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On EQT Ventures’ investment in Reworks, developing games that spark creativity and imagination
By: Lars Jörnow
Tags: Finland, Mobile Games, Eqt Ventures, Interior Design, Venture Capital

If you grew up in the early 2000s playing computer games, chances are that you probably tried out one version or another of The Sims. Still going strong with a passionate fan base to this day, the franchise became pretty popular with its sandbox video game series, selling more than 200 million copies over the last two decades.

A big part of that success came from how it enabled players to design and decorate their virtual houses as if they were IRL. People would (and still do to this day — see below) spend countless hours playing the game just to achieve the perfect look and feel of their dream homes.

Taking this interior design micro-genre to the next level, Reworks has recently released its first game — Redecor — which offers people a place to play, explore designs, find inspiration and connect with others who share their passion for home design.

A hybrid between a mobile game and home design app, Redecor is built on top of Reworks’ Replay platform, a unique mobile 3D engine and content platform, which enables photo-realistic quality and next-gen 3D customisation for their games.

When Ilkka (CEO/co-founder) — a serial entrepreneur with a track record of assembling great teams — reached out to show us Redecor in 2019 during the soft launch phase, we immediately saw the potential in what Reworks was working on and how unique it felt compared to other games in the market. The combination of the team’s strong development culture and mission, with really impressive engagement numbers from their beta had us hooked, both on the game Redecor and the company Reworks.

And today we’re very happy and proud to announce that EQT Ventures led the seed round in the company. We are confident that Reworks will be yet another mobile gaming phenomenon coming out of Finland following the Sisu tradition of creating super strong, lean game studios that can create global hit games.

Time to explore our inner interior designers… game on!
4 Unconventional But Safe Ways of Decorating Your Home
By: Lizzie Weakley
Tags: Home Improvement, Home Design Ideas, Home, Interior Design, Home Decor

Accidents are more likely to happen in your own home than anywhere else, and 6,000 deaths occur each year from household injuries. One of the biggest causes of these dangerous accidents is the furniture and other items you use to decorate your home. While most accident can be prevented with being careful and setting good rules, designing your home with an eye for safety can help prevent things. If you want to express your unique style without putting your family at risk, try these four unconventional ways to safely decorate your home.

Round Furniture Designs

While King Arthur gathered his knights at a round table, square and rectangular shapes are more popular today. However, those sharp corners are a common source of eye and face injuries in small children. You can add unsightly child-friendly bumpers to your furniture or trade your dining, coffee and end tables for round ones. Consider a dining table with chrome accents and vinyl chairs for a retro look or try a round bamboo coffee table for a touch of Zen.

Plush Floor Coverings

Hardwood floors are a beautiful and allergy-friendly flooring option, but they can also inflict bumps and bruises. Create both a soft place to fall and an unconventional style statement with thick, plush rugs. Give engineered oak flooring a sophisticated touch with a velvet pile area rug or top reclaimed wood floors with a handwoven white shag rug for a shabby chic aesthetic. Make sure your rugs are secured to the floor with double-sided carpet tape to prevent slips and falls.

Pillow Seating

How many times have you had to tell your kids not to lean back in their dining chairs? This common habit can lead to serious head injuries when the chair inevitably tips over backward. Say goodbye to the risk and the nagging by swapping your dinette set for a low coffee table and comfy floor cushions. Floor seating is also an economical furniture solution for homeowners on a budget.

Chalkboard Paint

Framed artwork is beautiful, but those glass frames can cause injuries when they fall and break. Whatever frames you do you, you should secure them and prevent pets or children from getting close to them. However you can also get creative by painting your walls with chalkboard paint and drawing your own works of art. Chalkboard walls can entertain kids for hours, which makes them a great choice for playrooms. They can also be a great way to supplement a board game or playing with toys. Do you want a convenient way to display your favorite photos? Consider using magnetic chalkboard paint.

Although smart decorating solutions can help prevent accidents, there are many other safety risks in the home. Home safety is an ongoing process, home decoration plays an important part, but it is only a part. It’s important to stay aware of dangers and exercise caution when engaging in potentially hazardous activities like cooking, lighting candles or performing home repairs. Otherwise decorate your home with a mind for safety and aesthetics.
Easy Home Decor Ideas
Tags: Gemstone, Tabletop, Interior Design, Interior, Home Decor

A big part of the home decoration is to revive the goodness of the place by installing the most fitted furniture and accessories.

here are some super simple home decorating tips to help you create a home you’ll love.

Decorating with Mirror and frames

bone inlay mirrors

Give your place a regal makeover and adorn it with the very attractive bone inlay mirrors. Skillfully crafted furnishing items, coming in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors, with beautiful designs and patterning engraved upon them. A wonderful way to bring a modernistic vibe to your interior setting.

