Atlanta’s skyline is dominated by John Portman’s iconic neo-futuristic buildings, but zoom in and you’ll find a city striking the balance between preserving history and embracing exciting design. “The beauty of Atlanta is change and progress. We’re not stuck in the past, and God forbid that we would be,” says Vivian Bencich, an interior designer and founding principal of Square Feet Studio, a firm that has designed some of Atlanta’s most beloved restaurants like The General Muir and Kimball House, Business Law.
The city has gained recent notoriety for its role in national politics and has a well-earned moniker as the Hollywood of the South. But it has long been a city of design interest as the home to such institutions as the Atlanta Decorative Arts Center (ADAC) and counts powerhouses like Suzanne Kasler and Michele Smith Boyd among its roster of interior designers.
Atlanta is made up of vibrant neighborhoods lined with craftsman bungalows juxtaposed with mixed-use developments, and there is no shortage of independent coffee shops and seasonally-driven restaurants. Atlanta also happens to have the Hartsfield-Jackson airport, one of the busiest in the world, making it easily accessible to travelers. The next time you find yourself in Atlanta, these are the best places to stay, eat, drink, and visit : Business Law.
The lobby at The Bellyard.
Photo: Mark O’Tyson
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The heart of the city is arguably Old Fourth Ward. It’s where historic treasures like the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr. and modern attractions such as the BeltLine trail are located—and the recently opened Wylie Hotel gives you a chance to immerse yourself in Old Fourth Ward. The boutique hotel is situated on the main drag of Ponce de Leon avenue, and has been many things in its lifetime since the 1920s: A hotel that housed Atlanta’s first gay bar, the dance club MJQ’s first location, and student housing. Today, the interior has been reimagined by designers Kendal Rogers and Maria Garza Gossett of Pixel Design Collaborative who gave it a residential feel with Art Deco flair. Just down the street is the Hotel Clermont which came roaring back to life with eclectic guest rooms and a rooftop bar in 2018 after sitting vacant for years (though the famed lounge downstairs has never quit).
The Bellyard opened its doors in May and brings luxe hotel rooms to the ever-evolving neighborhood of West Midtown. Part of the Interlock, a work-meets-play property, the hotel’s design subtly pays tribute to the stockyards and railroads that once made up the landscape of the neighborhood (look up at the ceiling in the lobby restaurant Drawbar and see lighting in beams reminiscent of railroad tracks).
Art is, of course, the focus of Art Basel, and this year, 253 galleries from around the world will have a presence. Meridians, devoted to large-scale sculptures and paintings, installations, video projections, and live performances in a dedicated space on the main show floor, is once again curated by Magalí Arriola, director of Museo Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City. This time around, Meridians spans creations by Brazilian artist Maxwell Alexandre, as part of his Pardo é Papel series depicting favela life, from Rio de Janeiro gallery A Gentil Carioca, as well as U.S.–and Ghana-based artist Todd Gray’s Sumptuous Memories of Plundering Kings, a complex 14-part, 30-foot-long piece shown by David Lewis Gallery that meditates on European colonialism, slavery, and the African diaspora.
Curated exhibitions from emerging and established artists are the focus of Art Basel’s Kabinett platform, which ranges from Dusseldorf gallery Sies + Höke’s rare early drawings by Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter to Roberts Projects’ paintings from Ghanaian artist Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe that consider the relationships between identity, materiality, and race.
Dimore Studio’s interpretation of the Dior Medallion Chair.
Photo: Valentin Hennequin
There are sure to be other highlights too. At the recently opened Superblue Miami gallery in Allapattah, Dior Maison’s “Dior Medallion Chair” exhibition (on view November 30–December 5) will reveal versions of the Louis XVI–style seat reimagined by such designers as Dimore Studio, India Mahdavi, and Pierre Yovanovitch.
Another luxury icon will be celebrated in the Design District too: In honor of the centennial anniversary of Chanel No. 5, London artist and stage designer Es Devlin collaborated with the fashion house’s resident perfumer, Olivier Polge, on Five Echoes, the transformation of Jungle Plaza into a temporary forest of more than 1,000 plants, shrubs, and trees punctuated by a multisensory sculptural labyrinth enlivened by light, color, and sound.
