The Design District

We’ve long been fans of COLOURlovers…colors and palettes and patterns, oh my!

Send us your updated designs for Portland neighborhood flags.

Observed in web wanderings, a little reminder of outdoor living, and a clever seating idea…

book party for Sean Hogan’s (Cistus Nursery) Trees for All Seasons at Pastaworks

Sing it out, Julie Andrews…”these are a few of my favorite things”...the judges have spoken, but Julie and I have a few of our own favorites among the finalists of Spaces inaugural Root Awards

When I say dining room table in the closet, it still won’t quite prepare you for this.

can you even call these beautiful prefab structures sheds?

the Eastside’s modern outpost…where the succulent, the art, the object, and the book complement one another…

two sleek white iPod speaker solutions…neither of which plug into the wall

Rejuvenation’s mid-century modern range gets its own name and website: Satellite.

fabricator, furniture designer…gone? back? Three stories about Mr. G.

never a better time than to be on your toes…find out from top creative directors how to make your portfolio rock

once-a-year chance to get a deal on minimalist luxe leathergoods Made in Oregon

possibly the last warmish night of fall, Friday was the opening of Olio United’s REPEAT show…see photos…

interior architect Jeff Lamb lectures at White Stag Block on Monday

Still time to get tickets to the inaugural Root Awards gala celebrating Portland Spaces’ design awards for Portland

Tonight, November 7 at Olio United (1028 SE Water), get first dibs on limited edition goods by a dozen pattern artists and illustrators at the opening of REPEAT: Pattern Art. Pattern on wallpaper,...

Portland has her rhododendrons. Santa Barbara has bougainvillea with hot pink paper-thin flowers formally indistinguishable from its leaves…and the climate that nurtured it and other, to us, exotics like birds of paradise…...