Wear Your Chair, Runaway Design, Show #154 October 10, 2008
Do you ever wish you could wear your chair? Or have a chair made out of your favorite dress? You’re not alone. The merging of fashion design and interior design is an intriguing idea and is now becoming the latest in the design world. As a matter of fact, the crossover of design fields may surprise you–architecture, art, fashion design, interior design, textiles, and the list goes on. Our interview today with authors Judith Griffin and Penny Collins of the book Wear Your Chair offer great insight into the history of design and how the interdisciplinary fields of fashion and interior design are becoming mainstream. Give it a listen. Better yet, pick up your own copy of Wear Your Chair at your local independent book shop. Run with it! runawaydesign@gmail.com
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Did you think we gave up the ghost? Sorry for the lapse, but we all got some much needed R & R. Now with school in full swing and schedules to match, we’re coming back at you nice and strong. We have some great series lined up and hope you stay tuned. For starters, we’re finding ourselves starting to surface from all we let go during the summer. No complaints, but it IS nice to get some re-organization. Consider adding built-ins to your list of must-haves in the organization dept. Not only do they give you that extra storage, they also add VALUE to your home. And these days, who doesn’t want a little increase in your home value!
First of all, please excuse the sound quality in parts of this podcast. Not quite sure what happened and even less sure on how to fix it. Hopefully these 2 recipes for grilling rubs will make up for it. Wow your guests with our favorites:
Wow!! Our summer has gotten off to a great start, and because of that our grand ideas of getting our summer shows up and out there has been a little lacking. So, after our nice hiatus, we bring you today’s show. Projects are never easy to finish in the summer, but we have a feeling this one might just be up your alley. Actually, your kids’ alley. Let them help in making their rooms their very own summer paradise. With any luck, it will last all summer!! Photo courtesy of 
