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Below is a post we ran October 9, 2008 encouraging folks to get a subscription to German AD. Well...we're re-running it today, because we have a feeling the editor ,Margit J. Mayer, is about to be announced as the new editor of the US Architectural Digest. Stay Tuned...
Do yourself a favor and get a subscription to German Architectural Digest. It's by far one of our favorite shelter magazines and they always have the most stunning interiors. Something about it seems much fresher than the American version and although we can't read a lick of it, we always find the imagery very inspiring. This particular issue covered the sleek designs of Shelton Mindel who we must say, never ceases to amaze us.
***UPDATE*** As you may have heard by now-we got it wrong! Guess we can cross "Explore Fortune Telling" off our bucket list. A BIG congratulations to Margaret Russell. Very well deserved and we look forward to seeing where she goes with it.






It's our pleasure to introduce our second guest blogger of the summer at DesignTherapy, the talented and smart Paulette Pascarella. Paulette is not only a fantastic designer here in New York but she's also the creator of an outstanding new blog called Dialog, and as you'll soon discover she has an incredible eye. We're thrilled to have her on board so without further ado, we're handing it over to you Paulette...
Shadow play qualities of strong forms and compositions seen in architecture have always been enticing to me as an Interior Designer. Gravity of concrete and glass, stone, and wood forge solace when designed by Alvaro Siza's hands. Winner of the Pritzker, Siza has become of the great architects of international fame. His work can be seen in Holland, in Portugal at Evora and Lisbon, and in Spain at Barcelona and Malaga, with projects ranging from swimming pools, art galleries and housing developments. I am most drawn to his private residences, which have a simplification of form and wondrous warmth through the use of tactile materials, scale and clarity of pattern.
A must have book in a designer's library is Alvaro Siza: Complete Works. I hope you enjoy the mesmerizing, expressive voice that is Alvaro Siza. Regards, Paulette.
Ibere Camargo Foundation photographs used by permission, copyright Zel Nunes