Brace Your space with Gemstone Table

Gemstone Table

Semi-precious gemstones are a source of utter beauty and elegance. A streak of light when flows into the gemstone and is reflected creates an empyreal scenario that is a surreal mixture of opulence and luminosity. Beautifully crafted semi-precious gemstone tabletops at Krystilo are finely curated. Add a charismatic charm to your interiors with the modern and exquisite range of gemstone Tables. available exclusively at Krystilo.

Decorative Stone Wall Cladding

Brighten your space with the unique “Gemstone Wall Claddings” turning out your place to be alluring. Installing Gemstone Wall Cladding is one of the most creative home decorating ideas.

Thinking of reviving your home decor? Think no more! Explore via our latest blog, 6 easy home decorating ideas and elevate the beauty of your living space. Hit the link below:
The Essence of Design Entrepreneurship and Change
By: Cihan Kayar
Tags: Interior Designers, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Architecture, Interior Design

All professionals can start their own businesses and become entrepreneurs… However, the “entrepreneurship” of design is different from that of all professionals… It also bears the burden of the “investor” initiative. It also evaluates the target audience needs for the investor, targets innovation in the product and process, and designs a flexible and aesthetic structure that will keep up with all the abstract and concrete external environmental conditions for the next 40–50 years. Not only does architectural design, it designs a life with other engineering and technological disciplines, leads the design team in all disciplines, opens vision.

Environment; turns it into a better living space for the living.

While roughly listing the steps of the design adventure; if we don’t put the title; who can distinguish whether this method is for “building” or “business model”?

“Corporate strategy planning experts” who realized this way of designing the designer developed a new discourse. “Design Oriented Thinking”… To understand and make use of these tools of designers.

Sustainable growth is the biggest problem of architectural offices… Especially considering that they provide “services” in the construction sector, which is most affected by the crises, it is not difficult to estimate the variability.

The vision, strengths and potential of each architectural office are different. So there is no specific list of recommendations; but the architect has a great power; If he develops his own business model methodically and regularly, he protects his building as if he designed it and looks like a pupil. It achieves sustainable success and continues to change lives towards beauty with beautiful designs.

By raising their heads occasionally from intensive project work; this time for their institutions:

· Constantly changing

· Macroeconomic conditions

· Competitors and other sectoral forces

· Evolving technology and trends

· Customer expectations and new customer potentials evaluate and

· Customer segments and potentials

· Product variety and new product capacities

· Ways of doing business

· Profitability trends

They should find new solutions or new business models that will review the client’s preference.
As a first step we undertake personal meeting & discussion to comprehend client’s requirements…
By: Artify Interio
Tags: Design, Interior Design

As a first step we undertake personal meeting & discussion to comprehend client’s requirements, taste, likings, timelines and tentative budgeted figure. After getting this information our team conducts a couple of visits at the proposed site for coupling client’s requirements/likings with availability of space and the surroundings. The observations are recorded and shared with the client for evaluation.

After evaluation of the first step, the conceptualization phase of the project starts. The design team starts initial design activity when the scope of the project is drafted, and a list of the desired design features and requirements is created to suit the client’s likings. The team comes out with the ideas keeping in mind various factors which include latest trend and products available to fit the requirements and the accessibility. Observations and concepts and the planned design are comprehensive discussed with the client and a broad outline of the project is tentatively finalized.

After getting approval of broad outline of the design, we prepare BOQ (Bills of quantities) giving detailed list of items to be used, their numbers and the tentative cost and the brands are to be used. The items are grouped in categories like work involving civil dismantling & construction, Painter, electric fittings and the equipment’s, all types of sanitary work, wooden and furniture work. The BOQ becomes the main document as it has all macro and micro information including financial cost. The BOQ is discussed attending and analysing to all queries of the client and thus the same is finalized. After finalization contract is entered into and an agreement is executed between the client and the company. With this the documentation part is completed and project is ready for its execution.
Coffee Table Books
By: Iman Hersi
Tags: Books And Authors, Urbanism, Architecture, Interior Design, Coffee Culture

Unsplash: Claudia Lorusso, Antwerp Port House by Zaha Hadid Architects, Antwerp, Belgium

I’ve always had a deep love for a good ole coffee table book. I could spend days, on end, flipping through the home and design architecture section at Indigo. I have spent years collecting modern hygge books about dazzling interior, visual culture, architectural design and beautiful aesthetics. There’s something so comfortable about sitting down, lighting a candle and flipping through pages to discover the secrets of unique spaces.

Galesten

I love many brands and authors, by far love the Gestalten collection, a German publisher that has a wide array of visual design books on art, architecture and lifestyle. Galesten focuses on developing content about visual culture and contemporary creativity.

Books are available on websites and local bookshops:

Zaha Hadid

Dame Zaha Hadid was a world-renown British-Iraqi architect, she had an extraordinary and innovative eye for designing. Hadid pushed beyond boundaries/stereotypes as a feminist architect, her flamboyant buildings and designs left a mark for generations. Hadid was the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, 2004 and the first woman to win the Royal Institue of British Architecture Gold Mold in 2016.

