Open Source "Sweet Home 3D" Home and Interior Design Program

sweet home 3d

Sweet Home 3D is a home and interior design program that can help you to place all your furniture, walls, doors and appliances in minutes and gives you a real time 3D preview of all your plans. You can create walls of desired dimensions and directions, use textures for your walls, hang paintings on them and much more.

Sweet Home 3D is designed with novice users’ abilities in mind. You don’t need any prior knowledge to use this program. In fact, you will think that everyone can become an interior designer after using this wonderful program. You can use the available furniture that is given with the program or download more from the official website for free.

The best feature of this program is its support for 3D .obj files. It means you can import any 3D object file or furniture to use with your home plans. You can design any object or furniture using other 3D design tools and use it in your plans. Additionally you can export the plan to a 2D PDF file for future realization.

The program is not very flexible, so it may not be preferable for professionals, but the easy user interface is surely attractive. It makes interior designing as simple as dragging and dropping.

A bundle of Twigs

A bundle of twigs on solid wood stand, bunched up by paper twine & abaca rope. This is what we call in the office, our “twigs trophy”. Trophy for having been able to sell this clock that uses twigs. And, trophy for having been able to clean up parts of Muntinlupa City. I posted something about those little branches & twigs here. Please check it out.

Rebuke Art Exhibit

rebuke art exhibit

Rezureccion Art Project, in partnership with Outer Space Gallery, presents..

“REBUKE”

Opening on…

June 4, 2010 (Friday)
8:00 PM – 12:00 AM

Outer Space Gallery
The Collective, 7274
Malugay Street, Suite B,
San Antonio Village, Makati City

Featuring the works of AJ Omandac, AJ Tuviera Tolentino, Ambie Abano, Bobby Balingit, Buds Convocar, Con Cabrera, Heber Bartolome, Irish Flores, J.Pacena II, Jet Bernal, Katrina Dayrit, Kin Misa, Loren Marquez, Marius Black, Mica Cabildo, Mike Andaya, Niel Marcelino, Niño Hernandez, Noel Pocot, Raul M. Roco Jr, Rayan Ladyong, Recci Bacolor, Rhea Consorio, Salvador Ching, Sarah Geneblazo, Stella Kim, Tanya Escaler, Tomas Leonor, Xander Calceta, Zeus Bascon

Exhibit runs until June 18, 2010.

Ben Turnbull's Deadly Carvings on Desks

First off, let me ‘fire’ away by saying, his surname matches his choice of subject for this series of woodworks… some little badaz toy weapons.

Ben Turnbull’s work is mainly themed on American’s dominance and it’s political clout towards the entire world (the Philippines included of course).

“Ben Turnbull is fascinated by the global dominance of American culture, and his works unsettling effects result from re-presenting the toys of our innocent youth in symbolic forms that reveal the shocking truths about war, death and guns in the world’s most powerful country.”

The carvings were done on real desks. In fact, if you’ll look closely, on the wood, you’ll see an engraved Pythagorean Theorem on the wood desk. One kid might have written that as his “reminder” just before taking a trigonometry exam. I’m just kidding.

The rest of the pics are here. And yes, I consider this piece art and putting this post inside “art section”

Wysitwig

WYSI-TWIG - What You See Is TWIG

It’s been WYSI-TWIG, err, WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) for me lately. Every time I see twigs, I always stop and pick some. No matter where I am, it’s “When-I-See-Twig-I-Will-Get”. Near Asian Hospital (Festival Mall area), the long and winding road there is lined with trees and during summah time like now, it’s twig-Nirvana out there. That place is my “twigery”.

And why not, we use ‘em during kodakan of our items. See ‘photwigs’ below.

And sometimes, our buyers who all love tawaran-portion (haggling) and freebies, we give these twigs accents as free items.

How do we employ the twigs? Please some-ples below…

Processing requires a little sanding (using sand paper), sun-baking too if the twigs are not that dry. Then, a quick spray painting (available at home depots, around 100.00 per compressed spray paint) if you want it other than its natural color. You may choose to have it un-painted for a raw-look, rustic-look.

For the rich kids, twigs, roots, sticks, vines and other types are also available in malls and other home furnishing stores in the Philippines. More elaborate and sophisticated ones. But then again, at the end of the day, it’s way cooler to look at the twigs and say that you picked it up in the park during one morning brisk walking with your son.

In case you drop by at our place and buy something, please ask for the free twigs (if we have at the time) and we’ll give it. Just say the magic promo word… WYSITWIG!