Louis Vuitton is also getting in on the action: Expanding their Objets Nomades collection of travel-inspired designs, the luxury fashion house will transform its stores in the Design District with work from the Campana Brothers, Raw Edges, Marcel Wanders, and Patricia Urquiola on display.
With buzzy new hangouts like Pharrell Williams’s Goodtime Hotel offering sanctuary from the barrage of installations, Design Miami and Art Basel are sure to conjure an aura of prepandemic conviviality. And for those spending time in Miami in the lead-up to the festivities, the international art, music, and culture festival Art With Me will make landfall in Miami from November 26 to 28 at Historic Virginia Key Beach Park, running from noon to 2 a.m. each day. Expect concerts, art installations, wellness programming, and even activities for kids.
A rendering of Es Devlin’s design for Five Echoes, which celebrates the centennial of Chanel No. 5.
North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board have announced that Clark Botanic Garden was an honorable mention in the All-America Selections 2021 Landscape Design Challenge in the 10,000 to 100,000 visitors per year category.
All-America Selections is an independent non-profit organization that tests new, never-before-sold varieties. After a full season of anonymous trialing by volunteer horticulture professionals, only the top garden performers are given the AAS Winner award designation for their superior performance.
“I was so pleased to learn that All-America Selections has once again recognized the natural beauty that is on full display at Clark Botanic Garden in their Landscape Design Challenge,” said Bosworth. “This is a testament to our incredible Parks Department team and the wonderful staff working at Clark Botanic Garden. Their passion for and dedication to Clark Botanic Garden is what makes this special park a true hidden gem worth visiting here in the Town of North Hempstead.”
This year’s theme of the AAS Landscape Design Challenge was “Diversity in the Garden.” AAS provided the gardens with winning seeds from the last five years. Gardens not only had to create and execute a design based on this year’s theme but were also encouraged to generate publicity via social media and “real life” social events. Gardens were divided into three categories based on the number of visitors per year:
Category I: fewer than 10,000 visitors per year Category II: 10,000 – 100,000 visitors per year Category III: Over 100,000 visitors per year
Town horticulturist Bonnie Klein directed Clark Botanic Garden’s participation in the All-America Selections 2021 Landscape Design Challenge.
This year a formal Victorian oval including All-America Selections Winners were grown and designed by Clark staff. The planting area holds a diverse array of plant materials, traditional in a botanic garden.
“The AAS program at Clark Botanic Garden helps to educate our community about the wonderful variety of plants you can use in your home landscape. These grand displays are a wonderful form of entertainment where visitors can find an exciting yet peaceful space at Clark Botanic Garden for all to explore and enjoy,” said Bonnie Klein, town horticulturist.
Clark Botanic Garden is an AAS Display Garden, providing the public with an opportunity to view the newest AAS Winners (annuals) in an attractive well-maintained setting. The network of nearly 200 dedicated AAS gardens includes 55 locations that have served for 25 years or longer.
Founded in 1969, Clark Botanic Garden is a 12-acre living museum and education facility for all ages. Collections at the garden include native spring wildflowers, conifers, roses, perennials, daylilies, wetland plants, rock garden plants, herbs and over a dozen collections of particular plant families.
Clark Botanic Garden is located at 193 I.U. Willets Road in Albertson.
Yes, you could buy a mass-produced print from a high street shop. But that’s not exactly great for the soul. Instead, certain online stores enable you to find much more unique, quirky and interesting art prints for your home. That way, you’ll be directly supporting contemporary artists, and you’re far more likely to find work that will truly wow you day after day.
For this article, we’ve gathered together the best place to buy affordable art and design prints today. As you’d expect, we’ll begin with our own online store, which we’ve recently launched to support the independent artist community.
But we’ll also list some other great online stores, which we have no involvement with, nor are we taking affiliate income from the links. We just think that the more stores are supporting artists, the better, and we want to give readers as much choice as possible!
Following our own Creative Boom Shop launch earlier this month, we’re now collaborating with exciting artists and designers to sell their work online. And we’ve taken a unique approach to how we do so.
