rooms Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/rooms/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:24:39 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 Kelly Wearstler on 2thewalls https://ounodesign.com/2009/10/24/kelly-wearstler-on-2thewalls/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/10/24/kelly-wearstler-on-2thewalls/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:24:39 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=6659

I feel badly stealing these pictures from 2thewalls, because I know how much time KEEHNAN, its author, probably spent scanning these photos. I don’t know what it is about scanning but it’s an intensely boring process during which time seems to actually drag backwards.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2009/10/24/kelly-wearstler-on-2thewalls/feed/ 1 The Standard Hotel in New York https://ounodesign.com/2009/06/05/the-standard-hotel-in-new-york/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/06/05/the-standard-hotel-in-new-york/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:46:09 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=4503

Tip! Thanks to the recession, NYC hotel room rates are way down, and if you can also take advantage of a new hotel’s soft launch prices – the new Standard Hotel is sort of open while they iron out the bugs – you can get an amazing deal for a week in New York.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2009/06/05/the-standard-hotel-in-new-york/feed/ 4 How rooms and architecture affect mood and creativity https://ounodesign.com/2009/05/02/how-rooms-and-architecture-affect-mood-and-creativity/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/05/02/how-rooms-and-architecture-affect-mood-and-creativity/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 00:38:55 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=3497

Jonas Salk claimed that it wasn’t until he left his basement lab in the States and went to clear his head in a monastery in Assisi that he was able to solve the puzzle of polio.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2009/05/02/how-rooms-and-architecture-affect-mood-and-creativity/feed/ 24 New York loft with stripes https://ounodesign.com/2009/04/15/new-york-loft-with-striped-pillows/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/04/15/new-york-loft-with-striped-pillows/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:50:04 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=3035

Probably everyone and his/her dog has seen this NYC loft apartment by now, and possibly also blogged about it, but this is one of those places that is so hypnotizing I can’t stop looking at it.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2009/04/15/new-york-loft-with-striped-pillows/feed/ 4 Minimalism vs. maximalism – “minimum is maximum in drag.” https://ounodesign.com/2008/11/02/minimalism-vs-maximalism-in-decor/ https://ounodesign.com/2008/11/02/minimalism-vs-maximalism-in-decor/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:54:38 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=505

It would be hard to count the number of times I’ve seen a photo of a beautiful minimalist interior in a blog and then scrolled down to the comments to discover that many people find it cold, sterile, clinical, unfit for kids, even morally reprehensible.

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