ROLU. Last week’s After the Jump with Megan Auman on the importance of stuff has been on my mind every day for the past week.
I listened to it at home, and during the discussion I decided to walk around my apartment and gaze upon my belongings, trying to determine how each item made me feel. It was a fun exercise, and I quickly realized that art objects and sculptural furniture pieces are my most cherished possessions. Poster Cabaret. Your home for all things Design. Home Tours, DIY Project, City Guides, Shopping Guides, Before & Afters and much more. Interior Design with Art and 20,000 Legos: A Modern Home Renovation. In 1994 Artist Melissa Marks and Interface designer Vicente Caride purchased and inhabited their 1,500-square-foot New York home.
The open floor plan was inviting and exciting, but their now 10-year-old son was getting a bit too old for an open room. He needed a door, but he probably never imagined that his need for a room of his own and a love of legos would translate to a renovation revolving around the building blocks. The redesign took collaborative efforts from I Beam Architecture and Design and Lego Engineer Sean Kenney—one of five people in the country (and one of two in New York) licensed by the Lego company for intense building projects. Kenney built the wall using design instruction from I Beam, who mapped out the stairs, wall and Mondrian-inspired openings and windows based on Lego dimensions—dots.
Kenney worked with the homeowners to create the cascading colors that recede and intensify up and down the stairs using 20,000 blocks .