*BTW, did you notice the “at the end of the day“?, that’s unnecessary really. But I just want to use that, it sounds good… “at the end of the day.”

Book: Ralph Gibson - Deus Ex Machina

"deus ex machina"

Deus Ex Machina (Klotz)

A photo compilation of-and-by Ralph Gibson. Mainly of simple humble objects (like spoon, chair, a box) that show lotza emotions. Many of the images are in BnW and are spontaneous shots as he drifts from place to place like in San Fransisco, Los Angeles, New York, Egypt, France, Italy, etc.

It won’t give justice but I’ll post some page captures below just to show some of the ordinary home stuff as subjects…

*Copyright: Ralph Gibson

Deus Ex Machina contains a lot of his early works. There are photos well into the 90’s too so this is long body of work with select images squeezed in. With recurring themes like the nudes and street shots. In fact, a whole section, the “black kiss” chapter is a compilation of erotic photographs. This chapter is bold and it’s a rare visual feast. It’s not everyday that you’ll see “sex” photos with such deeper erotic emotions. As Ralph Gibson puts it, “true explicit erotica of higher aesthetic order”.

Per chapter (and in other cases, per image), the artist inserts witty narratives that kinda give the reader/viewer more stories and feelings. The whole book is an inspiration and is a silent photography lecture on composition, texture, nude photography, contrast, the use of shadow, etc. Truly, an inspiring collection of photos. If you have a camera, it will make you shoot more.

The beef… just never mind that, it could be guru Ralph Gibson isn’t that enamored with Digital Camera Photography… the format of the book (6 by 8) is small for a photo book….that you have to open-up and almost rip up the book for the 2 page (widespread? centerfold?) images. :-)

• In ancient Greek theater, God appeared floating across stage by way of complex system of roped and pulleys, this became known as “god by way of machines” – Deus Ex Machina.
• If you want this book, buy the book here – Deus Ex Machina (Klotz)
• The book photographed on top of a water color I made a loooooooooooong time ago.

Anak ng Kamote

(I suggest playing the audio-video embed below before viewing the whole post.) "anak ng kamote" Normally I’ll correlate a photo post with anything about furniture or home something. But I’m sitting here and I just can’t think of anything linking a kamote to something about interior decor, home accent, etc. So I am posting this as it is, a photo post. And, this will forever be known as the “nangamote post”. Here’s another shot… "the kamote offsprings" We have peanut post too. Soon, we’ll do sigarilyas and perhaps the bahay-kubo veggies altogether! Ang mahiwagang kamote…

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 27 May, 2010.

Feng Shui Mirror: Expansion, Reflection and Deflection

"the pennylane mirrors"

Feng Shui experts use mirror as “remedy.” In Feng Shui applications, mirrors serve three basic purposes: expansion, reflection and deflection.

EXPANSION

When we look into a mirror we see through and beyond the physical plane of the mirror’s surface into the virtual space of the reflection. This causes a change in the focal point of our vision, which eases tension in the eye muscles and helps promote relaxation and stress release. The mirror opens up a virtual window in an otherwise flat surface. In feng shui terms this symbolically opens up new vistas, not just for our eyes, but also for our mental “vision” of ourselves and our lives.

REFLECTION

When you place any mirror in your home, pay attention to what is being reflected in it. In feng shui terms, the mirror is doubling that energy by creating a virtual duplicate within the virtual space of the reflection. For example, if your mirror is reflecting a pile of clutter and unpaid bills, the reflection is a symbolic doubling of your untidiness and debt. On the other hand, if the mirror is reflecting a family snapshot from your most recent vacation when everyone was having a wonderful time, the mirror is symbolically doubling your family’s happiness and enjoyment.

DEFLECTION

Mirrors can also be used to deflect negative influence away from your home. When used for this purpose, the mirror’s reflection is “bouncing back” the harmful chi towards its source. Often a ba gua mirror – a small round mirror in an octagonal frame, usually red and/or yellow in color and decorated with black trigrams – is placed on the exterior of the home to deflect sha chi (harmful energy) aimed at the property, the structure, or the front door.

