In case you missed the first blog posting (you can click here to get caught up) this is part two of a five-part design series chronicling my trip to New York City last week. The first post highlighted the evocatively-named AllSaints Spitalfields, a marvelous example...
Regardless of how beautifully appointed a redecorated space is, when it comes time to placing an ‘art’ object on a wall, almost inevitably an ‘it will do’ object makes its way into the mix. More often than not, that ‘it will do’ object is a...
Yesterday I returned from a five-day-pilgrimage seeking out the very best of what NYC has to offer in terms of interior design, industrial design, and storefront | Studio design. In addition to interviewing several designers, I knew I'd be required to devote a lot of...
If you're reading this post on the 8th, I will be on a highway somewhere between Saint John and Bangor to catch a plane to New York City. Robert and Alyx (15-year-old daughter) will be experiencing NYC for the first time! There, we'll meet Kathy...
This column ran in the Telegraph Journal art's section, Salon - here. Like walls unimaginatively dressed in a tired or just plain wrong paint colour, floors can be tricky - especially when it comes to carpet choice. Not only are carpeted floors much more expensive to...
Last night was the 27th Outstanding Business Achievement Awards held by the Saint John Board of Trade. I was lucky enough to be a finalist in the Entrepreneurial Achievement, and found out last night that I won. Several people asked if they could read my speech...
Last Friday the latest edition of Sotheby's 'International Architecture & Design" Magazine arrived in our mailbox, much to our delight. As many of you know, IAD is following the build of our house designed by our friends and architects, Stephen Kopp and Monica Adair of...
Over the last couple of weeks I've been receiving shipments from all over the world: Denmark, Iceland, New York, Montreal, and Indonesia; nearly every day a shipment of industrial design objects I've spent (in some cases) up to a year sourcing and researching for TUCK....
Redesign, even without the sometimes radical changes to structure that renovation can entail, can be a costly undertaking. From the get-go – quite understandably – the most common concern clients have is cost. The element in any project guaranteed to make the greatest difference to a...
Today I am proud to announce the arrival of the newest members of the PUNCH team. Yes, that's plural: 'Members'! But first, the backstory: Several weeks ago I posted an ad looking for a part-time employee. I was pleasantly surprised -- indeed, shocked -- by how...
As someone who, in the last decade or so, founded two artist-run galleries but whose current career now involves making a living in interior design, I’m often asked how my interest shifted from art to design. My change in professional focus wasn’t so much a shift...
So much has happened over the last weeks, it's hard to keep track. I'll try to limit this summary of happenings to three categories: New Clients | New Colleague | Awards: PUNCH INSIDE: Punch Inside has been incredibly busy of late! I'm not sure if it's the season...