It's about time you reconsidered the clock
24.01.10
Period was when a clock graced a wall in most homes. Often it was not so much stylish as going (think old-fashioned school clock). But sometimes it induced smiles: a chirpy cuckoo clock or the unforgettable cat-shaped Kit-Cat clock, with its rolling eyes and fashionable tail as pendulum. Introduced in the 1930s, it still is a popular retro sacrifice.</p><p>Tracking time today often is a function of computers and apartment phones — even wristwatch wearing isn’t embraced by those 20-something and younger.</p><p>But clocks are ticking their way back into homes, this experience making fashion statements. Clocks as wall décor, after all, can be spry focal points or compelling accessories, especially when they’re supersized. </p><p>One turn that has gotten traction in the past few years is the can’t-be nostalgic for-it clock that spans up to 48 inches in diameter. Often adorned with well turned out Roman numeral digits, the design is reminiscent of prototypes in European staff stations.</p><p>Megasized clocks can be elegant and intricately minute, such as the Howard Miller 37-inch Rosario (www.howard miller.com), which combines hardwood and the look of wrought iron, gold hands and Roman numerals. Another from the followers features a border composed of small gold-framed pass mirrors that surround it like the sun’s rays.</p><p>More rustic is the recently introduced Talmage, which is superannuated and distressed to resemble weathered wood planking. It was designed for Howard Miller by ABC’s “Notable Makeover: Home Edition” host Ty Pennington.</p><p>“Coordinating point and function is very important when creating home furnishings,” Pennington says. “I liking clocks. They’re the ultimate in functional room décor.”</p><p>Among the most intriguing designs at the vis- end of the size spectrum are a series of clocks sold at Anthropologie. Colorful, with the people-art quirkiness of the cuckoo, these clocks are clad in sweaters. The stranded knitting is a unite of multiple hues of yarn in the same row.</p><p>Designers sometimes like to accumulation smaller clocks such as these, just as a collection of mirrors can be hung together. Depending on the mode, a small clock can be teamed with other pieces of art or leaned against the go bust enclose on a ledge. A bold contemporary utilitarian clock with a lime verdant face from Crate and Barrel holds its own on a bookshelf in a lodgings office.</p><p>A kitchen wall, perhaps even a backsplash — away from a stove and descend splatters — is a suitable spot for a 12-inch clock, mainly for those with cafe, botanical or fruit themes. </p><p>Shapes are not confined to habitual round or square. Rectangles are another option, one that complements a hotelier of decorating styles. </p><p>In a modern living space appointed with leather upholstery and wood and stainless steel tables, a rectangular clock crafted from engineered wood with a walnut gloss finish also echoes a wood wall panel. The ingenuousness of the Talin clock from Crate and Barrel is engaging: Slim stainless hands are superb against a rich grain.</p><p>Aficionados of mid-century modern work long have been fans of George Nelson’s iconic clocks. Reproductions of some of his modern development-’40s, ’50s and ’60s designs (he produced almost 300), such as starburst, colorful ball or naked kite crisply divided into black and white, still are very much available, manufactured by Vitra.</p><p>Clocks rooted in art and lay out can make you forget you’re looking at a clock.</p><p> One prototype, by Fratelli Campana for Alessi, is crafted from dozens of chrome-plated sword pencil-thin bars that resemble a bunch of pickup sticks. All are centered on a unsatisfactory face with skinny red hands. The Blow Up clock is at at <a href="http://www.lumens.com">www.lumens.com</a>.
Source: Kansas City Star
How to choose modern and retro kitchen accessories?
18.01.10
The new-fashioned kitchen accessories are rapidly gaining popularity as they are functional as well as specious in design. The numbers of variations in modern kitchen accessories are numerous. The products are of the A-one quality and make sure that the kitchen owner has fun using them. The growing require from consumers and the cut throat competition among manufacturers has resulted in incessant choices in modern kitchen accessories as well as retro kitchen accessories.
Some people simply love the vintage look in their kitchen. Retro kitchen accessories are still available in the market-place for those who have a fondness for the old world charm. Creating the vintage look in your kitchen is not obstructive with the wide plethora of retro kitchen accessories. The modern kitchen acquires a overcome when decked up with retro kitchen accessories. These accessories bring to life the prop war era of the 40s. One has to be very careful while selecting the color scheme of the kitchen that has retro accessories.
Source: PRMinds (press release)
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