tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51495904403675742872012-02-16T07:25:11.790-05:00Design Miscellanyinspirations, frenzies and musingsellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-16073784239707804242011-12-22T15:12:00.001-05:002011-12-22T16:36:15.182-05:00Black Eyed Peas just got more delicious!
Silver Orbs Rinne Allen
December brings joys both new and old. In looking forward to the coming year, there is an inherent nostalgia as we pause to review seasons past.
Not so long ago, team EHD decamped for a southern idyl (rather a week or so of intense large scale installation madness) in Athens, Georgia.
Hotel Indigo Athens model room, art by Rinne Allen
In the midst of ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-47325760090024150552011-12-14T17:05:00.000-05:002011-12-14T17:05:07.993-05:00Erica Wilson, we'll miss you!
photo © todd selby 2010, all rights reserved
The 'Julia Child of Needle Work' according to the New York Times
One of Ms. Wilson's popular needle work books
Former Erica Wilson students, Ellen and Beth Hanson, winding wool
from needleplay - highlights from the televison series "erica" by erica wilson , 1975
Sad news today as we learned of the passing of a great and influential ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-72401722679024100442011-11-17T10:50:00.000-05:002011-11-17T10:50:55.446-05:00New York Times, Market Ready!
Photo by Tony Cenicola/The New York Times. Nice to see some recognition for STARK PAINT, our favorite palette these days!
Well, it has been a long time, but we definitely have something to share today!
A few weeks back Ellen had a chat with Tim McKeough of the New York Times about the prudence of investing in sustainability to increase resale value.
What a great surprise when our inbox ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-63031693476517471922011-02-15T12:41:00.001-05:002011-02-15T16:16:36.411-05:00LEEDers of The Pack
Copyright Hester + Hardaway Photographers, Fayetteville, Texas
We are very proud to share with you our latest article published in the on-line magazine, Introspective, at 1st Dibs.
The search for our favorite LEED buildings was enlightening and fun. We present ten dazzling projects here.
Which is your favorite?Ellen Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12654351631585516248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-76342119183350651692011-01-12T14:05:00.000-05:002011-01-12T14:05:41.181-05:00Snow DayWho wants to get out of bed on a day like this?
All I want to do is wrap myself in a soft, warm and specially colored blanket.
The color needs to match my mood and today's choice would be this hot red number from D Bryant Archie.
D Bryant Archie Throw photographed by Kristy Knight
Some people have to carry their blankets with them everywhere they go like these Maasai warriors who inspired D'sEllen Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12654351631585516248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-35124692518576315542010-12-16T14:02:00.001-05:002010-12-16T14:20:51.812-05:00Twist My Arm
While we here at Ellen Hanson Designs sing the praises of Reduce Reuse Recycle there comes a time when nothing will do but a brand new gift picked just for that special someone.
On a weekly basis we screen hundreds of blogs, product releases, magazines and shopping sites. And that is not to mention the weekly newsletters we subscribe to which pop up in our in-box enticing us to check back in ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-24785085218076029252010-10-15T16:14:00.000-04:002010-10-15T16:14:17.643-04:00Nature MorteThe change of season from late summer to fall along with autumnal bounty from the farm also brings a touch of sadness. Once vibrant flowers and trees prepare for the tilt of earth away from the sun. Usually I enjoy this shift, but this year we were relaxing at home in Sag Harbor when a small thud brought us to the kitchen door where we found this little bird had dropped from the sky.
Deadellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-26426883954805552922010-10-07T20:26:00.013-04:002010-10-07T22:24:54.991-04:00Getting Fired Up with Patrick Dougherty
Ketchum, Idaho 2010 Patrick Dougherty Installation, photo by Ellen Hanson
Ketchum, Idaho 2010 Patrick Dougherty Installation, photo by Ellen Hanson
This summer my husband Richard and I were the sponsors of a wonderful public artwork by Patrick Dougherty in Ketchum Idaho. The structure he built was a magnet for folks of all ages.
Ann Hanson investigates a Dougherty shelter in ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-4822447731510820202010-07-02T10:49:00.000-04:002010-07-02T10:49:04.077-04:00From No Man's Land to Woman's Work: Boltanski and Bourgeois
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Ellen Hanson Designs has been recognized along with Rialto Property Partners and Surber, Barber, Choate & Hertlein for their work on Hotel Indigo Athens. Here is the feature in Hotel Lodging Magazine.