Books are available on websites and local bookshops:

Travel by Design is the classic travel guide you’ve always wanted, including over 350 photographs of exotic vacations and international cities. The captivating images are paired with remarks from designers and creatives about their must-see destinations. This lovely collection of locales provides inspiration for anything from secret shopping suggestions to restaurant recommendations.

This is Home is a detailed guide to designing genuine, heartfelt interiors. It’s about living simply — figuring out what makes you happy at home and constructing spaces that reflect your wants and requirements. It illustrates that you don’t need a lot of money to construct a beautiful house, owing to its creative ideas and places. This is Home includes examples and case studies.

Please comment down below your favourite architecture/design coffee books.
A palace-like interior and the nostalgic entice of carousels!
By: Savitha Hira
Tags: Design, Lifestyle, Travel, Restaurant, Interior Design

Photography: Francis Amiand; courtesy Studio MHNA

Studio MHNA casts a magical spell over the La Rotonde restaurant, its carousel-themed interior paying homage to a timeless, bygone era.

Situated on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France and located within the remarkable Negresco Hotel, the restaurant is as iconic as the hotel itself. Known for its classic, yet modern luxury, the hotel flaunts spaces and architecture intrinsic to a palace. Distinguished by a treasure trove of antique collectibles, classical modern art works and luxurious decorations, the hotel interior fuses splendour with modernity, creating an unforgettable atmosphere — an enterprise of Madame Augier, the owner.

La Rotonde draws inspiration from dreamlike carousels, the vivid sculptural animals and their make-believe, imaginative world. An acknowledgement to Madame Augier and the design style represented at the hotel, the restaurant evokes a sense of surrealism. Composing deluxe and imaginative spaces emphasized by fantasy elements, the hotel and restaurant outlines a signature design style to captivate guests. Tastefully blending art and history, the design instils the sentiment of joie de vivre.

The restaurant employs the brilliance of local artisans and gilders including those labelled by EPV (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant) to craft the spaces within. Ornate walls embellished with gold leaf blend to achieve a gradient treatment. Adding to the sensory experience are video projectors showcasing the Italian sky moving in slow motion. Luminous by day and star spangled by night fall, the interiors bring out originality and creative genius, where dining is a surprising and magical affair.
Homes by HomeLane: Vikram and Aditi’s Bengaluru Home — HomeLane Blog
By: Homelane Interiors
Tags: Home Improvement, Homedesign, Home, Homelane, Interior Design

Vikram, an IT professional and Aditi, a financial analyst, found HomeLane while looking for the perfect interior design company to do the interiors of their new home in Bengaluru. The couple, who both love to cook, was clear on their needs for their home. They wanted a large, comfortable space to entertain friends and family. They were also particular about how they wanted to use their second bedroom. What would have typically been used as a guest room, was turned into an entertainment room. This lets them use the couple every day instead of just once in a blue moon when guests would stay over.

The beginning

Not knowing what to expect from HomeLane initially, the couple decided to check out one of the experience centers. This gave the couple a real feel of the style and quality that HomeLane offers. Vikram felt that experiencing the space, rather than just seeing a bunch of pictures, really helped him make a decision. Once they met with their design partner, Shilpa, they had a chance to discuss all their ideas and specifications. She made them feel confident that they were putting their money in the right place.

The outcome

For the couple, buying their own home was an exciting milestone, especially because it was their first one. They had hundreds of ideas for theirs. Big ideas that could be executed because it was finally their own place. The problem was figuring out how to bring them all together. Turns out that HomeLane was the expert assistance they needed.

Let’s Take a Walk

Originally published at https://www.homelane.com on June 17, 2019.
Make Institutes and Offices look brighter by investing in LED Tubes
By: Jay Baer
Tags: Lighting, Home Improvement, Interior Design, Led Tube Lights, Home Decor

Schools are the learning institutions that offer us the right teaching and help us in becoming more responsible and intelligent. The students can study in a more appropriate way if effective lighting is provided to them inside the classrooms as lacking in it can hamper their studies and can result in poor eye-sight as well. Hence the school authorities should invest in LED Tubes so that the classrooms are properly illuminated and maximum benefits can be provided to the students, teachers, and administrators as well.

LED Tubes by LEDMyplace

By changing the lighting system inside schools to these LED tubes you will find that there is proper illumination, uniformity, and non-flicking in the lights which were earlier missing in the traditional lights. The LED tubes are much better than the traditional tube lights and will offer many more benefits which are discussed beneath.

Other advantages of using LED tubes are as follows:

1. Illumination

The lumen output of these LED tubes is much better than the traditional lights and therefore they are capable to make the place look more visible and illuminated all the time. For example, if you have installed 4FT LED tubes that consume 18w of electricity to emit 2400 lumens, then there is no need to continue using 50w of traditional lights. By installing these LED tube lights not only the level of lighting will improve but you can also make great reductions in the monthly electricity bills as well.

