Look for the Decca Hospitality Booth at HD

Cornell University names InTypes

I just came across this cool article. At Cornell University, they have since 1997 been working on identifying contemporary design practices that have not been named, naming them, and providing designers with an interior-specific, history-specific, and contemporary design-specific vocabulary. They call in Intypes, and they are very interesting. Check out the website data base they have compliled, and see some of the vocabulary below.

http://intypes.cornell.edu/research.cfm

naked

numaru

padded perimeter

pantheon

pendant play

perforate

pouch

red room

rivet

ruin

salon

scaffold

seen scene

showcase stair

slat

slicker

soft room

stow

strata

stretch

transactional space

white box

white out

NEWH W Hotel Tour

We had a great turn out for the NEWH W. Hotel Tour. Over 70 people came out to see the hotel. We raised a total of $1500 which will go to scholarships for future members of the hospitality community. Keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming invite to the Scholarship Awards ceremony coming up on September 30th. Thanks Lynda Welte, a multi line rep of Blue Prints for Design, for many of these photos.

On the Left: On the Right: Ryan Lanlois, from OPX with Erin Larkin, programming chair of NEWH and with DCDESIGNblog

On the Left: Liza, Elizabeth Grimsley, of Rand Constructions, daughter helping out with the check in desk :) On the Right: Marisa Scinto, Marriott International, with Jason Stock, First Finish

On the Left: Heather McCarty, HM Marketing and Toby Schermerhorn, Cauhaus Interior Design On the Right: Ryan Lanlois, OPX and George Scammell, CORE Design

On the Left:George Scammell, CORE Design and Marilyn Lasecki, Senior Deisgn Manager, The Ritz Carlton Companies On the Right: Marisa Scinto, Marriott International, Karin Hockman, Territory Manager, Durkan Carpet, Linda McGreen, JANUS et cie, Beth Reymer, Territory Manager, Durkan Carpet and Kellex Seating

On the Left: Beth Reymer, Territory Manager, Durkan Carpet and Kellex Seating, Theresa Carroll, Design Portfolio, Karen Taylor, Washington Workplace looking on On the Right: Ernest DelGizzo, Jr., BarDel International, Patty Grogan, Scenique, Karen Taylor, Washington Workplace

On the Left: Michelle Thomas of M Design Studios On the Right: Carolyn Abbey and Jeanne Varney, Olive Hospitality Consulting

On the Left: Carolyn Abbey and Ailene Werner On the Right: Debbie Lelko from Architecture & Design

On the Left: Monica Meade with Architectural Ceramics in one of the suites. On the Right: Corrine Ritsick, Ritsick Interior Design, Ailene Werner, Samelson Chatelane, Christen Derby, Christen Derby Interior Design, Theresa Carroll, Design Portfolio, Marthe McGrath, Silk Road & Luzern LTD

On the Left: Linda McGreen of Janus et Cie with Sharlene Ghorban. On the Right: Jeanetta Johnson with Sarah Forsyth

NEWH W Hotel Tour- Suites

Check out some of the photo's I took of the Guestrooms and Suites from the tour!

This is by far my favorite photo! I love that lavender purple color :) And then one of the guest corridor...

One of the WOW Suites

WOW Suite Bathroom and Living Room. Love the lamps here...

Another Bathroom Image. And the view from the rooms :)

Typical Guestroom and View of the White House

POV Rooftop Restaurant. Cool Onyx Bar

Thrillist Announces new Restaurant in Alexandria

Feast: The Burger Joint Old Town 106 N. Washington St; Old Town; 703.299.9791 Opening today, the Joint's a purple-walled, homeroom-chaired diner rocking with wall-mounted guitars and album cover paintings (Chicago, Springsteen's butt!); the menu's the same as their Bethesda location, from the applewood smoked bacon "Burger", to the slow-roasted pork/Serrano ham/Swiss "Cuban"; to the Throwdown with Bobby Flay-winning, ground lamb/cumin/mint/tzatziki/feta "Greek"; to the disturbingly literal "9 Pounder": actually weighing in at 15.4lbs after giant bun, 2 heads of lettuce, 8 tomatoes, 3 red onions, and 4 whole pickles, it's served with a bottle of Maalox, and a lifetime of celibacy. Check out the rest of the menu, featuring the term "impossibly flavorful", at BurgerJointDC.com

The Most Important Interior Design Contest Ever

By Mason Currey

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:59 pm

Every year since 2002, the Cintas Corporation has selected the nation’s most prestigious privies and solicited Internet votes to decide the winners of the America’s Best Restroom Award. Top prize this year goes to a piece of over-the-top lavatory opulence in Branson, Missouri: the Shoji Tabuchi Theatre, whose ladies’ room (above) includes stained-glass windows, cut orchids, granite-and-onyx sinks, chandeliers, and a “ceiling reproduced from the 1890’s Empire Period.” Yow.

The other four finalists are not quite as lavish:

In New York, Radio City Music Hall’s 1930s-era restrooms feature classic tile work and Art Deco details.

Best Restrooms voters aslo liked the columns-and-chandeliers look of the 1866 Tremont Plaza Hotel, in Baltimore.

It’s a shame that these picks are so unimaginative, as there have been a few really interesting restroom designs in recent years. Two in New York leap to mind:

There’s Frank Gehry’s multichromatic tile extravaganza for his IAC headquaters …

… . and the thoroughly glam restrooms in the New Museum. Oh, well—maybe next year.