On the DesignQuotient™ blog, DesignCoach™ Los Angeles Designer James Swan searches the world for the best design related events and activities.
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This week on the DesignCoach: Real Winter Wonder Around the World
Harbin Ice & Snow Festival 2010
A Chinese winter wonderland trip to the extraordinary Ice Lantern Festival in Harbin in North East China. Ice and snow sculpture is taken to new heights in what has to be the world’s largest ice festival. Still relatively unknown outside of China this festival is becoming increasingly popular and booking well in advance is necessary. On display across several locations are intricate ice sculptures, vast snow sculptures and the stunningly lit main festival area containing enormous ice constructions from laughing buddhas to slightly scaled down landmark buildings from around the world – all made entirely of ice! See the suggested itinerary below for the 2010 festival running from early January to the middle of February.
Christmas Decorations in New England
Christmas Tree 2009
With temperatures dipping to single digits last night I completed work on my Christmas tree. Overall I’m pleased with my results. I understood early the resources I had on-hand, decided my budget in advance and did well adhering to my budget as I developed new resources in my local community (and made new friends along the way). I followed our 5 Steps to Beautiful-Holiday-Design:
My Christmas Mouse
1. What resources are at your disposal?
2. Create a “decoration map”. Put on paper the areas of your home which you want to decorate. WRITE IT DOWN.
3. Pick your theme.
4. Allocate your resources. Knowing what you have tells you what you need.
5. Make your schedule and stick to it.
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