Design Quotient http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills Smart-Design-Daily Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:11:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 What Color is Your Recession? http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/find-contemporary-interior-designer-interior-designers-in-tulsa-ok/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/find-contemporary-interior-designer-interior-designers-in-tulsa-ok/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 00:54:20 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=1483 What Color is Your Recession?What Color is Your Recession? Like a pond recently disrupted by a belligerent stone; the ripples of today’s world-wide economic ‘splash’ continue to tussle, if not capsize completely, every boat in the water. Nothing is the same in today’s world and certainly nothing is guaranteed. Ideas and institutions commonly regarded as foundational are reconsidered with eyes that ask questions never before imagined. For the most part we don’t have soluble answers yet and it appears that it may be sometime before revamped truths take hold and give some stability to all this rolling and pitching. The world of design continues to feel the impact of...]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/find-contemporary-interior-designer-interior-designers-in-tulsa-ok/feed/ 0 Does This Sofa Make Me Look Fat? http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/interior-designers-in-tulsa-ok-give-me-some-ideas-on-interior-designs/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/interior-designers-in-tulsa-ok-give-me-some-ideas-on-interior-designs/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 21:59:26 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=1465 london-mayor-croppedlondon-mayor-croppedLondon's Mayor, Boris Johnson on how fat this makes me look. I know this has never happened to you; you’re in a favorite new outfit attending a swell function and someone snaps a picture for which you serve up your very best Tyra Banks-Supermodel smile. A few days later you see the photo flying around the office. Mortified, you call Jenny herself begging for a helicopter intervention. Gym memberships, new tennis shoes, gallons of bottled water and a padlock on your refrigerator all seem reasonable knee-jerk responses.
AFP – London Mayor Boris Johnson (L) poses with a wax figure of himself...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/interior-designers-in-tulsa-ok-give-me-some-ideas-on-interior-designs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Bail-out Decorating Part IV: The Circus of Circumstance</title> <link>http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/consultant-of-interior-designing-window-shutters-interior-design/</link> <comments>http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/consultant-of-interior-designing-window-shutters-interior-design/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:02:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>interiordesigner</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Design News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[architectural digest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aspen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[best interior designer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Beverly Hills Interior Designer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Boulder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Castle Rock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Centennial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cheesman Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cherry Hills]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cherry Hills Country Club]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cherry Hills Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cherry Hills Village]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Colorado Springs Beverly Hills Interior Designer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[consultant of interior designing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[custom made glass design interior doors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DIFFA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evergreen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fish Creek]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fox Hill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Franktown]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Greenwood Village]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Interior Decorating Great Room]]></category> <category><![CDATA[interior design consultants on long island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Interior designer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[interior designing a living room]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kansas City]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Larkspur]]></category> <category><![CDATA[leading interior designer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lenexa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Littleton]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Longmont]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mission Hills]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Morgans Historic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Overland Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paola]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Parker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Plaza Westport]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prairie Village]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sedalia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shawnee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Snowmass]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spring Hill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Steamboat Springs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Telluride]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Plaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[top interior design firm]]></category> <category><![CDATA[top interior designer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vail]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ward Parkway]]></category> <guid isPermaLink=http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=935 Bail-out Decorating Part IV: The Circus of CircumstanceBail-out Decorating Part IV: The Circus of Circumstance As is true for any path to success the journey is a sum total of small steps. At times the act of taking a single step can bear resemblance to shouldering the weight of the world but it remains a step nonetheless; proceeded by one of a similar description while anticipating fruit from the same family tree. As the old tune reminds us in what can be an annoyingly perky platitude, “put one foot in front of the other…” Having managed this simple concept we do, oddly enough, find ourselves moving; a gentle stirring on our forehead reminding us of the victory of...]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/consultant-of-interior-designing-window-shutters-interior-design/feed/ 1 TREASURE HUNT! James Swan’s DesignQuotient blog is holding our first-ever Treasure Hunt! http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/contemporary-interior-design-pictures-blue-custom-made-glass-design-interior-doors/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/contemporary-interior-design-pictures-blue-custom-made-glass-design-interior-doors/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:08:06 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=866 Treasure Hunt! Be on the lookout!Treasure Hunt! Be on the lookout! Be on the lookout! Beverly Hills Interior Designer James Swan’s DesignQuotient™ blog is holding our first-ever Treasure Hunt! FREE CleanQuotient™ eBook! We have been inspired by all the great reader feedback from our blog post “Bail-Out Decorating: 5 Steps to a Neat and Clean Home.” In response we’ve decided to host our first-ever treasure hunt!
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In the next ten days, we will slip the following red text into a new blog post: Interior designer James Swan. When you find it, click on the red text to receive James Swan’s...]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/contemporary-interior-design-pictures-blue-custom-made-glass-design-interior-doors/feed/ 0 No Government Bail-out Needed! (Part II) http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/consultant-of-interior-designing-a-living-room-3/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/consultant-of-interior-designing-a-living-room-3/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:39:12 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=499 Viewing the ShowViewing the Show Opening tomorrow, March 13, 2009 and running through Sunday March 22 is the TEFAF Maastricht 09: The Worlds Leading Fine Art and Antique Fair (www.tefaf.com). Proudly featuring an estimated $1 billion dollars worth of art and antiques (not including modern fine jewelry), the fair draws high profile private collectors and museum curators and trustees from 25 countries. Ben Janssens, Chairman of TEFAF’s Executive Committee, said, “There is no evidence that the jittery financial markets have discouraged art buyers and in fact the reverse seems to be true….they see no point in investing in stocks at the moment and prefer to put their money into art and antiques”.