Ross Capili's Passages at Forum Robinsons

Once upon a time, I attended a Ross Capili one night lecture/shoot. ‘Twas a nice experience and learned a lot from it despite downing 2 san mig lights that night. Held at his old P.Tamo HQ. He’ll have a one man show this May at the Forum Robinsons. Hopefully we can swing by there. He got Paintings, Photographs, Mixed Media, all we like! See info below…

"passages"

Rosscapili
Solo Exhibition

Paintings/Photographs/Mixed Media

FORUM Robinsons
Pioneer St corner EDSA Mandaluyong City

Opening Cocktails on May 13, 3pm for INVITED guests

Regular exhibition on May 14-31, 2010
“A marriage between painting and photography, printmaking and mixed media — this is the kind of art I want to explore,” explains art guru Rosscapili, in description of his 37th one man exhibition. Titled “Passages,” the exhibition showcases some 30 paintings, photographs and mixed media works at FORUM Robinsons beginning May 13, 2010.

The seamless transition of one art form to another over decades of continuing artistic evolution shines through with every “Passages” piece. Energetic brushwork leaps, dances or surges across photographs of the human figure as though images from the artist’s dreams or subconscious were somehow transferred and given tangible form on canvas. Though many of the human figures are in still poses, each work as a whole seems to move like a film noir or music video montage — sometimes flowing like a prima to Prokofiev or frenetically like stop-motion animation to staccato.

Rosscapili sees “Passages” as a summary of a career that has established him as a master of one art form after another. Simultaneously maintaining strongholds in previously conquered territory, this veteran visual artist is now a sought-after signature in not one but four different art forms. Starting out as an award-winning painter in the early 70’s, he fell in love with photography before the decade’s end. After becoming a professional shutterbug and adding photography prizes to his trophy cases, the 80’s saw him add works in traditional etching to his portfolio as he worked with the Philippine Association of Printmakers.

As his paintings moved into the realm of abstraction in the 90’s, it was then that Rosscapili began to pursue digital artmaking. Today, he says, “I no longer put a boundary… It doesn’t matter if I’m doing painting, traditional print, photography or digital printing… I end up combining them all during one thought process, creating my own art which doesn’t really fit into any single definition of a particular art medium.” A look at Rosscapili’s work in the first decade of the new millenium suggests that his art will continue to develop in fresh and exciting ways as he melds his different media. He sees the creative process as an uninterrupted passage or voyage where “I can’t tell if I’ve already arrived at my destination.”

“Passages” is open to the public until May 31, 2010 at FORUM Robinsons on Pioneer Street corner EDSA in Mandaluyong City. Mall hours are from 10am to 9pm daily. For inquiries, call Galerie OneWorkshop at 836-8799, 09176273193 or FORUM Robinsons at 3988058, 09228267945 or email one_workshop@yahoo.com.

Encyclopedic Story

the century on lexicon encyclopedia

We have a shot of the Century Photobook with the Lexicon Encyclopedia as the backdrop. Then I remember the old days…

Picture blurry-ing flowers now… Dadanananananana, danananana, dananananana….

Don’t you miss the time when Encyclopedia set was heavy-cool? Remember how the set was prominently displayed in the sala? And in the town where I was born, it was a status symbol (you know, the place where the folks would quickly call you “Endyinir” if you passed the board exam, or “Atorni” if you’re taking up law).

The encyclopedia was highly valued back then that our Momma bought “special rack” from the palengke. I’m sure, back then, Encyclopedia totally deserved its special place that your Poppa made a customized palo-tsina wood cabinet. Awesome.

It was handy, or let me just say, helpful back then.

From what I remember, it answered almost all my research needs, assignments and curiosities (like how babies are conceived and how they got out, how world wars 1 and 2 started, the Islam world, etc.). Ours is 1988 Lexicon Encyclopedia bundled with a medical 4-volume set and science-for-kids set that has special projects.

Then mid-90s came about and the technology made Encyclopedia semi-dispensable. Even the semi-obsolete CD back then can contain a volume of know-how. DVDisks pushed the capacity even more therefore storing even more data, multi-media and interactive contents. And then, internet took over. No longer it is needed to go and scan the set for info. Simply type what you need and search engine will give you what you need.

I honestly don’t know if there are new prints and versions of these thick encyclopedia sets. But for those who have 20 year-old sets, might as well hold on and store it a little longer, those are bound to be vintage copies and a great starting point for conversations, or gigantic paper weights even. Or, do this.

Flexible Furnitures in the Philippines?

Have you seen this flexible chair, made in Taiwan, that is making the rounds in international furniture shows?

The concept is from the toy “slinky” you had some years back. The one that we lovingly pushed off the stairs and let it rock and roll and travel straight staircases, end to end. (Well, either that “slinky” or the accordion musical instrument)

From what we see in the video, the Taiwan-made slinky-chair is lightweight in material. Special industrial strentgh paper carton perhaps. When fully stretched, I hope they demoed too showing that it can really support 4 to 5 people.

