One of the most difficult things to manage in the design business is delivering unpleasant news to a client. I think everyone who does this work wants to solve problems and create great results, but sometimes bad news….. happens. Recently one of my sources of organic towels discontinued a color, while I had an order [...]
I am extremely excited to be reading the various posts from NEO Con, the commercial interior design convention. So many well designed, and exciting products! Green products seem to have a strong presence, I am thrilled to see that sustainable design has penetrated deeply into mainstream product design priorities. I have always loved the textile and carpet [...]
Hey, did you ever wonder if the simple act of lighting up your house when you are reading or working makes a difference in the environment? I know, we all feel like we have been beaten repeatedly about the head and shoulders with the compact fluorescent bulb concept. Yeah we get it, and [...]
I am teaching a class in early March that answers that question, on the SF peninsula, through Palo Alto Adult School. I really enjoy making folks laugh and and at the same time become more conscious about their interior design choices. Of course, it might be partly because I like people paying attention to me as if I have [...]
I posted not too long ago about new products coming out of West Coast Green. Since then, I got my library set of samples from O Eco Textiles, and they are gorgeous! I mean luscious and splendid. I was a fabric designer in a past life, and love working with fabrics in my new incarnation as an interior designer. [...]
My local Weekly newspaper, the Palo Alto Weekly, profiled me last Friday in an article about the Green Interior design class I am teaching this October. If you live on the San Francisco Peninsula pick up a copy, if you live elsewhere- you can read it online here, Or view the PDF of that section [...]
This show rocks. The keynote speakers are compelling, and inspiring. It is interesting, because many of them speak of things that have nothing to do with Green Building. A consistent theme has been the concept of doing purpose driven work, starting with examining your own life. This morning, we saw 4 speakers in the keynote session including Sarah [...]
I am teaching again in October through the Palo Alto Adult School. The class is two evenings, two hours an evening. Here is a class description,
GREEN INTERIOR DESIGN-THE NUTS AND BOLTS
You love to create a beautiful home, but you worry whether the paints, furniture, and flooring you choose are healthy for you and the environment. It’s time [...]
Think of today as a big thank you to the earth. Thanks for:
Oceans to boogie board in, thanks for trees, rivers, little birds at my bird feeder, clean air, water I can drink, Yosemite (especially good work, by the way), in fact thanks for the whole bloody Sierra Mountain range! Thanks for lizards. [...]
I wanted to let my regular blog readers, (you are out there, right?) know about a couple of Green interior design events coming up. They are all in the Bay Area, but if you can make it… great!
First, I am teaching a one hour class on Green Interior Design at the Elephant Pharmacy in [...]
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