Written for Renovating NYC (By Gail Green) More than ever, the design and decoration of a space play a significant role in the successful display of art. The landscape against which the art or sculpture sits becomes its surrounding background, highlighting the work like a secondary frame. This...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) Photo: Courtesy of Phillip Ennis The modern bath has evolved into a space that is hardly recognizable from its predecessor. What one envisions as the typical loo is now reconfigured, redesigned as an extension of the home. That is,...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) Hauser & Wirth's recent exhibition “Sensitive Geometries,” in exploring three decades of post war art in Brazil, highlights the strong influence of architecture upon art of this period. With such artists as Charoux, Maiolino, Serpa, and Schendel, the...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) There is, perhaps, no greater irony of titles in the literary/design mix than that above. I am convinced that Harold Bloom knows as much about flooring styles as those in design know about Bloom, yet the analogy...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) As windows are the eyes of the home and are a major focal point of any room, it is only fitting they deserve special treatment. And, yet, the modern impulse to forget or play down their...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) An architectural whisper of a statement, reveals are anything but transparent. In fact, they offer full disclose for the areas into which they are set. If that sounds paradoxical it’s because the detail itself is not apparent to...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) While Louis Sullivan had buildings in mind when he coined the phrase “form ever follows function,” it seems equally applicable to the art of making wine glasses. The idea that the shape of an object should be created...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) The value of altering our physical landscape – the home – is an excellent first step towards personal reinvention, paving a visual path to becoming a more positive and happy person. If clothes make the man, then surely...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) What are destination points? They are a location spots, in effect, the first visual areas one sees upon entering a space. It is where the eye naturally falls and is drawn into when looking directly ahead into a room....
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) We discussed the how’s and why’s of the DIY movement and its loss of value to the consumer. Then, reading examples of its ineffective execution, we learned about its deleterious effect upon design. Now, we we'll see...
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