I wonder if the guys at Dekahon can do something akin to this and serve the Philippine market. Dekahon is a unique furniture company here in the Philippines that offers handmade, glued, durable, modular furniture made out of strong industrial cardboard.

MCDO's New Meal, Err, New Look By Max Carmona and His Crew

yummy mc do facade

Here’s the QnA with Max Carmona, a University of Illinois trained architect who heads the McDonalds re-imaging in the US.

Like a value-meal served quick and fast, here are some things he said…

• The new McDo resto has a modern feel, contemporary furniture and futuristic in its approach.
• Though coffee is slowly taking over the world, they are not yet ready to mix it up with the Starbucks-es of the world. But he admits, that they do have cafe sections in their restaurants.
• For 2011, they’ll do 400 – 500 re-imaging of Mc Donald’s restaurants, and each costs 400,000 to 700,000 USD.

I can’t find any Mc Donald Philippines news release that they too are moving forward in re-imaging their restaurant interiors and exteriors/buildings. But I hope so they will for the benefit of McDo loving Filipinos. Like having a cafe/wifi area (like in the US) for people wanting to open up their notebooks and hang around for a while. Dining area that is fashionable enough that’ll it appeals to yuppies, techies, call center agents. And of course have the staple fast meal and kiddie sections be updated to more modern areas with hip furniture and lighting. By then, we can ultimately call the McDo dining experience, a “Happy Meal”.

(I’ve seen a couple of nicely furnished KFC Restaurants BTW. The one in Nagtahan area, that is newly updated and has a “cool & young vibe” going on.)

Photography Book: Century - One Hundred Years of Human Progress, Regression, Suffering and Hope

The version of the Century, Mini Edition: One Hundred Years of Human Progress, Regression, Suffering and Hope we have is the ultra mini edition. Sized 5.8 inches by 5.3 inches so we’ll not post sample photos. It’s best to see the historical photos on print and preferably, the biggie coffee table book. We bought our copy for less than P200 coz what we have is non-mint copy. Anyway, it’s still good. First few things I looked for… the Beatles, the World War I and II photos, Muhammad Ali and JFK. I love looking back at 60s 70s culture BTW.

Check out Amazon review below…

Editorial Reviews (Amazon.com Review)

The impact of photography, with its permutations and manipulations, has created incredible images of human hope and suffering throughout the 20th century. Inured as readers may be to the sights of our age, anyone who leafs through the astonishing chronicle that is Bruce Bernard’s Century cannot fail to be impressed and moved by this vast visual document of the past 100 years. Weighing in at around 10 pounds and containing more than 1,000 photographs, this significant document of 100 years of human history displays Bernard’s 30 years of experience as a picture editor with the Sunday Times Magazine.

Divided into six sections–1899-1914, High Hopes and Recklessness; 1914-33, Self-Inflicted Wounds Remain Infected; 1933-45, Rise and Fall of the Unspeakable; 1945-65, Atomic Truce Walks a Tightrope; 1965-85, Vietnam to the Moon to Soviet Collapse; and 1985-99, Chaos and Hope on a Burdened Planet–with accompanying text and quotations, Century presents an average of 10 images for each year, from the banal to the brilliant. In 1921 readers witness Claude Monet overseeing his glorious water-lily gardens. Next to that is an image of starving children in the Russian famine that followed the end of World War I. The young Princess Elizabeth walks her corgi in London’s Hyde Park in 1934, while the facing page shows the moment of King Alexander I’s assassination in Marseilles. American GIs laugh with girls on a German beach in 1946–a couple of pages on from the then recently revealed horrors of the concentration camp at Auschwitz. Three decades later, sees the Sex Pistols inaugurating the era of punk rock, while anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko lies murdered by police in his South African jail cell. By turns harrowing and humorous, Century is a magnificent photographic testament to 100 years of human advancement, futility, acts of heroism, and episodes of unspeakable cruelty. The book ends on a note of hope with a still from a 1999 German production of Beethoven’s opera Fidelio, a triumph of goodness over evil. It is nonetheless difficult to erase the preceding image of refugees fleeing Kosovo in the same month and the same year–history’s hour of darkness come round once more. –Catherine Taylor, Amazon.co.uk –This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Tom Dixon's Flash Furniture Factory

At this year’s ICFF, the British designer Tom Dixon will present 3 things… his INDUSTRY line, book series and the one that is interesting, Flash Factory.

