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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

INTERIOR DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHY

Before I say anything else… Again, I have disappeared from here! I know… I know… too bad! I have to confess that I have been lacking motivation to write anything in my blogs. I am not sure why?! Plus, lately I became really busy with my interior design projects and my related courses, which became a great excuse to not pass by here. Oh! I feel bad! I DO. But, it’s ok, I guess. (I always had the blog as a free place… where I come when I feel like coming… It’s kind of my escape). So, as some of you know I am always on track of something, trying to learn something else, trying to grow my professional knowledge and skills. At this time I took a few classes in interior design photography, at the renowned school of photography International Center of Photography (ICP/NY). My instructor was the talented photographer Elliott Kauffman. Great guy! It was a fun course with fun and talented people from different backgrounds, all trying to learn the techniques of lighting interiors for photography. It’s not easy! It’s not easy to take great photos of interiors. Elliott says in one of his emails to us (his students): When the physical, emotional, intellectual and the technical come together, you know that you have a photograph.

I would like to share some of “my results” that came up from the class. I still have a lot to learn, but I think I am on the right path… What do you think?

Bliss Spa NY/Soho - Design by Anisa Romero Art & Design

Bliss Spa Soho/NY - Design by Anisa Romero Art & Design

A friend's house

My own living room

My own office

My dining room

My own bedroom

I would love to hear opnions and critiques!!

Friday, March 30, 2012

INTERIOR DESIGNER JAMES HUNIFORD’S HOUSE IN NYC

This week while flipping one of my old Veranda’s magazine I came across again with James Huniford. At this time the article was about his Greenwich village house in NYC. When I flipped the first page of the article I fell in love again (I say again because I had this magazine for a long time and I have seen these photos a while ago); with the serene and neutral palette of the house, filled with full of personality objects and art. In the article he says “I love found or natural things as art. Especially natural things from the sea”. There is a mix of old and new, modern and traditional that personally attracts me a lot. I believe that’s an interior to inspire… if you are into that kind of combination of styles. My tip is: if you like to collected things as James Huniford I would advise you to design an interior that is clean and simple with elegant major furniture pieces, and let your found objects stand out as pieces of art in an embracing gallery.

All photos credits to photographer William Waldron

Sunday, May 8, 2011

DESIGN ON A DIME

This weekend Housing Works Thrift Shop/NYC had their seventh annual Design on a Dime fundraising event. On Friday I went there to support it and of course, enjoy it. Perhaps… shop! I really like this event because it mixes creative and renamed talents of the design world; with charity and good intentions… It’s rewarding to know that designers can create beautiful spaces, and at the same time “Get a Room” for homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Being part of this event is one of my plans… I believe that we can produce luxurious rooms and help the less privileged people in different ways… Being part of this event is one of the ways…

I took pictures of all the rooms that were there, but here I am going to post just some of the rooms because there are a lot pictures. If you want to see all of the rooms you are invited to look at them in RG Art & Design's Facebook page _ Design on a Dime Event 2011.

However, I have one criticism about the event... I wish they didn't let people take their purchased pieces until the end of the show!

I call this one: "The Bad Guy Room"

This one I call: "Asia-Deco Elegance"

This one... I call: "Bold Lines & Shapes of Expressions"

Hum... for this one... "Lemon Splash"

This one I call... "The Angel's Fall"

The center table is my inspiration for the name of this room! The base is made of a pile of newspaper, so... I call this one: "Sunday Morning"

"Should I marry, should I buy a bicycle?! Should I get a bike, should I marry?!" For this one: "Free Spirit Girl"

This one... I am not so sure what name to give it... but I might call it: "The Outdoors Inside In"

What name would you give to this one?

How about this one?

I like to call this one: "The Beach Cottage of the South"

Maybe... "The Wild Side of Me"

How about for this one... "The Eclectic Fusion"?

This one? "Life is... The Sounds of Music"

..."Rustic City Paradise"

I really love the elements of this room... But I don't have a name for this room?! :-(

Do you have any suggestion?

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL OF YOU, BEAUTIFUL!!!

Friday, December 10, 2010

SIXX DESIGN AND NOVOGRATZ FAMILY

BUY THIS BOOK AT AMAZON

Robert & Cortney Novogratz and the front cover of their book: DOWNTOWN CHIC Designing Your Home: From Wreck to Ravishing

Last week during one of my “bookstore therapy” sessions I found this book about design _ DOWNTOWN CHIC – Designing Your Dream Home: From Wreck to Ravishing by Robert and Cortney Novogratz with Elizabeth Novogratz. I pulled the book from the book shelf, flipped the pages… and the “funk hip chic style” shown in the pictures got my attention right away. The citations of famous people on almost every page were also a grabbing point for me! However, what made me buy the book was the fact that I got really curious about the stories behind each project done by this so cool couple over the past 10 years...especially the story of the house in Brazil {of course that would be a MUST for me}. The stories of the projects are not just regular interior design projects, but are gut renovations! In a few words I would say that the book is about transformation & salvation of properties, furnishings and objects… with a little bit more: it’s a story of two people who have been self teaching design and have been “building” an extensive family. REALLY, they are incredible, especially knowing that they have done these fantastic residential projects and at the same time raising 7 kids! YES, I said RAISING 7 KIDS in a mega crazy fast city like New York! For me that’s incredible! I confess that while reading the book I had mixed feelings about it all: I felt both envious and inspired. However I decided to stick with the positive feeling: they became this kind of reference of inspiration for me! In both ways: from a design point of view, and a personal side. I became a BIG fan of the Sixx Design, and the Novogratz Family! I wish all the best for them and hope one day I will meet them in person! SAVE THE WACKY HOUSES!

PROJECT: #5 CENTER MARKET