We’re collaborating with top artists, who’ve all created one-of-a-kind A3 prints that will be available for seven days only. You won’t find these anywhere else on the planet, and once the seven-day sales period is over, they’re gone forever. That means you’ll only get one chance to get your hands on one of our curated pieces.
To kick things off, we’ve collaborated with top illustrators Luis Mendo, Haley Tippmann (now available), and Murugiah, who’ve all created one-of-a-kind prints that will available for seven days only. In future, we’ll be selling exclusive works by huge names like Rob Lowe aka Supermundane, illustrator Danielle Rhoda and graphic artist Sarah Boris.
These pieces are printed on the finest art paper, with 100 per cent carbon neutral printing and delivery to anywhere in the world – tracked and insured. We’re supporting artists by sharing 50 per cent of all profits with those we collaborate with, and 10 per cent of our own portion is being donated to Create, the UK’s leading charity empowering lives through the creative arts.
Still by Murugiah, available soon from Creative Boom’s new shop
The Tate is a network of four art galleries in London, Liverpool and Cornwall housing the national collection of British art and a variety of international modern and contemporary art. In their online shop, you’ll find an astonishing breadth and depth of work by some of the world’s most celebrated artists, new and old. And although few of us will ever be able to afford one of the original paintings, the Tate’s expertly produced prints remain nicely affordable.
“Making walls into galleries since 2010″…. the tagline of East End Prints says it all. Based in London, the organisation houses a carefully curated collection of graphic art. They have one physical shop and an archive of more than 4,000 art prints to buy online, divided into theme categories such as abstract, music, sport and figurative. With artists including Fiona Watson, Lizzie Prestt and husband and wife team Studio Cockatoo, a portion of the profits go to Cool Earth, a charity working to fight deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
Another business based in East London, Wrap, started life in 2010 as a magazine and now includes a stationery and product range, online shop, and editorial content in print and digital. They collaborate with illustrators and designers from around the world on prints for people’s homes and stationery products such as greetings cards, wrapping paper, notebooks, trays and scented candles. The store is currently selling a range of beautiful prints by artists Laurie Maun and Alexandria Coe.
Describing itself as ‘The Home of Original Cycling Art’, The Handmade Cyclist occupies quite a fascinating niche in the world of commercial art. Inspired by a deep and lifelong love of the sport, they offer a unique and alluring selection of prints bringing a variety of well-known cyclists, quotes and races to life. Influenced by art deco and characterised by rich, vivid colours, all designs are created in-house and shipped worldwide from the UK. Normally limited to a run of 50, these works are custom printed in the studio on premium-quality paper stock, using archival inks.
RoomFifty was launched in 2017 by professional illustrators and art directors to make the best contemporary art accessible to everyone. They sell limited, museum-standard prints, starting at just £30, by a curated roster of illustrators and designers worldwide. All prints are produced using Enhanced Matte Art (EMA) substrate – a 200gsm museum-quality paper with a gently textured surface – and come with a 100+ year colour guarantee. Artists on their roster include Belle Mellor, Peter Greenwood and Simone Massoni.
Blood Moon by Nicole Rifkin via RoomFifty
In 2014, London was named the most visited city on the planet. The people behind We Built this City wanted to raise the quality of souvenirs for visitors. And their solution was to bring together products curated from over 650 renowned and upcoming London-based artists and makers, including a fabulous range of art prints. Contributing artists include Kristjana S Williams, Supermundane and David Sparshott.
Rise Art is an online marketplace for hundreds of emerging and established contemporary artists, giving them a way to reach collectors and first-time art buyers alike. Its online shop showcases limited edition prints from some of the most exciting creators active today. The extensive collection includes woodcut prints, linocut prints, screenprints, and monoprints by artists including Alexandar Khabbazi, Chowwai Cheung and Daniel Nagy.
California has welcomed recent rain showers with open arms and we will continue to hope for a wet season throughout the winter. While we celebrate the much needed precipitation, it’s also the time to be consciously conserving, Home Decor Ideas.
Water management is a phrase you will hear a lot as we collect our efforts as a community into every pipeline of saving water. One of the easiest ways you can do this is by adjusting and/or turning off your irrigation controllers this time of year.
