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David-Michael Design, Inc. Is Part of Award-Winning Team
23 Feb 2009
PRESS RELEASE
February 2009
The Design Excellence Awards of 2008 were recently announced by the Multi-Housing News, and Pacifica, a mixed-use, mid-rise community in Long Beach, California was graciously awarded ‘Best Transit-Oriented Community’.
In partnership with Lennar, the developer behind Pacifica, Santa Ana based david-michael design, inc. planned and executed the interior architectural design of the Welcome Home Sales Center Studio, Recreation Center and Model Home for the community.
“David-Michael Design was honored to be included in the award-winning Pacifica team," said David-Michael Madigan, Principal of david-michael design, inc.
“We enjoyed working closely with Lennar on this innovative community, and we are proud to have provided them with a beautiful Welcome Home Center, Recreation Center and Model Home that their sales team, prospective residents and homeowners can enjoy”, Madigan continued.
Pacifica is the perfect blend of sophisticated urban living in a charming seaside community, located just a few blocks from the shores of the Pacific Ocean in Downtown Long Beach, California.
The neighborhood is a chic mixed-use, mid-rise development combining 5,300 square feet of ground-floor retail space and four stories of 60 residential flats and townhomes above, and offers ideal proximity to freeways, the financial district, shopping, dining, nightlife and all of the fantastic entertainment destinations Downtown Long Beach has to offer.
“We really wanted to showcase the history and spirit of Downtown Long Beach within the interior spaces”, said David-Michael.
“By incorporating sepia-toned photographs of Downtown Long Beach from the 1920’s and 1930’s into the artwork of the main living areas, and commissioning a local Long Beach artist to provide several custom art pieces for the Model and Recreation Center, we really brought some of the flavor and feel of the Art Deco history of Long Beach into the interiors."
"Infusing unique, one-of-a-kind touches into interior spaces is one of the hallmarks of our firm, and we were pleased that Multi-Housing News recognized the overall Pacifica community as worthy of such a prestigious award," David-Michael concluded.
David-Michael Design, Inc. is an innovative, boutique design studio located in the Transit District of Santa Ana, California.
February 2009
The Design Excellence Awards of 2008 were recently announced by the Multi-Housing News, and Pacifica, a mixed-use, mid-rise community in Long Beach, California was graciously awarded ‘Best Transit-Oriented Community’.
In partnership with Lennar, the developer behind Pacifica, Santa Ana based david-michael design, inc. planned and executed the interior architectural design of the Welcome Home Sales Center Studio, Recreation Center and Model Home for the community.
“David-Michael Design was honored to be included in the award-winning Pacifica team," said David-Michael Madigan, Principal of david-michael design, inc.
“We enjoyed working closely with Lennar on this innovative community, and we are proud to have provided them with a beautiful Welcome Home Center, Recreation Center and Model Home that their sales team, prospective residents and homeowners can enjoy”, Madigan continued.
Pacifica is the perfect blend of sophisticated urban living in a charming seaside community, located just a few blocks from the shores of the Pacific Ocean in Downtown Long Beach, California.
The neighborhood is a chic mixed-use, mid-rise development combining 5,300 square feet of ground-floor retail space and four stories of 60 residential flats and townhomes above, and offers ideal proximity to freeways, the financial district, shopping, dining, nightlife and all of the fantastic entertainment destinations Downtown Long Beach has to offer.
“We really wanted to showcase the history and spirit of Downtown Long Beach within the interior spaces”, said David-Michael.
“By incorporating sepia-toned photographs of Downtown Long Beach from the 1920’s and 1930’s into the artwork of the main living areas, and commissioning a local Long Beach artist to provide several custom art pieces for the Model and Recreation Center, we really brought some of the flavor and feel of the Art Deco history of Long Beach into the interiors."
"Infusing unique, one-of-a-kind touches into interior spaces is one of the hallmarks of our firm, and we were pleased that Multi-Housing News recognized the overall Pacifica community as worthy of such a prestigious award," David-Michael concluded.
David-Michael Design, Inc. is an innovative, boutique design studio located in the Transit District of Santa Ana, California.
Travel + Leisure Magazine Hosts Fifth Annual Design Awards In Miami Beach
23 Feb 2009
PRESS RELEASE
February 2009
Women dressed in 1950s-style bathing suits greeted guests and disco balls hung from the ceiling inside the darkened, thumping nightclub of the newly renovated Fontainebleau Miami Beach as hotelier Andre Balazs accepted his award as Travel + Leisure magazine's 2009 design champion.
Fashion designer Calvin Klein and architect Adam D. Tihany were among the judges for the magazine's fifth annual design awards in categories including best bridge, cultural space, retail space and eco travel gadget.
Balazs and Nancy Novogrod, the magazine's editor-in-chief, were among those who attended the ceremony Wednesday night. Other winners spoke to The Associated Press in interviews.
