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Ron Cobb, Alien Ship and Back to the Future DeLorean Designer, Dies at 83

By Alethea Nale 1 month ago

Ron Cobb, a production designer known for designing Back to the Future’s time-traveling DeLorean, the Nostromo in Alien, and aspects of Conan the Barbarian, has died. He was 83.

Ron Cobb (Photo by Gerrit Alan Fokkema/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).

Robin Love, Cobb’s wife of 48 years, reported that Cobb died Monday of Lewy body dementia, according to THR.

Cobb was most known for his production design work on numerous sci-fi and action films. Besides the examples listed above, Cobb was also responsible for weapons and scenery design on 1982’s Conan the Barbarian.

Cobb began his career at age 17

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Ron Cobb, ‘Back to the Future’ DeLorean Designer, Dies at 83

By Alethea Nale 1 month ago

Cartoonist turned production designer Ron Cobb, best known for coming up the initial design of DeLorean time travel machine from “Back to the Future” has died, according to a report in the Hollywood Reporter. Cobb was 83.

Cobb died on Monday, his birthday, of Lewy body dementia in Sydney, according to his wife of 48 years, Robin Love.

Cobb’s designs help defined production design for some of the most iconic films of the 1970s and 80s. Cobb, who was born in 1937, broke into the industry in 1956 working at Disney as a breakdown artist on “Sleeping Beauty.” Cobb did

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Antiques & Collecting: Recent auction included modern pieces by Italian designer | News, Sports, Jobs

By Alethea Nale 2 months ago

Venetian Plaster:

Venetian plaster has been used since ancient times to decorate walls. While this trend had fallen off, it has since made a comeback allowing the client to achieve a Mediterranean style. Venetian plaster is

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Top Atlanta Luxury Interior Designer, VPI Design, Reports on Most Popular 2020 Styles in Wall Coverings

By Alethea Nale 2 months ago

Luxury Interior Designer, VPI Design by Dina Varner, weighs in on the top wall coverings seen in 2020; Venetian Plaster, Textured Paper, Leather and Upholstered Walls.

ATLANTA, GA / ACCESSWIRE / August 27, 2020 / Atlanta Luxury Interior Designer, VPI Design, explores three types of wall covering styles in detail to highlight the benefit of their use added to a room.

Venetian Plaster:

Venetian plaster has been used since ancient times to decorate walls. While this trend had fallen off, it has since made a comeback allowing the client to achieve a Mediterranean style. Venetian plaster is a wallcovering made

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5 Easy Ways to Add Color to Your Kitchen, From an Interior Designer

By Alethea Nale 2 months ago

When Atlanta-based interior designer Gina Sims learned that the owner of the kitchen shown above loved green—in particular, the varied shades of succulent plants— she went to work incorporating different tones of the hue into her renovation. Whether you want to go all in or just add a few little pops here and there, Sims has five ideas for adding color to your kitchen.

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Score some of the same items this interior designer used to revamp this kitchen, as well as budget-friendly lookalikes.

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Score some of the same items this interior designer used to revamp this kitchen, as well as budget-friendly lookalikes.

Related: See This Boston Kitchen’s Radical

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By Debora Carley 3 months ago

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Dowager Countess of Cirencester Park asked her interior designer to sell the family chattels

By Alethea Nale 3 months ago

Just over a month ago, the London branch of the auction house Christie’s hosted a sale of some of the effects of a deceased Dowager Countess.

The artefacts listed in the catalogue included several Old Masters, items of furniture and various pieces of jewellery.

So far, so unremarkable. But the Countess in question was Gloria Bathurst and when her stepson, the current Lord Bathurst — the 9th Earl — heard about the sale, he was furious.

Old Harrovian Allen Bathurst, 59, branded Gloria — who was his father Henry’s second wife — ‘callous’ and spoke angrily of family treasures being

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For Interior Designer Paris Forino, Luxury is About Extreme Comfort

By Alethea Nale 3 months ago

Paris Forino, is the Australian-born, New York-based designer at the helm of Paris Forino Interior Design, a full-service boutique design firm she founded in 2012. Prior to creating her own firm, the 42-year-old Ms. Forino worked at Ruth Levine Design in Australia, and at Tihany Design and CetraRuddy—both in New York.

Paris Forino Interior Design’s portfolio is expanding, with work including the gut renovation of a 10,000-square-foot-townhouse in the West Village, a boutique wine bar and hotel lobby in Chelsea, a 60-unit condominium in Stockholm, Sweden, homes in Miami, as well as interiors at both 11 Beach Street in New

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HGTV green lights Chicago-based show with local interior designer, ‘$50K Three Ways’

By Alethea Nale 3 months ago

HGTV has given the green light to a new Chicago-based series featuring local interior designer Tiffany Brooks, the network announced this week.

