Pinkett-Smith's
Diane Von Furstenburg:
Ellen Degeneres & Portia DiRossi
Will Ferrell
Giorgio Armani (New York and Italy homes)
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Celebrity Homes
When MTV Cribs launched, every was fascinated by celebrities' homes, but, it was a bit over-saturated with the little punch lines, cars, and drinks. The show didn't really promote an appreciation of design or decor, it was more to show you people's lifestyle. Here are a few homes that I found (via Architectural Digest) where you can really see the reflection of character in the home:
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Pharrell Williams Designing Prefab Homes
Pharrell Williams has always been one of my favourite producers and musicians, but now I have an even higher respect for him. He's collaborating with Pritzker prize winning architect Zaha Hadid, and will be working on some prefab homes with her. Here's an excerpt from his new book “Pharrell: Places and Spaces I’ve Been”:
via: http://freshome.com/2013/01/10/an-architecture-collaboration-between-pharrell-williams-and-zaha-hadid/#sthash.jDIZgegz.dpuf
He's also designs furniture, here are chairs he designed:
Pharrell Williams:: With my next project, after my next chair, I would love to do a prefab house, have you ever done a prefab?
Zaha Hadid: No, but I’ve done temporary structures. So I think the prefab could be interesting.
PW: The average single-bedroom trailer or mobile home is somewhere between $40,000 to $70,000, and two bedrooms range to about $99,000. They say that we are bouncing back from the recession, but in a lot of areas, especially the housing sector—
ZH: It’s not coming back…
PW: …at all. So I felt that if we would make something that was about $75,000 to $100,000 that we would could do something really fun and really next-level that could change the game, you know?
ZH: No, of course.
PW: So if you’ll be into it I’d love to talk to you about doing prefab houses together.
ZH: That would be very exciting.
PW: First of all, I’m super excited. I’m not going to jump up and down and run out of breath. Then we won’t finish the interview. But when we finish I will do that…Because I’m a big kid!
ZH: [Laughs]
via: http://freshome.com/2013/01/10/an-architecture-collaboration-between-pharrell-williams-and-zaha-hadid/#sthash.jDIZgegz.dpuf
He's also designs furniture, here are chairs he designed:
via www.dazeddigital.com
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Random Acts Of Kindness
Unfortunately, it's rare to open the paper and find good news these days. We see horrific crimes, political turmoil, and economic debates. Then, I read a simple, but amazing article. A woman in Kansas accidentally dropped her engagement ring in a homeless man's panhandling cup. He kept the ring, knowing she would return for it. Her fiance was so touched by the gesture, he set up an online donation for him which raised more than $145,000.
My favorite part of this story is the humility, and knowing that sometimes we're wrong to make judgements and expect certain things from certain people. I think the fiance was truly humbled by this man's honesty, and I think he was humbled because he didn't expect it. What would you expect? Most people look at homeless people on the street and feel that they cannot trust them. We put our hands in your pockets, or hold our purses a little tighter when we walk by. We conclude that just because someone is downtrodden, their experiences have tainted away their integrity. Then you have the kindness of the fiance. He didn't have to set up a donation fund, but he wanted to help.
My assistant called me the other day with a beautiful story. She loves to go thrifting - she finds posters, gadgets, trinkets and nice little items with a lot of character. So, she was in a thrift store a few days ago, and a man next to her picked up a coat. Attached to the coat was a $5 bill with a note that said "Today is your lucky day, remind someone that you love them". Simple. This person didn't want any recognition, they just had the satisfaction of knowing that they made someone's day.
Another friend was telling me a story about a time that he was in the Tim Horton's drive thru. When he got up to the window, the woman told him that the person in front of him in line paid for his coffee and said to have a nice day, and pass it along. So, he did. One morning he paid for the person's coffee behind him and gave the same message. Hopefully, this circulates. Imagine getting your morning coffee, and having that message start your day?
We often underestimate the impact we can have on others. A small act of kindness can change someone's day, and maybe even snowball into changing other people's day.
My favorite part of this story is the humility, and knowing that sometimes we're wrong to make judgements and expect certain things from certain people. I think the fiance was truly humbled by this man's honesty, and I think he was humbled because he didn't expect it. What would you expect? Most people look at homeless people on the street and feel that they cannot trust them. We put our hands in your pockets, or hold our purses a little tighter when we walk by. We conclude that just because someone is downtrodden, their experiences have tainted away their integrity. Then you have the kindness of the fiance. He didn't have to set up a donation fund, but he wanted to help.
My assistant called me the other day with a beautiful story. She loves to go thrifting - she finds posters, gadgets, trinkets and nice little items with a lot of character. So, she was in a thrift store a few days ago, and a man next to her picked up a coat. Attached to the coat was a $5 bill with a note that said "Today is your lucky day, remind someone that you love them". Simple. This person didn't want any recognition, they just had the satisfaction of knowing that they made someone's day.
Another friend was telling me a story about a time that he was in the Tim Horton's drive thru. When he got up to the window, the woman told him that the person in front of him in line paid for his coffee and said to have a nice day, and pass it along. So, he did. One morning he paid for the person's coffee behind him and gave the same message. Hopefully, this circulates. Imagine getting your morning coffee, and having that message start your day?
We often underestimate the impact we can have on others. A small act of kindness can change someone's day, and maybe even snowball into changing other people's day.
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