Color Tip of the Week: Seeing is believing
 It always helps to see what you are getting before actually getting it and color is no exception.  There are many websites that support color making decisions that allow a designer to “see” what a color will look like in the space before ever painting one drop.  Most of these programs are pretty accurate when it comes to a look-see and it sure beats nothing so what the heck.

Re-use your News – Featured Artist: Erez Mulay
Erez Mulay is a ceramicist who likes to experiment with other materials. His “Re-news” series was born out of his experiments with newspaper. Erez wanted to make products out of reusable materials thus extending their life and also making something soft and fragile into something durable. The first design in the Re-news series is this bin made of rolled up magazines. The glues and varnish that are used are sustainable and yet the bin is very

Wally, the living wall system
First we had “Wally” the robot and now we have “Wally, the living wall system”.  I had an uncle Wally and never associated the name with anything futuristic, but there seems to be a new wave of Wally’s in the world. Here’s the living wall system from woollypocket.com, an LA / Phoenix based design group that prides themselves on sustainable products. This is a very happening idea when it comes to putting on the green.  The indoor-outdoor system itself is made from recycled plastic bottles which is breathable and this in turn helps keeps the soils oxygen supply fresh.

Store Review: Live O in Tel-Aviv
I was inspired by this store’s unique display of an ancient product still very much in use today. Live O is an interesting play on the word olive.  Olive oil has been around since at least the  5th millennium BCE  providing sustenance, beauty and life. The Live O boutique is located on a corner street of Rothschild boulevard with two large display windows facing eac

White Space: Must-Have Place Settings
While I’ll be setting my table tomorrow in shamrock and plum Fiestaware, I’ll undoubtedly be mixing in the odds and ends of a mismatched collection of white dinnerware. Years ago I assembled a small kit of various white pieces for food styling, but never went ahead and completed a full set. Which I admit was foolish of me, by the way. So although I’d love to have a few pieces of the turquoise Fiestaware, I’m committed to finding a complete collec