The Bay Area has a lot of things to be proud of: its leadership in tech fields, its first class universities, its flourishing arts scene, and of course, the great outdoors. But we’ve always had a little bit of an inferiority complex when it comes to news.
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Sep
8
Jackie Safier
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These days, it’s all about small. Living smaller is practical, it’s hip and it’s smart because more is not always better. But living in a small, well-designed space doesn’t mean giving up comfort. Using mirrors to add the illusion of space, colorful screens to divide rooms and multi-purpose furniture that serves double duty are just a few tricks of the small trade. Here are some other ways designers make the most out a smaller living space.
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Sep
3
Several years ago 60 Minutes profiled a Harvard professor who taught a course with the sole purpose of training his students to look differently at the things before them. From everyday items to architecture, marketing and design. When we take that approach today, especially looking at the media, there seems to be a clear and refreshing trend; imperfect is the new perfect.
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Aug
30
Jackie Safier
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