2. Flicker Free

Most of the times we witness experience Flicker sound coming from the traditional lights which make the environment more disturbed, but this is not the case if we invest in LED tubes as they can produce flicker-free and soundproof lighting results which are a great way to make the students focus on their studies as well. So make the right move by installing these LED lights that start instantly and the students and teachers will be able to enjoy maximum lighting results without getting affected by any kind of external disturbances.

LED Tube Lights for Offices by LEDMyplace

3. Eco-friendly lights

By installing these eco-friendly LED tubes you can protect the environment from getting polluted and moreover can inspire students to use eco-friendly products as to how important it is to protect the environment from getting polluted. By using these lights you are actually giving a live example to the students about the benefits of eco-friendly LED tubes and they will surely follow your footprints post graduating from the schools.

Closing Note

So make changes in the entire lighting system insides schools or at any other indoor places by installing these LED tubes, these lights are available in various different sizes including 2ft, 4ft and 8ft so make the perfect selection accordingly and replace those fluorescent and halogen lights in order to preserve the environment and to save more. Check out the website for more details: https://www.ledmyplace.com
10 Man Cave Ideas For 2019
By: Cosplay. Shopping
Tags: Interior Design, Man Cave

1. Natural Brick Walls

Natural brick walls make any Man Cave more “manly”. Don’t have brick in your home? There are many affordable faux brick veneers available.

2. Wood Pallet Bar

Pallet bars are easy to make and lend a comforting feel to any Man Cave. Break down the wood from that last pallet delivery and make something beautiful.

3. Personalized Flasks

Carrying a personalized flask is a right of passage for some men. These flasks are available in stainless steel, copper or matte black and are perfect for customization of any Man Cave.

4. Light And Shadows

Play with light and shadows by incorporating darker colors. This deep navy color captures a man’s shadowy mystique while the dramatic burgundy rugs bring in a playful pop of color.

5. Ottoman Makeover

Something as simple as recovering an old piece of furniture (like this ottoman) can make all the difference in bringing a room together.

6. Football Field Rug

Whether you’re watching the game or having a beer, a custom rug can add a casual style to your room. This DIY Football Field rug is perfect for avid football fans.

7. Classic Bench Seating

Reclaimed wood offers a big advantage in creative design. Incorporate bench seating into smaller areas for a dramatic effect.

8. Garage Renovation

A garage renovation is perfect for any Man Cave. Be sure to use the space properly — elevated shelves and plenty of wall art will still leave room for the car.

9. Minimal Design

For the bibliophile who prefers minimal design, a simple sitting area with plenty of bookcases makes the perfect Man Cave. Just add a comfortable chair, a stylish throw and plenty of books.

10. DIY Beverage Cabinet

Save money by using existing furniture, like this computer desk, to repurpose into a beverage cabinet. Cabinets are ideal for storing water and soda, and it’s easy to install a lock for liquor.
We’ve been Rêver(ing) for a year now!
By: Studio Rever
Tags: Visual Merchandising, One Year Anniversary, Design Studio, Spatial Design, Interior Design

Harishitaa & Ankita, Co-founders of Studio Rêver

We distinctly remember the feeling, nervously pressing the share button on our first social media post, one year ago, today! After months of research, meticulous planning and countless hours spent on calls, our dream was finally turning into reality. We were very aware that while we might put in our best efforts, starting a business during a pandemic would bring a set of unforeseen challenges. We didn’t know what to expect, but we knew that it was either now or a tomorrow that never comes.

Images from some of Studio Rêver’s projects over the past year

We reached out to people from both our personal networks, telling them what we planned on doing and hoping for support, maybe a potential client. Each of them was so open and welcoming, keen to share their insights and learnings, giving us the boost we needed to start. After sending out a few messages and cold emails, our first project finally came through. Studio Rêver was up and running.

Each day has come with a new challenge, but also a new learning experience. Both of us have taken on various roles in trying to build Rêver. From designers to recruiters and even accountants, each role has been a great learning experience. Now, having a team that truly understands our vision and also believes in it as their own makes it all seem easy.

Harshitaa, Niyati, Pallavi and Ankita from the team

A huge shoutout to our lovely team that loves dreaming with us. Niyati, our truly Gen-Z person, juggles all forms of marketing, be it social media, website development, content or calls, and can even style the perfect shoot. Pallavi, our in-house Visual Merchandising genie, whose new goal is to create a pop-up in as many restaurants as possible, giving her the perfect excuse to enjoy their food over and over again! We’re currently hoping she doesn't switch careers to food blogging. Nirali, the newest entrant to our team, drawing, measuring and planning all our dreams. Sanjay, who sometimes has more faith in us than we do and has never said no to a challenge! Eshika, Neev, Ajuni, Shyamolie, Danisha and Bhumika, who have worked tirelessly over the past year!

