Cleanse your psychophysical well-being.
We're not quite sure what to make of this other than it appears to be a KOS Kosmic shower enclosure that lights up in different colors depending on what your mood and/or state of being requires.
"Every colour has a specific beneficial effect on psychophysical well-being. Form and function are combined to offer something that is truly new. Having a bath will be a really pleasant experience that is combined with the genuine benefits of chromotherapy. At this very moment, someone in the world is undressing, turning off the light...preparing to have a bath. Idrocolore by Kos fot total chromotherapy and blower massage, offers true well-being."Regardless, it's quite the tub.
Link: KOS
In addition to the #8 installment in the process of building their home, Jennifer and Barry have also launched their new website, 
This ten day festival taking place between September 20 and 30 in London, England, features all manner of design from graphics to products, photography to fashion, architecture to interiors and everything in between. The festival spans the city with exhibits, lectures, screenings, parties and seminars. Events are individually priced.
The Cornerstone Festival of Gardens in Sonoma, California has launched a new and expanded website.
Based in Vancouver, BC, Brent Comber creates stunningly simple yet contemporary pieces from wood found along the Pacifc Northwest coast. Douglas fir and western red cedar are just two of the wood types that can be found in his collection. Two of our favorites are the "Saddle" and the "Cube".
First things first; congratulations and a heartfelt thanks go out from Land+Living to the organizers of CA Boom. A design event of this kind on the left coast is long overdue. Billed as the "first annual," we look forward to the evolution of CA Boom in the years to come as they learn from the mistakes and build on the successes.
It was a fine finish to the CA Boom festival as we were able to tour three more homes of well known architects. Covering the festival for the last four days straight... we must admit that we are a bit tired. Well, how about we say that one of us is tired from the festival (as are the guests who accompanied), and the other of the L+L crew is tired from backpacking in the Sierra... perhaps two reports will be forthcoming from the weekend!
It was a good day at CA Boom. After being shut out yesterday, we had the opportunity to tour the homes of three different architects in Venice Beach.
Today being Friday the 13th, it is perhaps not so surprising that there were some hick-ups at this the first day of the first annual CA Boom Festival. A few oversights and a little bit of miscommunication affected the day, but for now we will focus on what we saw today. We will post a review of the event on Monday once the fat lady has sung.
They rolled out the sod carpet for the CA Boom Grand Opening Extravaganza party tonight. The evening featured exhibits, music, food and drink, and oh yeah, some celebrity guests. We were fashionably late... this is LA after all... but by the time we arrived, we had missed the night's celebrity and designer co-hosts. No sign of Brad Pitt, Courtney Cox or David Arquette. No Salma Hayek, Bencio Del Toro or Diane Keaton to be found. No sightings of Eric Owen Moss, Lawrence Scarpa or David Hertz... though we did see Lorcan O'Herlihy from across the way, but he was gone before we could catch up with him. Or maybe we were just in the wrong place, but no matter, we weren't there for the celebs.
"dform products reflect an ongoing exploration of the manipulation of flat sheet materials into dynamic three dimensional forms. The result is lighting and screens made of interlocking die-cut wood veneer or plastic with layered surfaces of pattern and shadow."
Designed by Mark Naden of Toda, a New York based multidisciplinary design office, the Topos Chair was designed to create a three dimensional form out of a two dimensional material. The result is a grid of contoured Finnish birch plywood with maple veneer that contours to the body.
Following up on our post 
An article by Janet Eastman in the Los Angeles Times covers the homes of lesser known California modernist architect, Harwell Harris.
London based Christopher Farr creates handmade contemporary wool rugs designed by a range of leading artists and designers. Farr has stores in London, New York and Los Angeles and Farr rugs can be found in selected oulets worldwide.
"His sweeping forms and painterly approach to planting were revolutionary when they first came to public attention in the 1930s, and many contemporary designs today owe his vision a great debt. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, the son of German emigrants, Burle Marx studied painting in Rio de Janeiro, an aspect of his work that persisted throughout his career. Drawing on his masterly knowledge of Brazil's rich tropical plants, his fine-art training, and his love of music and sculpture, he began with private landscape commissions before his work caught the eye of architects Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer. With them, Burle Marx created some of his most memorable works in Brasilia and elsewhere around Brazil."
I'd hang a 
I've been looking around for a decent room divider / screen and while I think I may have found it in the 
The Mod Cabinet is a storage solution with security. But not just any old lock and key security. A built-in fingerprint sensor allows access to locked drawers. Users are registered using a PDA or desktop computer running Glide's proprietary administration software. A wireless Bluetooth link is also available. The cabinet is also available without locks or a fingerprint sensor but really, why wouldn't you want a fingerprint sensor?
"The Slouch Couch is characterized by its radial modularity and embracing circular form. It can be used as separate units or joined side by side for larger, more enclosed space due to its wedge shaped plan. The minimal design is comprised of two elements: a fiberglass exterior and upholstered interior."
"Rather than lining your walls with books, the books are the wall. You can't have too much book space. Period. Goes anywhere. And the five shelves hold all your reading material while touching the ceiling and floor on only four white rubber feet."
This cool restaurant in New York City is owned by AvroKO, "an idea driven, integrated design group that creates and enhances high-style brands, products and environments." And what an environment they have created here.
We've made some small changes to our site over the past few days. Earlier this week, we added a link to Kinja, a "weblog portal" that allows you to view numerous headlines from your favorite weblogs all in one convenient location. Links to other design websites we read have also been added (thanks to MoCo Loco for linking to us as well!).
Sleek light fixtures finished in premium automotive paint finishes with seamless construction. The "Aliente Family" line of fixtures is designed by Stefano Casciani was the winner of ALA 2002 Lighting for Tomorrow Contest. A new line designed by New York architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis (shown at right) is being introduced this year.
From the "pillows that make me want a martini" category:
Timorous Beasties is a design company specialising in fabrics, roller-shades, wallcoverings, and accessories for commercial and private interiors. They design and produce contemporary and traditional wallpapers for the contract and domestic markets.
"EQ3 is affordable self-expression for the style-conscious. Home furnishing choices are telling exposés of not only who we are, but also who we want to be. EQ3 offers modern, sophisticated design that finds favor with discerning consumers of any age. The store concept is nothing short of an inspirational gallery of style. EQ3 customers will feel that they can create a room or a lifestyle out of what they see, rather than just find a single piece of furniture.
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