Most public benches hardly command a glance, let alone offer meditations on their surroundings, but designer Kickie Chudikova set out to change that. Her public sculpture, Spiral of Life, offers a sinuous contrast to its linear backdrop beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, and was unveiled before an intimate crowd September 15 […]
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This Mount Washington Home Is a Family’s Retreat From Bustling Los Angeles Life | Architectural Digest
However, Cassandra warns future hillside homeowners of the potential perils of mountaintop construction. With Mount Washington’s notoriously winding and narrow streets, “Remodeling is not for the faint of heart,” she jokes. She recounts the day the kitchen’s range hood got delivered, and the driver couldn’t make it up the hill, […]
How ’90s interior design software laid the foundation for today’s life sims
In 1994, my mom, a working interior designer, decided to jump on the home computing bandwagon and get 3D Home Architect (opens in new tab). The Broderbund program was part of an awkward, curious wave of computer-aided design (CAD) software adapted for the burgeoning home market (opens in new tab)—the […]