This past year has taught us to believe in ourselves and in our dreams. We’ve been fortunate to work with clients who’ve trusted us to bring their vision to life and helped us express our creativity in a fun and new way. We have a long way to go, but each day brings us closer to our dream. Rêver is to dream, to imagine and that’s exactly what we’ve been doing for a year now!
Master Interior Design Hacks at Inifd Gurugram
By: Inifd Gurugram
Tags: Interior Design Services, Interior Designers, Interior Design

Interior Design as a career is an excellent choice especially when people are becoming more and more aware of having creative and functional spaces to live in and at work. When you enroll in INIFD Gurugram for a course in interior design, you are taking a step towards a flourishing career and a lifetime of recognition. For you as an interior design student, it is very important to be able to successfully buy, design and/or procure materials and products that enhance your client’s lifestyle.

Following Interior Design Hacks will help you do that quickly:

Importance of Small Furniture

Today, city living and city lifestyle feel very crammed up and so you need to learn how to create comfort with minimal space and utilize that very little space to the max in the ever-constricting flats and small houses of big cities. Enrolling at Inifd Gurgaon for the interior design course, you’ll learn how to choose the ideal furniture for small apartments without compromising on beauty and functionality.

Wall Mounted Lights

As long as we are on tiny spaces in big cities, we might as well ditch stand-alone lamps for wall mounted glowing beauties. A small house can benefit a lot from this one major interior design hack which you will be taught at INIFD Gurugram. You will learn how to pick the right lighting fixtures to create just the right amount of shadows and drama.

Center Of Attention

When you are picking a singular tone for a client or a monotone décor for space, you will be taught how to make a centerpiece or a painting or even something as mundane as a paperweight stand out as the center of attention by just adding a bit of color to it. Jazz it up with INIFD Gurugram.

People may tell you that there is no shortcut to success, however, when you choose to build your career with the support of INIFD Gurugram in Interior Design or Fashion Design, you have taken the best foot forward and the shortest route to success.

For more details on INIFD Gurugram courses, contact +91- 9599645606, +91–9871064050 or email at inifd.events@gmail.com
How do interior designers add value to your home?
By: Definespace Interiors
Tags: Home Improvement, Homedesign, Renovations, Interior Design, Decor

Yes, interior designers are responsible for adding value to your home. Though the cost of hiring an interior designer may be high, you will never regret this investment. This will prove to be a fruitful investment for sure. If you really want to add value to your home, then you should prefer to choose an interior designer who is well-versed, highly skilled, and highly knowledgeable in the field of interior designing. It is a fact that experience matters a lot in this field, therefore, you should be wise enough in choosing the right interior designer for your home. One of the leading and highly skilled team of professional designers is De’Fine Space. De’Fine Space is a wonderful team of 200+ dexterous members, having experience of more than 20 years in the field of interior designing. Our team has successfully completed around 1000 high-level projects across the country. Now let us have a look at how De’Fine Space adds value to your home.

Enhance the resale value of your home

Getting your home renovated and remodeled by an interior designer is sure to enhance the resale value of your home. De’Fine Space gives a perfect finishing touch to your home which automatically upgrades the overall beauty of your home. We know how to make your home stand out from the crowd making their sale easier.

Get exposure to industrial knowledge

An experienced interior designer has a great knowledge of the industry and has connections with many industry experts. This knowledge of an interior designer will help you in investing the right amount in the right place. The interior designer will help you with the best brands, products, ideas, and solutions. De’Fine Space is highly efficient in doing all this for its clients as it has experience of over 20 years in the designing industry.

Direct links with the contractor

An interior designer is an expert at coordinating and communicating with the contractor. He/she ensures that everything works according to your hopes and expectations. So, if you feel hesitant to communicate effectively with your contractor, then your interior designer is there to assist you. De’Fine Space has strong and robust relations with the best and leading contractors in the world of interior designing that will help you in getting things done effectively and smoothly.

Robust professional network

De’Fine Space has a well-developed network of experienced and trustworthy contractors. This network will deliver both perfect and excellent results, thus adding shine and value to your home.
How long does gypsum plastering last?
Tags: Plastering, House, Construction, Interior, Interior Design

Usually, gypsum plastering is used for interior wall plastering and the setting time is faster than any other materials. Gypsum is heated to a high temperature throughout the production process to create a new compound with fewer water molecules, and the packages are tightly sealed. After applying gypsum plaster the walls will be strong and it will last longer. Even for historic time gypsum is widely used for plastering for its properties.

Gypsum Plaster has a minimum shelf life of 3–4 months from the date of production. However, if properly stored, gypsum can last up to 6 months, depending on temperature and humidity. After applying on the walls it lasts longer with a smooth finish.

Interior building has found gypsum to be a marvelous material. Gypsum surface plaster is one kind that has gained favor in the industry.

The Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, which were coated with gypsum stucco plaster millennia ago and are still standing today, are the oldest example of gypsum used as an inside plaster.

Learn more about and gypsum plaster products.
Design for Young Adults and Children’s Rooms
By: Digital Webfrog
Tags: Kids Room, Interior Design, Wall Stickers, Wallpapers For Walls

I am Romilla Tiwari. A mother, an entrepreneur, a creative mind, Romilla is all of these, not necessarily in that order. It’s what lies in the foundation of Eunoia Designs, founded by Romilla in 2009.

