Any globetrotter will tell you that one of international travel’s biggest headaches is simply plugging your things into the wall. Between the differing voltage output and oddly-shaped outlets, dealing with your gadgets can bring real aggravation to your otherwise lovely holiday.
“Travel is in my blood,” Jenn Schutte says. With a father who owned a travel agency and a mother who grew up in Europe, Schutte recalls an upbringing that was imbued with a sense of respect and wonderment toward the multicultural world we inhabit.
Here is a question for those who frequent the waterfront: have you ever wondered how the wooden boats are built, or who builds them? No, not the canoe waiting to be sanded on a couple of sawhorses in your garage — large-scale seagoing vessels from industry innovators like Nathanael Herreshoff, Chris-Craft and Howard Chappelle.
Fact: these days, it’s cool to own and use a bicycle. Some choose to cruise down the city streets, while others take their hobby into the rugged outdoors. All of them agree – nothing beats a bike ride on a sunny day. Plus, they give us much-needed exercise that we can’t accomplish by driving a car. And with the gas prices these days, it literally pays to go green.
Most people take staircases, steps, rails and bannisters for granted. We go up and we go down, without taking much notice of things like materials or aesthetic.
Seattle’s own Shawn Christman has a different eye for this sort of thing. He founded Seattle Stair & Design in 1978. Since then, the company has designed some of the most elegant stairways in the city — and abroad.
Most Seattleites know the drill for warm, rainless summer nights: grab a few of your close friends, fill the cooler with ice and beer, pick up the fixins for some delectable Nutella s’mores and head over to your preferred waterfront spot for a good ol’ fashioned bonfire.
The secret to Kelly Flynn’s success as a clothing designer, she says, is her ability to effectively sell the pieces she creates. “For the last couple years, I’ve focused on working with my clients,”
The designs of Banchong Douangphrachanh have garnered a great deal of attention in the past few years. Her work has been featured in prominent fashion shows, magazines and even a highly popular music video, (does the name Lady Gaga ring a bell?)
In a short time, Heilyke’s line of handmade women’s garments has garnered high praise for its founder, Heili Aun Nalla.
For this local designer, it all began with an Unku. Francisco Hernandez, creative director for Seattle-based design house Built […]
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