Giannetti Almighty 31 January, 2010

Most of us here, in design blogosphere, know and love Brooke Giannetti from Velvet & Linen blog where she shares her daily design aspirations, travels and home projects in such a lively and personal way that it seems you ‘ve known her for ages. She and her multi-talented husband-architect Steve manage a successful architecture and interior design firm here in LA. She runs The Giannetti Home, an absolutely beautiful furniture and accessories store in the heart of Brentwood. And they have 3 kids!

But this is not the end. Browsing through their lovely portfolio I stumbled upon another creation of the Almighty family.

Detaliano is a website – online pattern book and visual reference library of Classic architectural elements and images, organized by architectural style and backed up by details on how to build or where to buy the element.

Here you can find all you architectural and design needs answered. Whether you browse numerous photo gallery on exterior and interior architecture (taking in the 20 years of experience!), decor, sketches, reference to basic dimensions and codes, Detaliano is a priceless resource for both designers and home owners with “what to start from” headaches.

Hey and the vendor lists are amazing! It’s like sneaking into the firm’s design library but with all the links a click away.

Thanks Brooke and Steve for being such a great inspiration for the design community.

P.S. Honestly guys how do you do all that?!

identity 30 January, 2010

Following the Design Sponge  post on Logo Design and Identity (thanks meg mateo ilasco), I browsed the www.graphic-exchange.com website and found TONS of inspiration. I don’t know about you but I’m constantly trying to reinvent my logo and, honestly, got a little too tired of it. May be I should just surrender in the hands of a professional graphic designer?! In the meanwhile, here are a few of many designs that I find very successful.

<images via www.graphic-exchange.com>

for the love of codes! 29 January, 2010

Ah! Love history! Why? Because you can see that even back then architects and designers couldn’t do whatever they wanted (unless you are THE Frank Gehry). Guess how many stories the Steiner House by Adolf Loos has…looks like 2, right?

Well, the building codes of the neighborhood didn’t allow buildings’ facades to be higher than 2 stories. Hey, nobody said anything about the back side!

You think I’m showing you two different buildings…NOPE.

Ah! Love codes! Bring it on!

floral art 23 January, 2010

This post on Floral Art is LONG overdue! Jennifer McGarigle‘s Floral Art shop is definitely one of my favorites in Venice Beach (and, let me tell you, she has a lot of competitors in that there on Abbot Kinney among all those vintage shops).  I think we all needed some new and fresh approach to the  flower arrangement. You can say how one can reinvent the obvious, flowers are beautiful as they are but Jennifer’s sophisticated yet simple ideas are very impressive and unique, creating the signature style for which she’s known in LA. Enjoy!

And if the flower bar is not enough for you Floral Art has a Home Collection too.

<images via www.FloralArtLA.com>