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Emergency Holiday Challenge @ Social Workout

You've taken the Cure, and cleansed your bed, and set the holiday table. You're feeling de-cluttered and stylish, but danger looms. Not to home, but to body. The holidays will bring non-stop eatin...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Our Thanksgiving table last year right in the midst of the supper. More pics below... Fiction: Prarie Home Companion Thanksgiving Show 2004 (a good one) Inspiration: Thanksgiving tips & recipes in T...

Green Buildings = Better Tenant Health
Business Week

Business Week reports that tenants in green buildings have fewer sick days and better health. Several studies found that LEED-certified buildings had healthier tenants and lower vacancy rates. Is yo...

LEGO and MUJI Collaborate! Paper — Punch Stationery

Who doesn't like LEGO? Any one dislike MUJI? No hands? A collaboration between these two beloved brands seem very appropriate then. Both MUJI and LEGO are testing the waters for a new consumer base ...

The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
TIME

TIME has compiled a fascinating list of the best inventions made this year. We have covered a couple of them on Apartment Therapy before, and want to share the other relevant advancements with you n...

The British Design Awards 2009

London celebrated the best in British Design last night at the annual award ceremony. It was a star studded event and the competition was fierce. We are very excited that Benjamin Hubert walked away...

Magazine Industry News: Metropolitan Home Closes

The December 2009 issue will be the last for Metropolitan Home — Hachette Filipacchi Media announced earlier today that they will be focusing all of their energies on Elle Decor for the luxury s...

Tomorrow: The 6th Annual Apartment Therapy Island Walk

>> Join us by signing up here (via meetup.com) This Sunday, November 8th, we're hosting our sixth annual walk of the island. Unlike the previous five years, our walk this year is going to walk that...

I Love Julian Casablancas Always and Forever

Dear readers, please allow me to geek out just this once. The lovely and talented Julian Casablancas, lead singer of The Strokes, champion of my heart, has just released his first solo album entitle...

National Portrait Gallery: Your Favourite Brits Can Be Yours

Have you ever considered hanging a photograph of David Bowie (circa sparkly years) next to your vanity? How about a mixed-media collage of Richard Branson in the bedroom? Well, if the British Nation...

Marketplace is Now Open!

After many months of hard work, we welcome all of you to check out a new feature: Marketplace. Marketplace replaces our shopping guide and is our huge new resource for all of our readers who are in ...

Don't Drink and Drive a La-Z-Boy
NPR

With the holiday and party season approaching, take this bit of news as a cautionary tale, and a good reason NOT to motorize your furniture — this week a Minnesota man pleaded guilty to drivin...

Irving Penn (1917-2009)

We've written about photographer Irving Penn from time to time, and feel compelled to share the sad news of his passing at age 92 in Manhattan....

"Art-Like Products" by Yee-Haw Industries on Display at Chelsea Market

A while back, we discussed the finer points of Letterpress Alphabet Posters and featured some work by talented independent designers in the field. One of the pieces we chose was done by Yee-Haw, a c...

Calling All Color Lovers!
Enter The "Room for Color" Contest Today

We've been receiving wonderful glimpses into Apartment Therapy reader's homes for over a week now as the entry forms hit the inbox and and are impressed with what the color lovers in our community ha...

THE DROP: URBAN ART INFILL

On Saturday, we attended an event celebrating designs available at Areaware and VOOS Furniture as part of a larger series of gatherings....

Spider Silk Tapestry

If you're planning a visit to the American Museum of Natural History this weekend, be sure to check out Spider Silk, a new textile exhibition. The strands of over one million Nephila madagascariensi...

You Can Be King of the Castle at Fallingwater

Okay architecture nerds, it's time to get excited. Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece custom residence built over an active waterfall in Bear Run, Pennsylvania, is open for more than mer...

Vivienne Westwood Wallpaper Collection for Cole & Son

Badass fashion designer Vivienne Westwood (she of punk rock) has teamed up with classy wallpaper house Cole & Son (they of the super-popular Woods print) to create twelve new patterns based on h...

James May's Lego House Demolished!
Telegraph

A sad day for LEGO maniacs everywhere! Just a few weeks after its completion, the temporary life-size LEGO home built for an episode of James May's Toy Stories has been dismantled! ...

Open Air Modern: Vintage Furniture and Books

We paid a neighborly visit to Open Air Modern, a new store on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint. Matt, the owner, used to run the show over at Airstream Books outdoor market in Williamsburg. He's reloc...

Gagosian Gallery's New Retail Store
Cool Hunting

International art powerhouse Gagosian Gallery is opening a new retail store next week that will sell publications, posters and lower priced artist editions related to the gallery's worldwide shows. ...

The Billy Bookcase Index
Bloomberg

You may have heard of the Big Mac index — where The Economist magazine lists prices of McDonald's Big Macs in various countries to get a better handle on the actual value of currency value. N...

Restoration Hardware Roars Back!!

The big news this week is that Restoration Hardware is back and they're swinging for the fence. On Wednesday morning I attended a press breakfast at their flagship store on Broadway, saw everything...

James May's Life Size LEGO House Underway

Though we knew that there were plans to build a full-size house from LEGOs, the photographic evidence is beginning to show up! James May, the UK television host of Toy Stories is working with over 2...

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