Here are more shots from the hotelellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-89956554323371403212010-04-22T13:47:00.000-04:002010-04-22T13:47:11.316-04:00Love Your Mother, EarthWorkers prepare for first Earth Day at the headquarters of the Environmental Action Coalition in New York Theological Seminary building. Credit: John Sotomayor/The New York Times
We have a lot to celebrate here at EHD on this the fortieth anniversary of Earth Day.
Our LEED gold Hotel Indigo has just won an award and is in consideration for other recognition. We are proud to have beeen part of ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-58532327839604878422010-04-14T15:02:00.003-04:002010-06-03T10:22:51.040-04:00The Exquisite Creations of James de GivenchyWe have been very busy here at Ellen Hanson Designs...looking at beautiful jewelry among other things! Ellen wrote a lovely profile of Taffin proprietor/jewelry designer James de Givenchy for 1st Dibs.
Poring through the photos of each exquisitely detailed and inspired creation has ignited some serious bling lust. Some birthdays are coming up....
Please take a look and pick out your favorite ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-24026416683569245402010-04-01T17:15:00.004-04:002010-04-01T18:10:26.393-04:00designing for the senses
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Leading fragrance manufacturer IFF has kicked off an exciting new project teaming expert perfeumeurs with designers from other fields. Eau de Travails is a product of the rewards, inspirations and challenges of creating graceful, luxurious and inspiring environments for living and working.
Operators are standing by.....
April Fool's!ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-47566623273297222912010-03-17T17:05:00.000-04:002010-03-17T17:05:21.257-04:00Polychromie Le CorbusierLe Corbusier's original 18 colors formulated for the Villa La Roche in Paris
We received this fabulous gift recently from a loved one returning from Paris. A petite afterthought from a museum gift shop has made our week here at EHD where, as you may have noticed, we think about color a lot. When assigned to write about low VOC paints for 1stdibs we pulled out our numerous fans and laid them outellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-82495166181297855162010-02-19T16:03:00.000-05:002010-02-19T16:03:26.564-05:00Roll It OutJust over one month after the wallpapered dumpsters had us cheering for more outdoor decor, we happened upon this in the Apartment Therapy archives
These painted garbage trucks were "rolled out" (pun intended) for last year's Earth Day celebration in Philadelphia. The back story is fascinating and touches upon Philadelphia's role as a leader in the textile industry in the 19th and 20th ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-45528422836219816382010-02-12T17:26:00.000-05:002010-02-12T17:26:51.403-05:00A Penny for My ThoughtsTwo hundred and one years ago today Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky.
I only remember this because over the past year I have been avidly following Maira Kalman's 'And the Pursuit of Happiness' column on the New York Times website. She reminds us in every one of her posts what a great country we live in and what incredible folks our founding fathers were. While she fell in ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-89866581811965315812010-02-09T12:44:00.000-05:002010-02-09T12:44:52.652-05:00Bloggerific Brad Ford
We've just returned from an enlightening lecture over at the Decoration & Design building. Marisa Marcantonio co-presented a great talk with Brad Ford on the ins and outs of designers using social networking media.
Having blogged for the past several years, it was a joy to hear words of wisdom from a fellow decorator with a highly visible and very inspiring blog.
Check out DESIGN THERAPY if ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-43024560660067570212010-02-02T10:51:00.002-05:002010-02-02T14:42:05.749-05:00Wield Brushes, Not ArmsWhat happens when an international superstar of the art world joins forces with the United Nations, as it's most unique ambassador, to combat slavery, child-trafficking and unspeakable atrocities?
Ross Bleckner, in a campaign against modern day slavery and violence inflicted on innocent civilians, traveled to northern Uganda in 2009 to introduce art therapy to the children there as a way toellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-35060522988815288382010-01-14T12:41:00.000-05:002010-01-14T12:41:46.231-05:00Dumpster InterventionTalk about making a silk purse out of a sow's ear! We have always considered dumpsters with the utmost respect but artist Christine Finley, featured today in the Home Section of the New York Times, has taken things to a whole new level.
