Dominic Wilcox’s Multi Brush Paint Brush

Artist, designer, inventor and “thinkeruper”, Dominic Wilcox is one of the most inspired improvisers we know, constantly challenging himself to push limits as he asks himself “What would happen if”… We are especially smitten with the “multiple brush paint brush” he made after he bought 150 paint brushes cheap and wondered “IF I could join them…

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The Inspired, Eccentric Lifestyle Behind the Glass House

For years we’ve wondered at the seeming impossibility of living in Philip Johnson’s Glass House — a house clad entirely in translucent plate-glass— without feeling totally exposed. We learned only recently that the house was is really just one of an array of buildings splayed across Johnson’s 49-acres of land in Connecticut which constituted Johnson and…

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Low Shelving as Settee, Display and Storage

Lately, we’ve been seeing appealing LOW shelves in some of the interiors we’ve come across. The low-to-the-floor horizontals they create have the effect of making the ceiling look higher, especially useful in low-ceiling rooms. We especially like the these clever shelves spotted at Il Richiamo Del Bosco (The Call of the Woods), and eco friendly bed & breakfast in Sala Baganza,…

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Improvisation-Inspiring Cookooks + a Fab Close-Roasted Meats Technique

In the past week, I received two three affirmations that cookbooks I wrote years ago —The Improvisational Cook and A New Way to Cook —are still resonating strongly. Both encourage improvisation, while giving the thinking and logic behind recipes and techniques, understanding that is the essential jumping off point for improvising. Curiously, TWO emails raved about…

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