More from Ben Spaisman

I asked Ben Spaisman, president of the new online site Bond & Bowery, to show me the object he’s been most coveting on his site….readers, what’s yours?

Also, I asked him what trends he’s seeing (Hint: it’s all about the web now), and for more details on the Dallas, Houston and Austin acquisitions this summer.

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Get Published!

Are you ready for your close up, Norma Desmond? The editors of DHome will be at Lights Fantastic on Wednesday, 11 - 3 to look at design portfolios for possible publishing. We have featured three of the designers we previewed last, so it’s not an empty promise. Also, you get to have lunch (free) in the cool new design studio DS2, and meet Mr. Impossible. Here he is, Kartell’s latest Philippe Starck invention (again?), made of two pieces of molded plastic that wowed the hard to impress Salone di Mobili crowd in Milan. The three-dimensional sculptural chair is sure to become another icon.

I Fear a Dr. Phil Intervention.

This is not a picture of my garage.  My garage is actually much worse. Today while the rest of you sit comfy in offices and cube farms across the Metroplex, I will be in near record heat deciding if I really need to keep a pair of shoes from 1986… (more…)