I have a long professional career, always linked to furniture and decoration. My interest in specializing in children’s and youth rooms.

I do not doubt that “the little free time” is the common denominator today for everyone. That is why I intend to facilitate the task of making your children’s bedroom a dream come true.

I will advise you on how to furnish the room and where to locate the furniture you want. I invite you to contact me, we are sure that we will find the solution to any type of space.

One of the most important parts of buying a bedroom is its correct installation, and for this, I have the collaboration of a great team of professionals with a long and impeccable career.

Together we get everything to be perfect. Contact me at mail@thinkcutieful.com and we will arrange an interview, without any commitment. You can also request a budget and 3D design for free. You will surely like the results.
Showing All the Colors
By: Wendy Del Monte
Tags: Design, People Of Color, Equality, Bipoc, Interior Design

Many people visit the Berkshire Mountains for the beautiful scenery and peaceful atmosphere. It’s the type of place that you’ll find inspiration all around you- from the gorgeous landscapes to the picturesque towns filled with wonderful places to explore.

In the quaint town of Lenox, is the Cornell Inn. The Inn was built in the 1700’s and 1800’s and is full of history and stories. They’ve been working hard with something new and exciting to the Inn- a renovation. Not just any renovation, they will be working with The Kaleidoscope Project to showcase Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) to redesign parts of the Inn. The Showhouse will encompass The Main House & The Carriage House, where 23 BIPOC designers will renovate 18 guest rooms and suites, a lobby area, dining room, and bar.

The Kaleidoscope Project teamed with Ellen DeGeneres, Elle Décor Magazine, and over 30 design brands such as Benjamin Moore, Kohler, Kravet, and The Shade Store, and more to transform The Cornell Inn into a showhouse featuring BIPOC designers.

In the world of design, there is a distinct lack of BIPOC works. Kaleidoscope co-founder Amy Lynn Schwartzband said that “The Kaleidoscope Project’s mission is to foster this under-acknowledged community and create a more representative view of our design trades and the world where we live and create.”

The chosen designers have incredible visions for the historic Inn. The Mood Boards show exciting designs.

Design: Nikki Klugh

Design: Purvi Padia

“I’m thrilled Elle Decor is joining The Kaleidoscope Project and throwing our brand behind this incredible effort to support beautiful work by a diverse roster of design talent,” says Asad Syrkett, Elle Decor, Editor in Chief.

Not only will the Cornell Inn showhouse highlight BIPOC designs, but the proceeds from the ticket sales of tours of the Inn will also be used to provide scholarship opportunities for Parsons School of Design, Black Artist + Design Guild, and the New York School of Interior Design to support Black, Indigenous and People of Color interested in an art or design career.

“With the advent of the Black Lives Matter Movement, we in the design industry community sought to support our Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community in an actionable fashion. We are seeking to show the true colors present within our community and to create welcoming and inclusive spaces that reflect a broader design narrative.” — Patti Carpenter, co-founder of The Kaleidoscope Project, and Principal for carpenter + company .

This unique opportunity will celebrate the diversity and talent that exists within the creative interior design industry.
Introducing MetaMundo — Let’s Build The Metaverse Together
Tags: Architecture, Metaverse, Interior Design, Virtual Reality

Hello, world. We’re excited to share our vision for MetaMundo, a new platform enabling innovative creators to shape how people interact with the virtual world.

Why are we here

We believe in a future where interactions are increasingly hosted in unique immersive virtual environments far beyond what is possible in the physical world. Where people are free to express themselves in any way they want and meaningful connections are fostered between people from anywhere on the planet.

The world’s largest technology companies are investing heavily in virtual reality technology, making immersive metaverse experiences more accessible for the mainstream audience. Facebook’s Oculus VR headset now retails as low as $350, and Apple is planning on launching an AR/VR device next year. These developments open up new economies and opportunities for 3D creators to help shape what these environments look like, how people interact within them, and what they can do. But these environments and the objects within them need to be built.

How we see the future

We believe the decentralised creator economy is the future of the web. Our goal is to empower 3D creators to generate new revenue streams by giving them more ownership and control over their intellectual property. We’ll equip creators with a suite of tools that help build a following, stay connected with their community, monetise their creations and control their IP — so they can focus on doing what they love: designing and bringing their creations to life for the community to enjoy.

Central to our mission, and core to unlocking the potential of the metaverse, is ensuring the interoperability of digital creations across different virtual environments. As a creator, if you design and build a spaceship, we want to make sure that this spaceship is capable and usable in as many different games or virtual environments as possible. To make this possible we’re currently working on establishing partnerships with key players, exploring how we can develop new open-source standards, as well as contributing to enhancing existing protocols to deliver creators best-in-class interoperability for their creations.

Stay tuned for more details and exciting updates in the coming weeks. Connect with us on Twitter, or Telegram.