Tom Dixon will man the Flash Factory booth. A furniture (lamp) shall be made on the spot demonstrating the future of design & the furniture production as well. His $175 digitally-manufactured Etch lamp will be made on the spot.

The concept is a process where in individual (or a client) can control the design, from conception down to the final few steps. Customized and at the same time mass produced. Power to the people.

Using the traditional processes, it is only when furniture manufacturers produce in bulk that they can push the prices down. By doing RnD (to make it sure it is safe, useful. economical and of course beautiful) for one particular product, one engineering plans & layout and using one-time produced jigs, patterns, moulds in the mass production, prices go south.

Other cause of delay and additional price add-up is the leadtime. The exchanges of ideas and instructions on how to go about the build. This interaction goes thru 2 – 4 people exchange (client, sales people, designer, craftsmen), that’s a day or two already. The preparation of the engineering drawing (2 – 3 DAYS). The actual production and hauling (3 to 6 WEEKS).

Tom Dixon hopes to do otherwise. He looks forward in the future-tech where-when individual can make customized furniture and furnishing on demand and on the spot.

His idea is great but will push a lot of people (craftsmen, designers as well) out of job and would affect furniture businesses that do thing as we know it now. Then again, by the time things are done in on-the-spot – rapid manufacturing mode, it could be…

A. We may already have the computer powered multi-axis automated machines that will do job as explained above.
B. The designers-craftsmen displaced by the machines may have their own furniture customized shops by then.
C. I may be retired by then, living in the hills and doing some cross-stitching or something.

Bright idea still.

Looking forward to his book series and the future of furniture industry as well.

Singapore Debuts at International Contemporary Furniture Fair 2010

Singapore is set to make its show debut at the 22nd International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) that will be held at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Five Singapore companies will showcase their latest product lines at the ICFF, embodying the finest of what the Singapore furniture industry has to offer. They are Singapore Mozaic ambassadors: Air Division Pte Ltd and Office Planner Pte Ltd, as well as design companies, 1degOFF by Bomania Designworx, Mad Scientists Pte Ltd and oon.

Organised by the Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) and supported by International Enterprise (IE) Singapore as well as DesignSingapore Council, the Singapore Pavilion will be located at Booth 1866. Visitors can expect furniture, furnishings and home accessories that defy their usual, expected forms to ensue innovative yet extremely functional creations.

With a heavy emphasis on construction, structure and design, these companies will be exhibiting their bestselling collections, including Office Planner’s dynamic office desking furniture with individual work desks and oon’s innovative clip seat and pocket storage system. Air Division will proudly present its inspirational and eco-friendly range of furniture pieces from the 2010 Plank Living Collection, which was well-received at earlier international exhibitions such as imm cologne, International Furniture Fair Singapore (IFFS), and the Milan Furniture Fair. 1degOFF intends to dazzle with its Light Play collection, made up of creations that attempt to defy conventional associations with lamps, while Mad Scientists aim to impress with their collection of Modular Structural System products.Mr Andrew Ng, President of the Singapore Furniture Industries Council, said, “The ICFF is an internationally reputed fair where one can find unique exhibits showcasing the latest trends in furniture design. Our exhibiting furniture companies have an excellent combination of experience, flair for design and production capabilities, giving them an edge in creating a diversity of quality products for the international market. Our maiden participation in this event is a significant step for Singapore, allowing them to pit their creativity against more global players, opening up more doorways to alternative and new markets while establishing more fruitful connections within the international furniture design industry.

Said Mr Tan Soon Kim, Group Director for Lifestyle Business, IE Singapore, “The US is the furniture trade’s main growth driver and largest furniture importer with imports at about US$32 billion in 2009. With the upturn of the economy, we see incipient signs of renewed and growing interest from US buyers who are actively sourcing for new products and lines. Singapore furniture companies achieved healthy export sales of S$4.7 billion (around US$3.4 billion) despite the downturn last year, only a slight decrease of 4% from 2008. This speaks volumes about the quality players we have. We are therefore confident that the participation in ICFF will propel our furniture industry’s growth while fulfilling the wide-ranging needs of the huge US furniture market.”

The ICFF, which will be held from 15 to 18 May 2010 is one of North America’s most anticipated contemporary furniture shows and is expected to attract more than 24,000 interior designers, architects, retailers, designers, manufacturers, representatives, distributors, and developers. More than 500 exhibitors will display contemporary furniture, seating, carpet and flooring, lighting, outdoor furniture, materials, wall coverings, accessories, textiles, and kitchen and bath for residential and commercial interiors.

