NAM JUNE PAIK—a huge retrospective thru Oct 3 at SFMOMA marks a fantastic post-Covid re-boot. A prescient moving-image and electronic artist/musician/composer, Korea-born Paik grew during the advent of TV. But his provocative ideas are digital age. Video Commune (Beatles...)1970
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global design columist, writer, editor, author and curator based in San Francisco
Joined March 2009
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Virtual 2020 SF Decorator Showcase: a win! Bird's eye views, interiors, interactive videos and designer interviews. Applegate Tran, Tineke Triggs, Regan Baker, Dzine, Studio Ku, Sean Leffers, Benni Amadi, Chad Dorsey & Terremoto are some stars. Sept 5 on DecoratorShowcase.org
Mark your calendars for SPOTLIGHT webcast on June 15-17, June 19, June 24 and June 25!
Featured design stars are Clive Wilkinson, Gary Hutton, Andrea Cochran, Surfacedesign, Scott Hudson of Henrybuilt, Takashi Yanai of EYRC and Robert Brunner of Ammunition
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American Airlines' total chaos and delays at Charlotte International airport. Three-hour wait past departure and counting...no explanations.
what an amazing group to be in India with!
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House Love: Moving a Home in India 1,500 Miles to Save It - We visited this gorgeous house in Jan. with author. mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/sty
our ZSAT adventure coming in NYT on May 4: a preview:
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With the imminent sale of David Kelly's home, the designer and Ettore Sottsass are in the news again. Deja Vu:
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New name, great new content. Dive into SPACES Magazine from the San Francisco Bay Area! digital.marinmagazine.com/marinmagazine/
Looking forward to today's gathering at the Hillwood Museum in DC. Be there! hillwoodmuseum.org/whats/events-a
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THE PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD WELCOMES BIG's FIRST OFFICE BUILDING....one with an actual periscope ...and this image tells the story.
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Fly from SFO to one of Europe's most amazing airports, Schiphol: it is being redesigned.That's why KLM has, in SF, popup.klm.com ?
COMING UP: London Design Festival; Maison et Objet, Paris/Design Week; Dutch Design Week ddw.nl
Artists who use detritus: Apply by Sept 6 to join Reclaimed: Elevating the Art of Reuse @ Minnesota Street Project scrapartshow.org
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Help save the first important classic French garden by Andre Le Notre
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MOOOI + Dzine CONTEST: by 6/17 BAY AREA talents can send max 3 Area rug or broadloom repeat patterns to win! Check:dzineliving.com/company/contes.
Happening now! Alaska Airlines' Boeing 737-900ER flying from Oak over SF being filmed by 3 Delta Fox productions & LA-based Wolfe Air. Look
16 Groundbreaking Dutch designers to Know Now: From Hands Off exhibition at San Francisco's MCD to DDW/Eindhoven! dwell.com/event-spotligh
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Opening 1/20, SF's Perennial restaurant, designed by Paul Discoe (he did Larry Ellison's Japan-inspired Peninsula home), breaks new ground
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In San Francisco: the superb FOG Design + Art fair this weekend indicates fair weather in the art/design world. Go!
Launched 2016! Marin At Home mag, featuring Bay Area talents & global stars Michael Young, Jens Martin Skibsted
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5 global trends spotted at the Red Dot Awards, the Olympics for product design fastcodesign.com/3045492/5-glob by via
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Is it portable? I want it. Yves Behar's Alchemy Lounge pop-up mixology bar TeatroVersace/Milan. Dance afterparty 4/14,10pm #sodastreamdesign
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April 7, @ Copita, Sausalito: A +++ women's tequila & dinner feast that makes room for men & design afficionados too:
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Scene: Ken Fulk's SF loft, in full view of a stuffed ostrich, artist Darren Waterston unveiled his new work based on Whistler's Peacock Room
Hands Off: New Dutch Design at the Confluence of Technology & Craft opens May 9 @ San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design. Watch for it
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My latest book, In & Out of Paris: Gardens of Secret Delights in stores! images.History.Guide.insider anecdotes.
#HandsOff
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supported by Stimulerings Fund and KLM airlines. 20 designers coming to SF in May 2015
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2014 banner year: KLM is now official sponsor of my Hands Off: New Dutch Design at the Confluence of Technoclogy & Craft exhibition in SF
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Painting by Numbers: Match wacky glasses from SF's Optical Underground with shades of Yolo ColorHouse Low VOC paints.
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Last weekend: Sf Ethnic Dance Fest. Wild designs and hands down/up fun
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Dance goes to yr head too? 36th San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival today +wknds YBCA or web SFethnicdancefestival
