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the joys of working with clients

Appointment 1 : 1 client & 1 kitten

Appointment 2 rescheduled to 1:30 : 1 client & 1 black lab, 3 children

Lunch: 1 best friend, 2 weimaraners, 2 boys, 1 peanut butter & jelly on cinnamon bread toasted

Appointment 2: 1 client, baked ziti recipe, 1 black lab,1 cat

Appointment 3: 2 clients, hugs, 2 girls, 2 boys, 1 wet black lab, 1 pool

All in a days work

Always entertaining

A Joy

(Waiting Girl by the extraordinary LORETTA LUX)

here

in detail: my elements of design

As an art major- this is one of the many exercises I did when I was going to college. before the age of the internet- way. It was cut and paste. Do and Learn. Surely now- if it is even done- it is on a computer with certain programs to create the books (mine was a book) I still have it, or in a collage. It seems simple- aren't many things that bring us to draw our own conclusions, they were to be looked at as equations, simple math? The most perfect thing about the elements is there is no real right or wrong- just better examples, more subtle, more direct? It is that point of view that makes one designer use color and the next look on an all white palette as the perfect one. Design is subjective. Aren't you glad? The rules are objective- and of course one knows they too are made to be broken.

My Elements of Design based on THE Elements of Design (the facts) . It is always good to exercise-the mind. I do lots of fashion related posts. I enjoy the creativity in fashion, the textiles, the references, not so much trend-that I don't enjoy in the design of interiors either. I think Interior Design is stagnant for the most part. What I see in most design magazines, at markets, design centers, and in advertising is repetitive, rarely inspiring and lacking lots - loads- of THE Elements of Design. Being inspired is probably the most exciting aspect of design.

Here's My List: & below the example of Each in the same order-

luxury

shape

color

juxtaposition

intelligence

embellishment 

suitability

suitability

suitability

function

form

elegance

restraint

repetition

history

wit

ease

all My Elements of Design are detail images from the fall 2011 fashion season at VOGUE
or
if you prefer-
take a class from the designs of Leon Bakst for the Ballet Russe

above Costume Drama from World of Interiors, photographs from Alex Ramsay

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the COLOR of paper

an explosive JULES LELEU 1960's paper from 1st dibs Paris here

I adore this paper- if only I had the perfect project for it-

what's missing?

PAPERS just installed in my current PROJECT

this month along with whatever ELSE pops up-

COLOR will be a focus-

where would we be without COLOR?

onward Spirits

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or- for a change of pace, glimpses of the Project.
updated photographs, paints, wallpapers, lights and other things.
it begins to take shape. all the elements are working.

the intent -a slightly modern bent, within a traditional frame. old & new absorbing one another.