INDIAN HEAD FIREWOOD   You could say entrepreneurship runs in Clayton Dornhorst’s veins. His father is a successful businessman in the Sugar Land area and his grandfather was as well. With dreams to be a racecar driver, Dornhorst shares, “There is no short story as to how I got here, but it all started because there was a need … [Read more...]

Sandcastle Competition For over two decades, in the first part of June, Houston area architects, designers, engineers and contractors have taken their tools to East Beach in Galveston for one of the world’s largest  amateur sandcastle competitions. The Houston Chapter of the American Institute of Architects  (AIA) sponsors this annual … [Read more...]

Arhaus Furniture With over 48 stores across the United States, Arhaus just opened its first Texas store at the Centre at Post Oak across the street from The Galleria. The 19,340sf store “offers a very eclectic mix of home furnishings from ceiling lighting all the way to the carpets on the floor to everything in between,” shares Gary … [Read more...]

Bulthaup Drawer System The new year is inevitably an opportunity to start anew. We dream about drawers as organized as the bulthaup system which promises to deliver space through function. The b3 interior fitting drawer and pullout system uses a prism shape that fits kitchen tools precisely in the V-shaped channels. The idea is to … [Read more...]

The Dyson Digital Slim We’ve been huge fans of James Dyson since the moment we first met, interviewed and shot the now famous vacuum inventor 8 years ago. A three-year redesign and development plus millions invested resulted in the updated Dyson Digital Slim™. Don’t be fooled by the name – this cordless slim is a beast of a machine. The … [Read more...]

Nike+ portWatch GPS Nike is on a roll. First it was the Fuel and now there’s this: a watch that’s more like having a  personal running coach on your wrist. This bad boy not only keeps you motivated and sends you automatic running reminders, but it also tracks your location (powered by TomTom  technology), pace, laps and calories … [Read more...]

Dedon’s  Nestrest We were instantly smitten with this oversized fancy bird’s nest. Created by Daniel Pouzet and Fred Frety, two of Paris’s hottest design innovators the nest is an inviting cozy space you’ll not soon want to leave. Made with Dedon’s ultra strong fiber, the Nestrest can hang or sit creating the ultimate cocoon from … [Read more...]

THE VILLAGE EXECUTIVE SUITES   In the Village Executive Suites art and design merge to create a truly creative space. Artist and entrepreneur Jeremy Wells transformed 6,500 sq. ft. of a commercial property at 2525 Robinhood in the heart of Rice University area. The office spaces offered feature boutique-style amenities while … [Read more...]

11,000 4 x 6 photographs + 135 hours to install= The Optical Chapel You’ll just have to take our word for it that this was an amazing installation.Last month, Photographer David A. Brown created The Optical Chapel for The F Stops Here, a group exhibition in conjunction with Fotofest 2012. Paul Davis, Lokey Photo, George Hixson, Ezekiel … [Read more...]

Still Novo Design Barrel Crate We love Still Novo Design’s barrel crate. Made of recycled oak from discarded French wine barrels, every stave is individually sanded back to its original wood and creatively reinvented. As no one barrel band is ever the same, each piece might show natural imperfections, slight variations in color, grain & … [Read more...]