to rock and feed their babies while waiting their turn to go back to the laboratory, as well as a place to change the babies if needed. We wanted to stock some shelves with good books and while the room looks complete, we’re still sourcing something interactive to mount to the wall to help entertain toddlers who want something more active than reading or building blocks. Since there are no windows, I wanted to bring the outdoors inside. Princeton University‘s colors are orange, gray and black and the history behind those colors is very interesting. It seems there are a lot of squirrels on campus and these colors were selected for the three colors of squirrels often seem scampering around the university grounds. The orange squirrels are now extinct, but the gray and black squirrels are abundant, as I found when touring the campus with my son on installation day. Therefore we wanted to reflect this history in the room and decided to paint silhouettes of squirrels in these three colors throughout the room. While the ceilings are 10′ high in this tiny room, they’re very drab and boring. Given that it’s a drop ceiling, we can’t paint it a fun color as I typically do in my nurseries and kids’ rooms. To distract from the ugly ceiling, I contacted My Custom Creation through their Etsy shop and commissioned them to create a custom butterfly mobile to suspend from the ceiling to create a swath of butterflies moving across the room. Their customer service was impeccable and the end product was exactly what we wanted! The flooring in the space was simply coated concrete so I decided to use Flor carpet tiles to give it warmth and a grass-like appeal. These tiles are super easy to install and can easily be removed without any residual on the floor. I’ll be using them more often for sure! See more photos of our commercial interior design job below and contact us if you need a unique space designed for children. We don’t just design nurseries and bedrooms! We’re game for anything!

Alison Sigethy's Sea Core Bubble Tubes are her artistic tribute to the beauty and mystery of the sea. She handcrafts each component out of glass and calls them Sea Cores because they are inspired by the core samples scientists take to study and monitor the oceans. They are easier to care for than a houseplant and are wonderful to live with. Photo credit John Spaulding.

Photo by Jillian Northrup. For more info see http://www.becausewecan.org/Resin_Inlay_Swiveling_desk

The well-rounded ingenuity of the legendary scientist, physician and artist, inspired Gianvittorio Plazzogna to pay his tribute by naming a highly innovative and spectacularly styled office desk after him. DaVinci Office Desk is truly one of a kind with layered, multi-dimensional surface and compactly convenient disposition. Manufactured in Italy by Cattelan Italia, DaVinci Designer Office Desk is finished in luxurious Canaletto walnut wood finish and sleek dark grey matte lacquered wood. With two convenient drawers for simple storage, DaVinci Italian Office Desk was meant to accompany the context of the most dazzling modern interiors.

Alison Sigethy's Sea Core Bubble Tubes are her artistic tribute to the beauty and mystery of the sea. She handcrafts each component out of glass and calls them Sea Cores because they are inspired by the core samples scientists take to study and monitor the oceans. They are easier to care for than a houseplant and are wonderful to live with. Photo credit Pete Duvall.

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