Design board #2: Pops of purple
Occasionally, we’ll be putting together some design boards to share some of our favorite color palettes, products, etc. If you have any questions about the items on the design board, please email us at design {at}vastudc {dot} com.
Design Direction
Do you have a challenging space or need some design guidance? Design Direction is a chance for you to submit photos or videos of your design challenge(s) and a Vastu interior designer will provide you with some help. Every Wednesday we will feature one reader’s submission.
Matters of the art
Art is great way to add color and interest to any space. It’s something very personal and can function in a couple ways for your room.
Large, colorful, or carefully grouped artwork can give a room the focal point to define and create a mood.
Look what we found! #4
How fun and vibrant are these silkscreen prints, titled “Side Chair on Grids“ from Miss Moniker’s shop on Etsy?!?!
There were five silkscreen prints done. Each print is unique, as it varies both in background colors and in registration. Also, each piece has been signed and numbered by the artist.
The prints were done on Arches Cover white printmaking paper. The sizes of the prints vary slightly, but they’re all around 8″ x 11″ with deckled edges.
If you like, the artist will mount the piece (free of charge) on 11″ by 14″ lightly textured, off-white paper for easy framing.
New Art Exhibition – Now through Oct 4
Vastu is pleased to welcome two artists from the DC area for our current exhibition.
Vastu is pleased to bring back Campbell Maloney for another show. Campbell chose fifteen basic shapes – circles cut systematically – that can be rotated to create all 26 letters of the alphabet. The elegant brilliance of the formula is matched by the striking visual impact of its result. The shapes are arranged and oriented as solitaires, words or collections, equal in size or scaled proportionally and over-imposed. The designs evoke flatness and depth simultaneously.
Maryanne Pollock‘s second show at Vastu uses an expressive layering of sand, sumi ink and paint to evoke ephemeral micro and macrocosmic worlds. Intricate brain wave patterns, aerial views of deserts and cityscapes are alluded to and ultimately imbued with a luminous palette. Plein air studies of Cairo, Istanbul, Paris, Washington, Utah and Rehoboth Beach inform her paintings. These boldly abstract inner-landscapes are simultaneously energetic and serene with pure transcendent color.
Where:
Vastu
1829 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-234-8344
http://www.vastudc.com/
When:
Now – Oct 4, 2009
Store hours: Tues – Sat 11am to 7pm, Sun noon to 5pm (closed Mondays)
We look forward to seeing you. Vastu is an independent, locally owned retailer. Thanks for your continued support!
Bringing the outside in pt. 2: rocks
If you have never thought about rocks as a decorating accessory, think again. Rocks can add an element of peacefulness and visual stimulation. Make the felt rocks above yourself! Click here for DIY instructions.
KnollTextiles heads to the archives…
KnollTextiles’ newest collection reintroduces patterns from their archives. KnollTextiles has been creating modern textiles for over 60 years, so sometimes they like to reach back in time and share some of the designs of textiles past with us. The ‘Archival Collection’ includes…
Cornaro- Originally designed in 1974, Cornaro is a textured solid for upholstery use.
Design Direction
Do you have a challenging space or need some design guidance? Design Direction is a chance for you to submit photos or videos of your design challenge(s) and a Vastu interior designer will provide you with some help. Every Wednesday we will feature one reader’s submission.
Hello Designers,
I have two mirrored top side tables with wood legs. I need a coffee table and I’m feeling like a mirrored top table would be too much mirror… What sort of coffee table should I look for?
Thanks!
What do you think?
Dog Days Success!
For those of you that made it out to the Midcity neighborhood this past weekend can attest to the fact there were hundreds of people walking around, shopping it up! (especially on Saturday, before the rain) Get a glimpse of the weekend in a video from Borderstan.com.
The Fojol Bros. food carnival stopped right in front of the store on Saturday afternoon, Cork served up lemonade in front of their new Cork Market location, Home Rule was flooded with people (as usual), and kids had a blast at events held by Source.
Things at Vastu were festive as well. We rocked out to 80′s music all weekend, had impromptu sing-a-longs, and even had a few customers dancing! We had lots of folks take advantage of the custom upholstery sale and we were thrilled by the number of people who had become a Facebook Fan or Twitter follower and were able to enjoy additional savings.
Hats off to the Midcity Business Association team for all the work they did to organize the businesses, develop marketing materials and get the word out. You all are the best. And to all the folks that came out to support this annual sales event – a very big “Thank You!”.
5 degrees of inspiration round-up
Last week we checked in with our design staff to find out what inspires them and get their ideas on how to best approach a design project. If you didn’t have a chance to read them, find out what inspires…
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