MY DREAM HOUSE: June 2012

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Microsoft’s Briefing Center in Wallisellen, Switzerland: Interior Design Ideas

Microsoft’s Briefing Center in Wallisellen, Switzerland

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 07:36 AM PDT

Microsoft’s office building, in Wallisellen, Switzerland, are enjoying the recent completion of a superb Briefing Center, by Stuttgart based firm Coast Office Architecture. The modernistic, almost futuristic, monochrome meeting zone sets a cutting edge tone, and holds a sleek laptop bar and flat screen display monitors in a stretch of glossy black glass, integrating Microsoft’s Kinect and Surface technology.

The reflective nature of the wall treatment reflects the light from the digital media throughout the space and a graphic surface application echoes the angular fashion of a bespoke seating area that zigzags through the central zone, splitting the use of space.

The Briefing Centre is separated from the rest of the Microsoft office by a run of floor to ceiling grey curtains that shroud a glass perimeter, allowing either a light and bright meeting environment with full view of the hustle an bustle of the entire working environment, or a more hushed and dramatic presentation atmosphere in complete privacy.

When the glass walls are exposed, they sport a matching graphic treatment to the glossy black media wall, keeping the design story consistent throughout.

At the far end, a huge meeting table stands equipped for much larger meetings, seating a total of twenty people.

Via Designboom

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Friday, June 29, 2012

A Treasure Trove of Traditional Boys Room Decor: Interior Design Ideas

A Treasure Trove of Traditional Boys Room Decor

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:01 AM PDT

If you find the zany color combinations of modern kids rooms a little jarring, or the harsh lines of contemporary kids furniture just leaves you feeling cold, then this wonderful selection of traditional boys bedrooms and classic playroom décor schemes from Baby & Child Restoration Hardware are sure to leave you with a warm and fuzzy feeling of nostalgia.

These aren't the type of designs we usually discover for boys room schemes, but they do make a nice change, threaded with subtle sport, travel, and aviation themes, without ever appearing over processed or contrived. In fact, these schemes have a gorgeous eclectic feel, as though the have naturally evolved over time rather than being painstakingly put together–even if they have been!

The color story seen throughout this gallery of interiors is firmly in the field of blues teamed with soft neutral cream, allowing the masculine tones to remain delicate in the overall approach. Shades of tan and brown anchor the scheme and provide warmth, whilst pops of red add patriotic punch.

Wire light shades and toy storage baskets add an industrial edge, and the addition of crate consignment numbers give a repurposed look to the rooms, giving the ambiance of a treasure trove of interesting found items and mysterious history.