The MetaMundo Team.
The unlikely connection between childhood trauma and interior design
By: Ellen Mallernee Barnes
Tags: Design Psychology, Trauma, Attachment Theory, Amber Dunford, Interior Design

My interest in interior design began in high school. One of my diary entries luxuriates in a description of the inky blue I’d painted my bedroom and how much it pleased me.

Color, especially, has fascinated me. On the spot, I can rattle off the names of many brands’ paint colors. I may even be able to tell you the name of the particular shade of white on your walls, but no promises.

I ended up being a writer, not an interior designer. I make up the difference by writing about design as often as I can.

For one recent assignment, I interviewed design psychologist Amber Dunford over Zoom. She described color with the relish of a chef describing a flavor. Her favorite greens to decorate with, she said, are those that are either “watery” or “deep and vegetal.”

Amber unknowingly gave me a gift during that interview by connecting the dots between those long dreary weekends at my dad’s and my longtime preoccupation with making everything around me pretty.

Besides designing the sets you see on Overstock.com, Amber teaches a college course of her own creation that probes the relationship between our feelings and our spaces.

She explained, “Past attachments to spaces from your childhood can be positive or negative. From zero to five are your formative years for attaching to another person. That’s your blueprint for how you operate. Based on how that went for you, it colors how you attach to people in your adult life.”

Attachment theory has been another, more recent, preoccupation of mine. The theory holds that a behavioral system has evolved to keep infants close to their caregivers, safe from harm. Infants either relate to their caregivers in a way that’s anxious, avoidant, or secure (the latter is ideal AF). Later in life, these attachment types reveal themselves like Polaroids in our relationships with people we love or whom we wish to be loved by.

Many of us heard about attachment theory in Psych 101 and then promptly forgot about it. Maybe we didn’t yet care why our childhoods had fucked us up because we hadn’t yet realized how profoundly they had.

Plus, the story isn’t a particularly compelling one to most college students. It involves scientists and a lab in Baltimore in the 1960s, caregivers, toys, introducing toddlers to strangers and evaluating their reactions. And a pioneering woman named Mary Ainsworth.

What I wasn’t familiar with was that it’s not just how we grew up, or with whom, but where that shapes the way we relate. Houses, spaces and places — both those we drift through and those we inhabit — have a way of getting into our nervous system.
Windows Application Testing using FlaUI
By: Codoid Innovations
Tags: Test Automation, Software Testing, Codoid, Automation Testing, Automation

It is an Open-source UI based automation library to test your application which runs on Windows OS. It wraps almost all of the libraries used in the Microsoft UI Automation Test Library. We can use FlaUI libraries to automate win32, WinForms, WPF and Windows Store apps.

The below are the libraries provided by FlaUI, we will see the uses of those libraries against each one of them:

FlaUI.core — This Library will has base elements used in the concrete implementations of FlaUI.

FlaUI.UIA2 — This Library is used to automate win32 and winforms applications.

FlaUI.UIA3 — This Library is used to automate WPF and windows store apps.

Windows Application Testing using FlaUI

Installation of FlaUI:

1. Create a New Project in Visual Studio

2. Right-click on the project and select “Manage NuGet Packages” (Using NuGet Package Manager)

3. Select the ‘Browse’ tab and Search for FlaUI, it will display the FlaUI libraries.

4. Install the below libraries from NuGet package manager

FLAui.core, Flaui.uia2, Flaui.uia3.

NOTE: The downloaded libraries are limited to the project, which means it is not available by default for all projects.

How to launch the application using FlaUI:

1) To start testing one should implement the static method “Launch” from the “Application” class which is available in FlaUI.Core library.

2) You should pass the application path (the application you installed in your machine and you want to automate) as a parameter to the Launch method as given in the below example.

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Mock iOS Simulator’s location before running UI tests from CI
By: Aya Akl
Tags: Testautomation, Mocking, Location, Ci, iOS

There is a great CLI tool by Lyft that can be used to change and setting location of the iOS simulator: set-simulator-location

But we should have booted simulator running so that the tool can set the location correctly.

Once you install and setup the CLI tool, just run a shell command like:

$ set-simulator-location -c 37.7765 -122.3918

and you will see the shell answers that the simulator location has changed to the required longitude and latitude.

The tool can set the location by two ways, as per their documentation:

Set a specific latitude and longitude:

$ set-simulator-location -c 37.7765 -122.3918

2. Or using place search.

$ set-simulator-location -q Lyft HQ San Francisco

We can also specify which simulator we want to change the location to because this CLI tool will change to all simulators by doing the following:

$ set-simulator-location -c 37.7765 -122.3918 -s iPhone X

So how we use it through our UI Tests:

We need to make sure that the location is set before our UI tests.

We need to make sure that the simulator is booted so that the tool can work and behave correctly.

We need to make sure that this is integrated to our CI.