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Tentatively titled “$50K Three Ways,” the show is slated to premiere next year with a one-hour special and 10 half-hour episodes. Brooks presents homeowners with three “wildly different design plans” for three different spaces within their homes and helps them choose the proposal that works best for their family, per HGTV. Production is expected to begin later this year.

Brooks, who was born in Waukegan and graduated from North Chicago Community High School, runs a residential

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Carole Price Shanis, interior designer and cultural philanthropist, dies at 86

By Alethea Nale 3 months ago

Carole Price Shanis, 86, an innovative interior designer and longtime cultural philanthropist, died Saturday, July 18, of dementia and cancer.

Although Mrs. Shanis was born in Brooklyn, she adopted Philadelphia as her own after marrying local attorney and retail executive Joseph Shanis in 1987. Introduced by mutual friends, the couple went on to serve in leadership and philanthropic roles in many cultural organizations.

“The city meant a lot of her,” said her son, Jonathan Price. “She was always into philanthropy.”

Over the years, Mrs. Shanis and her husband became involved with, among other groups, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Curtis Institute

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How a former Audi designer is taking on fashion’s leather addiction

By Alethea Nale 3 months ago

Many leather alternatives on the market are an improvement on cowhides, but they’re still problematic because they’re made from materials that don’t decompose. Von Holzhausen has found a solution with her new line of biodegradable handbags. And now that she’s nailed the formula, she plans to sell it to other companies. “My goal is to make traditional leather extinct,” she says.

[Photo: Von Holzhausen]

Plastic is widely used in the fashion industry because it’s cheap and can morph into a range of textures. But it’s terrible for the environment, and more companies have started to look for alternatives. Over the

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Famed Car Designer Evaluates New 2021 Ford Bronco Design

By Alethea Nale 3 months ago

a man and a woman standing in front of a car: Frank Stephenson Ford Bronco

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Frank Stephenson Ford Bronco

Let’st just say he liked it… a lot.

This coronavirus pandemic isn’t really something to be happy about, but it has brought a few good things to fruition. One of which was Frank Stephenson, which started to upload videos on his YouTube channel in the past four months; probably because he was holed up at home and got nothing else to do. We’re not sure.

As a car designer, Stephenson’s videos are mostly about how he came up with his previous work on many cars. He also shares insights (or criticisms) about modern cars

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Meet the interior designer who worked with Kylie Jenner on her lavish mansion in one of LA’s ritziest suburbs

By Alethea Nale 3 months ago

Martyn Lawrence Bullard wearing glasses and smiling at the camera: Martyn Lawrence Bullard. Lu Tapp

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Martyn Lawrence Bullard is one of the most prolific interior designers in the world.
His clients include Kylie Jenner, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, Cher, Tommy Hilfiger, and even Kid Rock.
In an interview with Business Insider, Bullard talked about his design principles, and his famous work on Jenner’s Hidden Hills home, Cher’s LA condo, and Tommy Hilfiger’s Miami escape pad.
Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.

In 2018, Martyn Lawrence Bullard was designing a home for a 21-year-old client who had some unusual requests for a starter home

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Interior designer brings balance to homes as families spend more time in them

By Alethea Nale 3 months ago

Sarah Colburn, Special to the Times
Published 10:15 a.m. CT Aug. 20, 2020

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Katie Ballantine and her dog, Shire.

Katie Ballantine and her dog, Shire. (Photo: Photo courtesy of Katie Ballantine)

COLLEGVILLE TOWNSHIP — Interior designer and artist Katie Ballantine has spent decades helping people make things beautiful through balancing art, space and natural light.

Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic causing many families to work and learn from home, Ballantine is seeing more people seek beauty through balance in their homes.

Specializing in both residential and commercial interior design, Ballantine likes to bring in nature and work with artists to put the finishing touches on

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Interior designer Jeff Andrews unveils a personal project in Miracle Mile

By Alethea Nale 3 months ago

Interior designer-to-the-stars Jeff Andrews and his partner, Emmy-winning casting director Ken Miller, have put their home in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles on the market for $2.35 million.

a living room filled with furniture and a fire place: Eye-catching fixtures and fabric ceiling panels keep the eyes moving upward at the Miracle Mile home of interior designer Jeff Andrews and casting director Ken Miller. The Spanish Colonial Revival-style house is now on the market for $2.35 million. (PostRAIN Productions)

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Eye-catching fixtures and fabric ceiling panels keep the eyes moving upward at the Miracle Mile home of interior designer Jeff Andrews and casting director Ken Miller. The Spanish Colonial Revival-style house is now on the market for $2.35 million. (PostRAIN Productions)

As one might expect, the 1930s Spanish Colonial Revival has received a complete makeover at the hands of Andrews. Subdued hues, fabric wallpaper

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#6 Essential Qualities for Becoming an Interior Designer

By Alethea Nale 3 months ago

Today’s interior designers are not just a normal decorator, they are ‘Professionals’. To become a successful Interior designer, he/she should have the following basic qualities

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