Our artist in residence, Kristy Knight, seen below, used local dumpsters in Athens Georgia to find materials for site specific artworks for our LEED Gold ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-78545134079877480462010-01-13T13:58:00.001-05:002010-01-13T14:14:09.999-05:00SpellboundBuenos Aires has always been a mystery to me. Imagining South American cities I have always pictured the moody atmosphere of Hitchcock's 1946 film, Notorious (which was actually set in Brazil).
Our holiday trip to BsAs last week was a revelation. The city is elegant, bright, and edgy just like my Argentinian friend Eduardo who gave me all of his shopping tips! Edo's company, Alta Pampa, ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-47220012172014156112009-11-10T16:06:00.000-05:002009-11-10T16:06:29.331-05:00Creatives Cook
Ellen's interview just posted at Camille Maurice. The feature is called Creatives Cook and Ellen presented a recipe we all raved about at an underground supper club in Athens Georgia. On a side note, I'm starting to think our artist-in-residence Kristy Knight could launch another career in food photography-her shots of the radish soup preparation are delicious looking. We owe a million ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-72519382884157901352009-11-02T16:15:00.002-05:002009-11-02T16:15:42.871-05:00shhhhh
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ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-82630532596737893532009-10-20T14:20:00.000-04:002009-10-20T14:20:45.958-04:00Design Sponge Sneak PeekAmy Azzarito at Design Sponge has posted a great "sneak peek" of Ellen's former penthouse on the upper east side. Design Sponge has always been one of our favorite style and design blogs with sections ranging from city guides (where I recently found a hotel for an upcoming trip to New Orleans) to product guides with round ups of all the newest and coolest things on the market. With traditional ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-38527319504205006342009-10-07T14:22:00.001-04:002009-10-07T14:31:20.398-04:00Dancing About Architecture
It has been said that "Talking About Music is like Dancing about Architecture"
The Rialto Room provided EHD an interdisciplinary attempt to integrate our extracurricular love of live music (and quality cocktails) with a luxurious, apt environment.
Flagpole Magazine in Athens, GA (A Peek Inside The Rialto Room, Flagpole Magazine) has reviewed the Rialto Room and makes some great observations ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-88380563255196892792009-09-22T10:42:00.008-04:002009-09-23T11:51:59.296-04:00The Gold StandardHotel Indigo Athens, Ga has opened (the same weekend the Georgia bulldawgs won the opening home game!) The hotel is slated to receive LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) later this year which will make it the first private development in Athens to achieve LEED certification and one of only five hotels in the nation to achieve Gold status.
Hotel Indigo brings a ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-27960525969839955862009-07-10T09:55:00.003-04:002009-07-10T13:05:57.596-04:00LITthe silhouette of Athens Georgia just got a little more beautiful...ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-24015789343112426562009-06-16T15:13:00.003-04:002009-06-19T14:54:56.031-04:00news from the frontOn time AND on budget? Our project, the Hotel Indigo in Athens GA, promises to be spectacular for many reasons not the least of which are the surprising facts mentioned above. Also notable- the hotel is on track for LEED gold status, a first for the southeast. Plan a visit in the fall to enjoy some southern hospitality and the relaxed yet elegant farmstead modern aesthetic.ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-63081010684518913962009-06-12T13:31:00.007-04:002009-06-12T13:45:37.859-04:00Bring the GreenWe have a LEED Accredited Professional on staff! After many weeks of concentrated study and dedicated focus Lisa Hargus made it official. Lisa’s enthusiasm and commitment to achieving her accreditation is particularly commendable as the entire process was done while her husband Konrad was away on tour with Matt Nathanson. Max, at the age of 3 1/2, gave his mom extra support by going to bed earlyellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-43712813631163443382009-02-13T10:53:00.004-05:002009-02-13T11:18:46.698-05:00Keep Calm and Carry OnIn lieu of a sinful paper trifle we aim to acknowledge Valentinus with this virtual greeting. Like tomorrow's namesake saint we hope to be in the business of converting, albeit to a different cause. When faced with the beckoning sights of fancy cards, paper hearts, giant novelty chocolate boxes-keep walking. Cook a home-made meal with farmers market finds, give a massage or plan time to take a ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-49950703811624781982009-02-03T12:23:00.010-05:002009-02-04T11:24:48.678-05:00Gimme