So to enable this, please do the following (In your CI job of running UI tests):

First, we need to take a look here and use simctl which is a binary to interact with iOS simulators from command line by Apple as explained here: simctl, Control iOS Simulators from Command Line

Add a task under the CI job with Shell executable. Add the following code to the shell script that would do three things:

Boot a simulator

Open the simulator

Set the location

Close the simulator

xcrun simctl boot 'iPhone 8'

open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/Simulator.app

set-simulator-location -c 37.7765 -122.3918

xcrun simctl shutdown 'iPhone 8'

3. Then call your UI tests task in the CI job to run them using the mocked location set.

This is a way only to mock simulator location before running the UI tests.

HAPPY TESTING!
Brian Johnson — Inside Giant Moments
By: San Francisco Giants
Tags: Brian Johnson, Baseball, MLB, Inside Giant Moments, San Francisco Giants

By Mark Willard

In the business of radio, we are very familiar with what we call “driveway” moments. A driveway moment is when someone or something on the radio is so compelling, that as you pull into the driveway, you can’t get out of the car. You just sit there, listening.

Brian Johnson created the most memorable driveway moment I’ve ever experienced as a listener. It was a Thursday and I had just started my senior year in college. I worked at a small radio station in Paso Robles calling high school football games. With a road game coming the next night, I went to the station to meet with my boss and pick up the equipment I would need. I don’t remember how long I was in there, I just know I wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible so I could hear what was going in the Giants game. They were, of course, playing the Dodgers with 10 days left in the season and trailing by 1 in the standings.

All I remember is hurrying to the car to check in on the score. I turned the key in the ignition of my Nissan Maxima. The radio came on. The first pitch I heard, was the first pitch of the bottom of the 12th. And you probably know what happened on that pitch.

Johnson’s home run won the game and inspired the Giants to the NL West crown the following week. I asked him if people often tell him that they remember where they were when he hit that ball. It turns out I’m the only one who can still recall every detail about September 18, 1997.

This conversation was really special. He slowed down every moment of that day and added fabric that even the biggest Giants fan hasn’t heard before. But there was so much more. Johnson’s athletic journey is not like many others. From his days as a quarterback at Stanford to his days in the minors with Bruce Bochy, Johnson’s story is the true manifestation of the dreams many of us have growing up.
Phillies Strikeout King
By: Larry Shenk
Tags: Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies

Art Mahaffey (Phillies photo)

Mahaffey fans 17 Cubs on 146 pitches

By Larry Shenk

There have been some great strikeout pitchers in Phillies history, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Robin Roberts, Jim Bunning, Steve Carlton and Curt Schilling.

But the honor of having the biggest strikeout game in franchise history belongs to Art Mahaffey, who spent six seasons with the Phillies (1960–65). The right-hander from Cincinnati, OH, struck out 17 Chicago Cubs in the second game of a Sunday afternoon doubleheader at Connie Mack Stadium on April 23, 1961.

The 17 Ks matched the Major League record for most in a day game, set by Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals against the Cubs, July 30, 1933.

Mahaffey, 23, threw 146 pitches that afternoon, of which only 48 were called balls.

“I had an unbelievable fastball and curve ball,” he recalled. “I threw mostly fastballs, particularly in the late innings. Earlier, I got maybe five or six strikeouts with my curve.” Mahaffey had 15 strikeouts through seven innings. He struck out only one in each of the last two innings. “I had two strikes on the last four hitters but only got one strikeout. I came so close to having more than 17.

He fanned Don Zimmer, Ron Santo, Ernie Banks and Frank Thomas three times each. One batter who didn’t was ex-Phil Richie Ashburn. He pinch-hit in the eighth inning. “Whitey was tough to strike out. I remember he hit a line drive to (Johnny) Callison in right field,” said Mahaffey, an All-Star in both 1961 and 1962.

“I remember everything about it,” said Mahaffey. “Matter of fact, I was at a golf tournament with Frank Thomas one time and he was telling me I didn’t strike him out that day. He was wrong. He was 3-for-3, three Ks. Early in the game Pancho (Herrera) dropped a foul pop-up hit by Thomas. I struck Frank out on the next pitch.

“It is amazing how many fans remember this game. There’s a photo of Connie Mack Stadium from that day and I’ve signed many an autograph, always including 4/23/61.”

One other note about the day, Frank Sullivan, a 6-foot-6 right-hander, blanked the Cubs, 1–0, in the first game. It marked the last time the Phillies had two shutouts in a doubleheader.

Prior to Mahaffey’s big day, the Phillies record for strikeouts in a game was 13 shared by three pitchers: Ray Benge, June 16, 1929; Robin Roberts, May 2, 1957 and Jack Sanford, June 7, 1957. Oddly, the opponent in each case was the Cubs.

Four Phillies pitchers have come close to Mahaffey’s record, falling one short: Steve Carlton, June 9, 1982 (Cubs); Curt Schilling, September 9, 1997 (New York Yankees); Cliff Lee, May 6, 2011 (Atlanta Braves) and Vince Velasquez, April 14, 2016 (San Diego Padres).

Chris Short did fan 18 on October 2, 1965 at the New York Mets, but that game went 18 innings.