Eat Out: Restaurant Design and Food Experiences

A new book explores restaurants with both unique cuisine and contemporary design

The upcoming book “Eat Out!” highlights restaurants that shine for their adeptness at creating the full culinary experience—from an impeccably designed interior to an equally well-planned menu, each location offers their guests a unique venture in both gastronomy and contemporary design. (Click on any image for expanded view.) Available February 2010, the book explores a full spectrum of current trends and future paradigms relating to …

Debbie Millman: Look Both Ways

A design veteran depicts her life's defining moments in a quirky collection of short stories

Illustrating the outstanding moments of when design connected with her everyday life, Debbie Millman‘s quirky book “Look Both Ways” offers readers a lighthearted look at the design aficionado’s past. An industry veteran, Millman’s extensive career spans hosting the weekly radio show “Design Matters” to presiding over the AIGA and the Masters Program in Branding Arts at the School of Visual Arts. Organized as a series …

Bryonie Porter Wallpapered Furniture

Jazzing up sideboards, dressers and more, Bryonie Porter offers a solution to drab decorating. Instead of contrasting paint chips or eternally struggling to match those shades of burgundy, the company wallpapers whimsical prints onto repurposed furniture. The handcrafted pieces aren't just simple cut and paste jobs, but rather subtle and elegant pieces that dynamically engage simple furniture and enthusiastic prints. A black bureau with embossed …