A controller is the device, or electronical “clock” that operates an irrigation system with intended frequency, duration and start times. It plugs into a 120 volt outlet on the outside of your home or in your garage.
Most systems typically have 12-14-gauge wires that run from the controller to each one of the valves. It sends a low amount of voltage, (between 12-14 volts), to operate a solenoid which then actuates and opens the electric valve.
Water pressure is built up in the valve at all times, so once that signal is received, the solenoid opens and pressurizes the sprinkler or drip system. Once the electronic current stops, the solenoid closes, which in turn closes your irrigation valve and stops the flow. This device is the key to saving water. If the controller is turned off, your irrigation system will not run; if the clock is on, the irrigation will run based on the pre-programmed run times and frequency.
It can be tricky during this time of the year when we have a big early rain and then the weather begins to warm back up; you may not be sure what to do with the programming of your controller.
There are some great components available that will help you with this process and one is a rain sensor. This unit will interrupt the scheduled program if it senses rain or moisture. It can help avoid the sprinklers coming on during or right after a rain. They are less than $100 in most cases and I recommend every landscape have one.
Many people ask me, “When is it time to completely turn my controller off for the season?” The simple answer is after the first rain hits, its generally safe to turn your controller off for the winter.
FOR Immediate Launch: MEDIA CONTACTS: Clark Back garden Wins Honorable Point out in All-The usa Selections Landscape Design and style Challenge North Hempstead, NY – North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the City Board are happy to announce that Clark Botanic Garden was an honorable point out in the All-The us Selections (AAS) 2021 Landscape Design Obstacle in the 10,000 to 100,000 guests for each calendar year classification. All-America Selections is an impartial non-earnings corporation that tests new, by no means-ahead of-offered types. After a entire season of nameless trialing by volunteer horticulture experts, only the major backyard performers are given the AAS Winner award designation for their superior efficiency.
“I was so delighted to find out that All-The united states Choices has as soon as once again identified the natural elegance that is on total display screen at Clark Botanic Back garden in their Landscape Layout Problem,” mentioned Supervisor Bosworth. “This is a testomony to our remarkable Parks Section staff and the superb workers working at Clark Botanic Garden. Their enthusiasm for and determination to Clark Botanic Backyard is what helps make this specific park a accurate hidden gem worth browsing here in the City of North Hempstead.”
This year’s topic of the AAS Landscape Structure Problem was “Range in the Backyard.” AAS supplied the gardens with successful seeds from the last 5 a long time. Gardens not only experienced to create and execute a style and design centered on this year’s concept, but were being also inspired to produce publicity by using social media and “true existence” social gatherings. Gardens had been divided into 3 categories dependent on the variety of visitors per calendar year:
Class I: less than 10,000 people for each yr Classification II: 10,000 – 100,000 website visitors for every calendar year Class III: About 100,000 guests for every year
City Horticulturist Bonnie Klein directed Clark Botanic Garden’s participation in the All-The us Alternatives (AAS) 2021 Landscape Style and design Problem. This 12 months a formal Victorian oval such as All-The united states Picks Winners ended up grown and created by Clark team. The planting location holds a numerous array of plant substance, traditional in a botanic backyard garden.
“The AAS application at Clark Botanic Backyard aids to educate our local community about the amazing wide range of plants you can use in your household landscape. These grand displays are a fantastic sort of leisure where people can come across an remarkable however tranquil house at Clark Botanic Garden for all to explore and love,” stated Bonnie Klein, City Horticulturist.
Clark Botanic Yard is an AAS Screen Backyard, providing the public with an possibility to check out the newest AAS Winners (annuals) in an desirable nicely-preserved setting. The network of almost 200 devoted AAS gardens consists of 55 places that have served for 25 several years or lengthier.
Established in 1969, Clark Botanic Garden is a 12-acre dwelling museum and education and learning facility for all ages. Collections at the yard include native spring wildflowers, conifers, roses, perennials, daylilies, wetland vegetation, rock back garden crops, herbs and around a dozen collections of distinct plant families.
Clark Botanic Yard is situated at 193 I.U. Willets Road in Albertson.
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