Balazs, whose properties include The Raleigh hotel in Miami Beach and Chateau Marmont in Hollywood, Calif., said the key to good design is shaping the entire hotel experience. The secret to his success has been hard work, he said.
"It's the experience which is the focus of design," he said.
Novogrod said good design impacts the traveller and the awards raise the bar by inspiring projects.
"We are celebrating design for the public. It's kind of anti-elitism," she said.
A $30 trench coat from Norma Kamali's Wal-Mart collection was awarded best travel fashion.
"I think it's probably timely. It's more of what people need now. Maybe we don't need as much fashion as we need timeless style that people can create their own image with," she said.
"I think it's the right time and the right place and I am grateful to have been there."
The judges said the coat was elegant, classic and a timeless design, Tihany said, adding that "it just again shows you don't need to be expensive to be stylish and fun."
Delicatessen in New York City won for best restaurant. The idea was to mix the notion of an old diner and modern architecture and materials, said designer Anurag Nema of Nema Workshop.
From the street, the restaurant's large garage door-like windows and stainless-steel frame give it a modern feeling. A courtyard is connected by a glass cube.
"We wanted a 1940s feel, but done in a completely modern (design). We wanted to celebrate the tenement building," said Mark Thomas Amadei, the restaurant's co-owner.
"We wanted to create a space that was sophisticated design."
The privately and publicly funded TKTS booth in Manhattan's Times Square, designed by architect Nick Leahy, won for best public space.
"I was interested in designing something that reflected the spirit of the place," he said. "It's a very quiet subtle sophisticated design that reflects what's going on around it, which is loud and visually boisterous."
Mama Shelter, the Paris-based hotel designed by Philippe Starck, won for best large hotel.
Starck says much of the design had to do with budget, but says he's proud of the outcome and now that he has his prototype, he plans to refine it.
He said he wanted to make a very creative and intelligent place for people who couldn't spend a lot of money.
Tihany said he's an avid traveller and had visited about 80 per cent of the winning entries.
"I have actually seen these projects and went through them and sometimes even stayed in them," he said.
When he went to Jerusalem, he stood under the light-rail train bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava that won for best bridge.
"We were pretty much all unanimously enthusiastic about the entries," he said.
February 2009
Women dressed in 1950s-style bathing suits greeted guests and disco balls hung from the ceiling inside the darkened, thumping nightclub of the newly renovated Fontainebleau Miami Beach as hotelier Andre Balazs accepted his award as Travel + Leisure magazine's 2009 design champion.
Fashion designer Calvin Klein and architect Adam D. Tihany were among the judges for the magazine's fifth annual design awards in categories including best bridge, cultural space, retail space and eco travel gadget.
Balazs and Nancy Novogrod, the magazine's editor-in-chief, were among those who attended the ceremony Wednesday night. Other winners spoke to The Associated Press in interviews.
Balazs, whose properties include The Raleigh hotel in Miami Beach and Chateau Marmont in Hollywood, Calif., said the key to good design is shaping the entire hotel experience. The secret to his success has been hard work, he said.
"It's the experience which is the focus of design," he said.
Novogrod said good design impacts the traveller and the awards raise the bar by inspiring projects.
"We are celebrating design for the public. It's kind of anti-elitism," she said.
A $30 trench coat from Norma Kamali's Wal-Mart collection was awarded best travel fashion.
"I think it's probably timely. It's more of what people need now. Maybe we don't need as much fashion as we need timeless style that people can create their own image with," she said.
"I think it's the right time and the right place and I am grateful to have been there."
The judges said the coat was elegant, classic and a timeless design, Tihany said, adding that "it just again shows you don't need to be expensive to be stylish and fun."
Delicatessen in New York City won for best restaurant. The idea was to mix the notion of an old diner and modern architecture and materials, said designer Anurag Nema of Nema Workshop.
From the street, the restaurant's large garage door-like windows and stainless-steel frame give it a modern feeling. A courtyard is connected by a glass cube.
"We wanted a 1940s feel, but done in a completely modern (design). We wanted to celebrate the tenement building," said Mark Thomas Amadei, the restaurant's co-owner.
"We wanted to create a space that was sophisticated design."
The privately and publicly funded TKTS booth in Manhattan's Times Square, designed by architect Nick Leahy, won for best public space.
"I was interested in designing something that reflected the spirit of the place," he said. "It's a very quiet subtle sophisticated design that reflects what's going on around it, which is loud and visually boisterous."
Mama Shelter, the Paris-based hotel designed by Philippe Starck, won for best large hotel.
Starck says much of the design had to do with budget, but says he's proud of the outcome and now that he has his prototype, he plans to refine it.
He said he wanted to make a very creative and intelligent place for people who couldn't spend a lot of money.
Tihany said he's an avid traveller and had visited about 80 per cent of the winning entries.
"I have actually seen these projects and went through them and sometimes even stayed in them," he said.
When he went to Jerusalem, he stood under the light-rail train bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava that won for best bridge.
"We were pretty much all unanimously enthusiastic about the entries," he said.