The artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres uses a plethora of 15 watt light bulbs, porcelain light sockets, extension cords for his well traveled very popular 1992 light installation "Untitled" (America #1). This light installation borders between ...
The most simple, antique doorknob design involves the working of an axle or spindle that is screw style passing through the latch. Ideally, these designs have one side totally flat and some pre defined length exposed on either side of the ...
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A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. Pies are defined by their crusts. A filled pie (also single-crust or bottom-crust), ...
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The centers were formed in Beijing, Shanxi, Guangzhou and Suzhou. In the Forbidden City in Beijing (Jing for short), the best craftsmen used the choicest wood to make Jing-styled furniture under the guidance of the emperors. Furniture ...
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Though not as strict as the tea ceremony in Japan, certain rules govern the Chinese understanding of tea. Take tea wares as an example. Green tea goes with white porcelain or celadon without a cover; scented one with celadon or blue and ...
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The Chinese have a saying: 'Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are the seven necessities to begin a day.' Though tea is last on the list, we still can see its importance in daily life. A simple meal in Chinese is Cu Cha Dan ...
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Many Chinese alcoholic drinks are quite distinctive from those of other countries and foreign visitors coming across them for the first time may a little wary of them. However, once they have tasted a sample or two, they may well acquire a ...
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Mohawk Industries, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Marazzi Group for approximately $1.5 billion with a combination of cash and equity giving Mohawk the leading position in worldwide ceramic tile. The ...
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The Pointed Urchin Lamp, the Lesser Spotted Pollen Lamp, and the Greater Spotted Point Lamp may actually fool you. In fact it may look just like a sea creature you may recognize in books, except these have an added feature – light! ...
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Construction sets he Greek philosopher Plato wrote that the future architect should play at building houses as a child.A construction set is a collection of separate pieces that can be joined together to create models. Popular models to ...
The bathroom can all too often be seen as an entirely functional room in the house. It's not where people generally choose to spend more time than necessary, nor an area of the house for hosting or hanging out. Therefore, many unwittingly ...
Like POV have installed lights at Jimbo & Rex Jimbo & Rex is a redevelopment of an existing pub, with new interiors designed by Mim Design for Crown Melbourne. The decorative lighting design style takes its cue from Miriam Fanning's ...
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Remodeling a small bathroom can be challenging, particularly when you are looking for a great layout and also good aesthetics. Since your bathroom is small, you will need to choose scaled down and space-saving faucets, sinks and vanities. ...
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To customize your outdoor furniture and make it increasingly intimate, warm and comfortable , as an home interior, Dedon has carefully studied the features of the new skins treated for external before introducing three new exclusive ...
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The Japanese architect Toyo Ito, is building on his series with objects for the dinner table. The liquid forms in the porcelain dinnerware series KU, designed in 2006, is now complemented by the tableware set MU, meaning hexagonal in ...
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