ShelterMy recent trip to Ghana has had me puzzling over how to integrate what I saw. Ghana is a very poor country and prior to my departure, I had nervous anticipation about how I would react to staying in an orphanage in Kpondo and how I would react to what would surely be serious poverty. I have been to other developing countries but usually I have traveled in high luxury- always buffered by fine ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-88183251211846411592009-01-20T17:02:00.005-05:002009-01-20T17:22:59.691-05:00No ReturnHaving just returned from a trip to West Africa, today’s inauguration was especially poignant to me. During my visit last week to Ghana I toured a 16th century slave castle in Cape Coast. My tour of the site took me through vaulted dungeons where it is speculated that hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of native Africans were held prior to their final trip through the ‘door of no return’ ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-88670078310018713862008-10-30T14:06:00.002-04:002008-10-30T14:20:28.323-04:00Magic Carpet RideOur most recent 1st dibs offering has gone live! Please check out Ellen's interview with Joe Carini. Be sure to follow the hyperlinks for some silly tangents!ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-18509182951318743702008-10-01T14:23:00.005-04:002008-10-01T14:40:47.065-04:00Pro-SpecionalSo we missed our Sept Song but October is going to be chockablock with news.For Example:We have been mentioned in an official very professional press release...on the world wide web!September saw Team EHD going full tilt on Hotel Indigo Athens...construction has started and deadlines are looming large. Ellen is in Atlanta and Athens this week for meetings, meetings and more meetings.I look ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-24740686684452012212008-08-01T13:13:00.004-04:002008-08-01T14:39:32.891-04:00Press Press PressThis Thursday's Home section in the New York Times featured the HC&G Idea House that we've been slaving away on the past several weeks. On the front of the Home section the teaser shot for the article is a shot of resident genius Kristy Knight's beautifully executed salvaged lumber table. When you turn to the full page spread on the house there are other great shots of the kitchen/casual diningellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-86663981201809886932008-07-29T11:11:00.002-04:002008-07-29T11:15:07.675-04:00We have the technology!Folks over at Turbochef have shared the following link with me so we can share Ellen's Martha Stewart appearance with you all! It focuses on Ellen and Richards' home up until about 1:59 into the video then the remainder is all delicious food being cooked by Martha and Chef Jonathan Waxman in her "summer kitchen"
Embedded VideoBlogged with the Flock Browserellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-84666530304434484132008-07-28T12:09:00.006-04:002008-07-28T13:26:00.196-04:00Sustainable Luxury in ActionWhat an exciting culmination of months and months of thought, planning, finagling and laboring! If only we had found the party pic.s dude Friday night so you could see the ear to ear grins of hardworking team EHD at the big opening party (we also ALL looked really gorgeous!)Our kitchen installation at the HC&G Idea House was a ton of fast paced high pressure work. Especially for Kristy who was ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-92040377693945749242008-06-27T13:55:00.001-04:002008-06-27T13:55:48.717-04:00Green Scene - The Colorvore's DilemmaGreen Scene - The Colorvore's Dilemma Our latest installment on the Green Scene is now up!Blogged with the Flock Browserellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-72223116826142109002008-06-18T10:47:00.004-04:002008-06-18T11:33:57.892-04:00Who Knew?We here at Ellen Hanson Designs were delighted to learn a little more about the history of the Hamptons Cottages and Gardens Idea House we are working on this summer. The Wall Street Journal published an item about the former owner, James Jones - author of From Here To Eternity. The project consists of a previously existing home which is getting renovated and then being linked up with a very ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-80971694969919383212008-05-29T10:39:00.004-04:002008-05-29T10:59:07.402-04:00holy carbon offsets!Our newest 1st Dibs Green Scene column has posted. Its so fun to turn in a couple page word document then click on a link to see it fully realized. Follow the link to see how easy it is to change your evil ways.ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-84689912748837469462008-05-27T16:28:00.003-04:002008-05-28T16:00:29.891-04:00A Good Thing..updatedDear Friends of Ellen Hanson Designs,Ellen Hanson and her beautiful Sag Harbor home will be featured on the Martha Stewart show tomorrow. Please check your local listings and commandeer the TIVO.Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 28NYC: Channel 4, NBC, 1pman additional segment!Monday, July 21NYC: Channel 4, NBC, 1pm Happy Viewing!ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-59278661004108791462008-05-15T16:08:00.005-04:002008-05-15T16:41:03.083-04:00...quite elegantHere's a parting shot of Martha's visit to Ellen and Richard's home. Her friend Memrie dropped by as well.Ellen and Martha along with Jonathan Waxman spent Tuesday together. Martha was intrigued by Ellen's beautiful green Turbochef oven in her wine cellar kitchen. Watch for our segment on Martha's show.Martha loved Ellen's antiquing suggestionsellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-35462253337406678272008-05-02T12:32:00.005-04:002008-05-02T13:05:38.961-04:00a dispatch from the fieldOur resident artist is away for the week participating in an invitation only art-a-palooza happening (the best description I could come up with).She is at the former location of Black Mountain College, a place some consider the birthplace of the American avant guard participating in METAHere's our first report from the field:Dear friends,Enough with the art, bring on the craft! This year let's ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-52699729237184698812008-04-25T10:48:00.005-04:002008-04-25T16:01:39.098-04:00Ellen's first investigative article has published! The whole EHD team collaborated to get this first effort out, Lisa helped with some editing and turns of phrase and Kristy provided the awesome workroom photographs. Big thanks go to the inimitable Stacey Donovan at 1st dibs for further editing and guidance.If you'd like to find out when other articles come out (about one per month) and when weellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-37576695199438283482008-04-22T15:03:00.007-04:002008-04-22T16:43:15.751-04:00manifesto!We here at EHD are constantly striving for ways to engage in "future friendly" design. We are most definitely in the seeking phase - shouldn't one always be?- and were very inspired when we stumbled upon this blog.Maybe because its Earth Day, maybe because Ellen's first Green Scene column is about to run, or maybe its just our curious and excitable collective nature but we are feeling empoweredellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-28997571494462384622008-04-10T11:37:00.003-04:002008-05-15T16:45:51.017-04:00Everything's on the Counter!Since we spend so much time talking about and preparing food around here (a little known component of the decorating discipline), why not mention the surface where it is prepared?Ellen was contacted by The New York Times for some opinions on sustainable counter top materialscheck itellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-41180229326071000152008-04-10T11:20:00.003-04:002008-04-10T11:36:24.752-04:00A new inspirationWhile contemplating the giant shopping bag full of unused plastic ware, salt and pepper packets, ketchup and other general detritus of ordering in we at EHD hit upon an idea. Tiffin boxes! On the rare occasion we do not cook we generally pick up organic wraps from a shop right next door. What a waste to bring all that plastic for a 20 foot walk.Our divine sandwich man (nestled upstairs at DKNY)ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-26194074651761279252008-04-09T15:25:00.002-04:002008-04-09T15:29:20.239-04:00Lunch, reinvented We guest posted at the Turbochef blog - check out our sumptuous healthy lunch and our resident artist's great food photographyellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-54508257515815213482008-01-24T10:34:00.000-05:002008-01-24T10:37:42.459-05:00more montanaellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-26319707724122574172008-01-23T13:37:00.000-05:002008-01-23T13:46:17.236-05:00back from Montana...Ellen Hanson Designs has just returned from a pretty major office field trip - the entire EHD team decamped to Big Sky, Montana for most of a week leaving our intrepid and trusty intern (lil miss) in charge of HQ. Despite vendor mishaps and snowed-in truckers we had a great (and exhausting) installation. Keep an eye on the online portfolio for the final shots (or what I like to consider scouting ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-43855016892056825522008-01-22T13:22:00.000-05:002008-01-22T13:39:56.831-05:00What a joy to see Ellen's work on the cover of last Thursday's Home and Garden Section (New York Times) For the entire article click hereellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149590440367574287.post-87959809686281118692007-10-25T10:50:00.001-04:002007-10-25T11:03:33.256-04:00delicious Our resident artiste KK brought in this gorgeous heirloom apple from Hudson-it spurred an inspirational frenzy. There is a universe of color in this orb. Check back for the interior this little bobber inspired.ellen hanson designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007389060392722538noreply@blogger.com0