Maison Staples

A hundred years ago, in Wichita, Kansas, a revolution began: fast food. And a hundred years later, the industry looks a lot different… literally! In this post, I’m digging into why your favorite chain restaurants so often and suddenly change their looks.

Starting in the early 1950s until his retirement in 1990, I.M. Pei flourished on an international scale with a distinct, awe-inspiring modern style. Equipped with degrees from MIT and Harvard, he accomplished more by age 29 than other architects twice his age.

I came across an interesting question a few weeks ago. Is there such a thing as "nerd chic" when it comes to interiors? This idea of turning a nerdy fascination into something aesthetic and appealing from a design perspective. It's interesting because, as a fellow nerd, it made me look

This morning, my wife told me we needed to talk. To any married person, or really any person in a relationship, this is not a good sign. We needed to talk about certain targeted ads she'd been seeing recently for conversation pits. gulp I knew this was coming. What's up

Would it really be a design blog if the first issue wasn't about the 20th Century dynamic duo that was Eames?