For more information, please visit www.icff.com and www.singaporefurniture.com.

Thrift Gift

acrylic gift

12 FACTS…

1. this is a gift i made afternoon of saturday, july 25 2009
2. the canvass i bought from national bookstore is P160 per framed canvass
3. coz i don’t do this stuff as often as i would want to, my first try was a mess, sayang ang P160.00
4. for the successful version (or as I would like to call it, the pasang-awa one)
5. i spent 3.5 hours, for the unsuccessful version, i spent 2 hours
6. the toughest part to make, the lips part
7. this is not the best paint job in the world but i’m sure this is better than a “mango” blouse
8. P1000 or so saved just by doing this gift
9. the photo was shot in boracay using fuji point & shoot camera
10. at the office, doing this thing, i had tabo & timba by my side to wash the paint brushes
11. the subject in the painting, that’s her expert-look photographer shooting position
12. because the recipient loves the painting so much, she told me, the P50,000 i owe her, I can forget all about it. =P

The Birds are Named Noy & Nay

After the May 2010 national and local election and with 85 percent of the votes tallied in… From now on, we’re naming the handcarved wooden birds we sell, “Noy” and “Nay.”

Sized bigger is “Noy” and the smaller version is “Nay.”

noy & nay

We hope and pray now, that like birds Noy and Nay above, our incoming president and vice president will work in peace, with unity and vision to bring about much needed social and economic reformsssssssssssssssss in the Philippines.

Let Philippines fly!

BTW, care for some birds?

Bookmark, Bookmarked

We’ve been going through some books, flippin and skippin, getting back to some, highlighting some pages so the need for bookmarks came about. Hence, a bookmarker search ensued. And I landed on this designed-w/-humor bookmark by i3lab called Fairy Tale ii. help! me! get! these! “Fairy Tale is a clip-shaped bookmark that has hands, feet or a tail. When you place it in a book and close it, the clip turns into little people or animals stuck between the pages.” Since it’s rather expensive to buy these cool clips from them and have it shipped to the Philippines, I guess, I’ll still be stuck on post-its as bookmarks. At least I can add some notes on it. But still, the fairy tale bookmarker is on my, ahem – wish list - the next time I’m near a wishing well. BTW, if you want to bookmark (add to favorites) our site, just press CTRL-D. It works in all browsers (almost).

Val Nikitin Interior Designer: Long Distance Decorating

New York based interior designer Val Nikitin and his client furnish apartment in Zurich using up-to-date technology.

A client who travels as often as three weeks per month wasn’t able to schedule regular meetings with local designer. She met Val Nikitin in her trip to New York and hired him to decorate her Swiss home via internet.
During online sessions client showed Nikitin examples of furniture and artwork she owned, as well as sending him pictures of existing apartment and floor plan. He sent her sketches and ideas for furniture and lighting options, helping client visualize the end result by illustrating furnished room in hand-drawn perspectives. Using her laptop and BlackBerry client was available to reply anytime and anyplace. The process was much shorter than working with a client in person, because instead of setting up live meetings, designer and client were able to quickly pass ideas back and forth.

The Designer ordered most of furniture from European dealers. When it arrived, client placed it exactly where it was shown on the furniture plan. If client had questions, she sent Nikitin iPhone pictures and he suggested adjustment.

“The Modern Life: Long Distance Decoration” an article that recently appeared in ElleDecor.com, is about the above project in Zurich.

About Val Nikitin

Val Nikitin is Ukrainian-born Architect and Interior Designer work in New York since 1993, specializing in Hi-End residential projects. For almost eight years he worked as Architectural Designer for Sills Huniford Associates, a well known interior design firm with a list of high profile clients.

Nikitins experience includes a variety of work from the conceptual architectural design to custom furniture, from apartment renovation in Manhattan to estate on Long Island shore and private house in California. He was also involved in hospitality projects such as the renovation of five star hotels “The St. Regis” in New York and Washington DC, and “The Connaught” in London.

The list of his own projects includes a landmark town house in Manhattan, and a number of apartments in New York and Zurich.

In 2007, Nikitin achieved Diploma on International Architectural and Interior Design Competition in Moscow for his project in Manhattan. He has a master architectural degree. Currently Val Nikitin a principal in his Manhattan based firm.

"Pierre Dos" Console Table for Tropical Styled Homes

This is 2nd version of the PIERRE bamboo console table. Slightly differs with the stand but same table top, same awesome Filipino craftsmanship and same affordable price.

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