Feb 6, 2018
Swoosh! It began with a brushstroke! This extraordinary long repeat began with the idea of painting a corridor with a long sweeping curve.So simple and amazing realized in a long curved corridor. Conceived in magenta, this pattern goes from neutrals to full on blast...
Jan 30, 2018
Jan 23, 2018
Theo van Doesburg. Artist, architect, graphic designer is a big influence to me. Heres is something of his, and a sketch of cuts of colored film to gauge light and transparency.
Jan 16, 2018
On a visit to Berlin, I happened upon the The Hansaviertel District, an extraordinary community of modernist architecture, designed after World War two by world’s greatest architects including Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, and Oscar Niemeyer. It was so...
Jan 9, 2018
Mondran was perhaps the most famous of the The Di Stijl artists, Here is a favorite, and and the Yves St Laurent collection it inspired. if you balk at this, here it the relationship between fashion and art. honored in The Rijks...
Jan 2, 2018
Obsessed with the Di Stijl movement, now during it’s 100th anniversary the intersection of fine art, architecture, furniture and graphic design looks fresher than ever. I have always loved systems of organization. Here are some amazing Gerrit Reitveld, the Dutch...
Sep 22, 2016
A Visit to LA with Brintons. I’m an east coast guy but I just love LA. Great trip seeing design firms in LA, including HBA, Kelly Wearstler, KNA, SFA and Gensler. A-mazing time, great reception. Check us out NEWH...
Apr 17, 2016
Swoosh, inspired by the beautiful brushwork of Franz Klein. India ink and white paper and a wide brush. Because I can’t resist color, I added a gradient, coral to aubergine. The first iteration was for my bedding line Standard Textiles. SK Hospitality has an amazing...
Apr 5, 2016
Interesting article by Jude Stewart, The Atlantic. Wallpaper was invented to imitate more expensive wall coverings from tapestries to leathers, it was in itself an expensive product. Having a Wallcovering line for Koroseal Studios the history is fascinating....
Mar 6, 2016
Announcing the collection, Blokwerk by Brintons. The first collection designed exclusively for corridor. An entirely new hospitality collection influenced by classic mid-century modern architecture. A year in the making, design plus engineering. A few favorites below....
Mar 6, 2016
Mondrian In my RISD lectures, I frequently use Mondrian as an example of a painter who moved from realism to abstraction. His less known early work moved from realism through cubism to the geometric abstractions he is most recognized for. He edited down but all his...
Feb 27, 2016
As an artist, architecture has always been a major influence, my career path was not to be an architect, but my work often seems to comment on architecture. I was very inspired by the trips to Amsterdam and Berlin. My next move was conceiving Blokwerk which became my...
Feb 21, 2016
Just back from NYC, checked into the Hilton and was surprised by my own wallcovering in the lobby and bar! It’s the Koroseal Studio line in a custom caramel color. Very luxe, click here for the line and a link to an interview,http://www.koroseal.com/designer.php?id=11...
Feb 18, 2016
Brintons is excited to announce BLOKWERK, an innovative Axminster collection engineered specifically for the corridor, debuting later this month. Immersed in the widely influential waters of the De Stijl movement, BLOKWERK presents a collection of carefully composed...
Feb 14, 2016
Outstanding award submission! The LINQ Hotel & Casino. Elkus Manfredi Architects.https://twitter.com/WANAWARDS/status/684771147720830980 Mixing paint in the office. The Exterior: Color Tells the New Story. I am very fortunate to be part of the amazing Elkus...
Feb 8, 2016
I recently ran across this incredible artist; Asya Kozina who makes baroque wigs from white paper. How utterly wonderful. https://www.behance.net/gallery/31246849/Baroque-paper-wigs “Historical wigs always fascinated me, especially the Baroque era. This is art for...
Feb 6, 2016
I am very happy to announce my new collection for Brintons: Blokwerk. This is the first of a series of posts to talk about how a collection is born. I have loved Di Stijl for a lifetime, movements that sweep from Architecture, to furniture, to graphic design and...
Mar 16, 2014
In the design world, ideas cross pollinate and that’s what moves design forward, occasionally I see an invisible line crossed. I saw these great watches from the company Uniform http://uniformwares.com/ featured in Design Milk. The company features great design. They...
Mar 3, 2014
I am really excited to announce my work will be included at Blade in Boston, started by my friend Paul English. It is going to be the coolest place in the world. Paul is an intellectually generous and visionary thinker. The architects are Act Two. I’m working with...
Mar 3, 2014
Here is an artist I really like, Sebastian Errazuriz, http://www.meetsebastian.com/ A Brooklyn based artist. As an artist who works in hospitality, I am interested in other artists who break boundaries of art, environment, space and create the new. Worth a look!