http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/consultant-of-interior-designing-a-living-room-3/feed/ 1 Almost Half A Billion Dollars…… http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/custom-made-glass-design-interior-doors-give-me-some-ideas-on-interior-design/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/custom-made-glass-design-interior-doors-give-me-some-ideas-on-interior-design/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:31:18 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=423 Yves Saint Laurent Living Room circa 1977No, this is not an entry in the “financial scandal of the moment” contest but rather something a bit more upbeat! My fascination with the Christie’s auction of the Pierre Berge/Yves Saint Laurent collection in Paris this week proved a worthy subject as the sale accelerated past initial estimates of $255 million to a final sale price of $484 million. The 733 pieces making up the collection of these noted lovers, friends and business partners marked records both in the art and decorative art categories. Much has been written of the provenance, prices, scandals and sentiments circling around the sale and to this burgeoning file I will not add. My one observation would be that of the delicious...]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/custom-made-glass-design-interior-doors-give-me-some-ideas-on-interior-design/feed/ 1 Beverly Hills Interior Designer James Swan partners with Ballard Designs—go behind the scenes for a sneak preview of the Mar-Apr catalog! http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/interior-designers-manchester-by-the-sea-massachusetts-2/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/interior-designers-manchester-by-the-sea-massachusetts-2/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:06:49 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=351 Go behind the scenes with James Swan on the Mar-Apr 2009 Ballard Designs catalogBallard Designs asked acclaimed Beverly Hills interior designer James Swan to design the four central rooms in their March/April 2009 catalog. Behind The Scenes Go behind the scenes with James Swan on the Mar-Apr 2009 Ballard Designs catalog Go behind the scenes at Ballard’s Style Studio website to see a gallery of Jim’s favorite pieces and their great prices. Also on Ballard’s Style Studio: An Interview with James Swan: Decorating on a Budget James Swan budget decorated this Living Room for Ballard's Mar-Apr 2009 catalog James Swan budget decorated this Living Room for Ballard's March/April 2009 catalog. Ballard: We asked James to design four different rooms for us, all filled with Ballard Designs....]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/interior-designers-manchester-by-the-sea-massachusetts-2/feed/ 0 Consultant of Interior Designing: When Cultures Collide http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/consultant-of-interior-designing-a-living-room-custom-interior-decorating-ideas/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/consultant-of-interior-designing-a-living-room-custom-interior-decorating-ideas/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:06:10 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=209 Everything we believed to be true seems to be sliding into a state of pseudo-fiction leaving some to dig their heels of denial further into the hardpan of reality. There are others, many it seems, who view the times as having changed and actively look for ways to manifest this essential difference. Two stories from the New York Times fashion pages shed light on corners of our cultural consciousness which bode well for the new chapter unfolding daily. FASHION & STYLE | February 15, 2009 Revealing New Layers of African Fashion By Guy Trebay FASHION & STYLE | February 15, 2009 Fashion Diary: Has the 'Obama Effect' Come to Runway Castings? By...]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/consultant-of-interior-designing-a-living-room-custom-interior-decorating-ideas/feed/ 0 Personalized Home Accessories and Gifts–the Architecture Monogram Series of prints, cards, tote bags and other great gift ideas http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/how-to-find-an-interior-designer-in-new-york-city-interior-designers-manchester-by-the-sea-massachusetts/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/how-to-find-an-interior-designer-in-new-york-city-interior-designers-manchester-by-the-sea-massachusetts/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:37:37 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/personalized-home-accessories-and-gifts-the-architecture-monogram-series-of-prints-cards-tote-bags-and-other-great-gift-ideas/ Architecture Monogram Series: Personalized Home Accessories and GiftsArchitecture Monogram Series: Personalized Home Accessories and Gifts Shown in the book View From the Top: 50 Great Apartments and HGTV’s “Homes Across America.” The Architecture Monogram Series These great personalized gift and home accessories have an interesting history. Each piece features classical architectural follies designed in the shape of letters from the original 1773 Architectural Alphabet manuscript of architect J.D. Steingruber...
Choose note cards and a tote bag with your initial,
or hang one, two or three framed prints. 'A' Architecture Monogram Framed Print'B' Architecture Monogram Framed Print'A' Architecture Monogram Framed Print
...Intriguingly, architect J. D. Steingruber decided to majestically...]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/how-to-find-an-interior-designer-in-new-york-city-interior-designers-manchester-by-the-sea-massachusetts/feed/ 0 A Beverly Hills Interior Designer Asks “Can Design Save the U.S. Economy?” http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/consultant-of-interior-designing-a-living-room-2/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/consultant-of-interior-designing-a-living-room-2/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:34:34 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/can-design-save-the-us-economy/ Official Secret Restaurant Recipes! Click Here!

A Beverly Hills Interior Designer Asks "Can Design Save the U.S. Economy?"

Some things seem as productive as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Many will consider the suggestion that design could prove valuable in restoring order to our economy to be simply ridiculous. I would suggest to you that the idea is no more ridiculous than the suggestion that the Unsinkable might today be found at the bottom of the North Atlantic. One of my favorite definitions of design may be found in a copy of The New York Times Book of Interior Design and Decoration (1965 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc.) were in the preface the author suggests “designing starts with the...]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/consultant-of-interior-designing-a-living-room-2/feed/ 0