Archive for the ‘Monday’ Category

“This is my attic. Rain drips through that glowing window on the days when it isn’t glowing and sun bakes the room on the glowing days.  But nobody else in the neighborhood is up this high in the air, so they don’t care if I plug in an amp or play a drum kit. At […]

A few things to know about my desk, which is located inside of a house built in 1929… A. There’s always tea on it. Either iced or hot. B. There’s usually a cat on it. See him sitting on the monitor at the right? His name is Panther. His mother Willow is usually somewhere else. […]

“As you can see, I like an ordered and spare, but not sterile, space. I can OCD-up a desk like nobody’s business, arranging the position of a stapler or my stationery until they are just so, but I also like color and texture. My desk at our new food52 office near Union Square is all […]

“Prints of my latest textile patterns I’m working on are on the walls. My new collection of jewelry for a small collection spring is off to the left. Getting ready to shoot it soon. My camera plus odds and ends of different materials I am working with for new sculptures are on the back left of the […]

“My husband, designer Abbott Miller, derisively refers to my office set-up as “A Thousand Plateaus,” in reference to the rambling work surface that I have compiled out of mismatched bits of furniture to create a buzzing nest of productivity. Key elements: two computer monitors (plus an iPad for when I really really need three screens), a […]

“I recently renovated the lower level of my house and created a dedicated workspace, along with a music room and woodshop. I love all-white spaces as you can tell, and I’m not even Swedish. Usually I try to keep it clean, but can’t help but have a desk full of sketches most of the time. […]