Pelican Chair, New at DWR!
Finn Juhl’s 1939 classic Pelican Chair is now available at Design Within Reach! “A chair is not just a product of decorative art in a space,” wrote Juhl, “it is a form and a space in itself.” Beautifully demonstrating this idea is his Pelican Chair (1940), with its graceful curves that befriend the body and wrap the sitter in its embrace. www.dwr.com
Cool Clothes & Interior @ Brigade
Great clothes and a brilliant interior at Brigade in Columbus’ Short North district: www.clothingbrigade.com
Hotdogs and Wallpaper at Dirty Frank’s
Dirty Frank’s is a local hot dog joint (that serves vegetarian versions of everything on the menu!) with a cool interior, down to the “custom” wallpaper in the bathroom. dirtyfrankscolumbus.com/
Keeping it Retro
The windows of Flower Child, the vintage furniture store in Columbus’ artsy Short North district, tempt us with the promise of mid-century goodies. And the 2-level, multi-room retro heaven does not disappoint with tons of interesting, fabulously kitschy, finds. flowerchildvintage.com
Stripes & Sushi at Edamame
Dramatic horizontal stripes in lemon/lime hues at Edamame Sushi & Grill in Columbus, OH. Love the wood framed suspended “rooms” on either end of the restaurant. www.edamamesushiandgrill.com
Compendium of Interior Styles
I love art /design history books in general, but this one by Francois Baudot is definitely a favorite. I bought it for the loads of gorgeous full page photos. It’s almost more of a visual history of interior styles from the Middle Ages through the end of the 20th century. If you have no patience for textbook wordiness, this makes for an easier read & will look awesome on your coffee table! www.amazon.com
Steelcase Unveils Node Chair!
Steelcase has unveiled its new chair, node, at NEOCON. Sadly, I didn’t make it there this year, but that very same chair was actually unveiled- literally- in my office a couple of months before. My rep thought it might be of interest, so she (and the Steelcase rep that was to guard it with his life) brought it by one morning, shrouded in a white sheet. It was that special! It was that secret! There could be no risk of another vendor seeing it! (Luckily, I’m on the client side!) I wanted to blog about it then, but had to contain my excitement. I didn’t even really tell anyone about it because it was hard to describe simply with words and do it justice. Start telling people about a plastic tablet arm classroom chair and it’s hard for them to get past the image of standard horrible classroom seating. But this is a chair that won the Innovation Award in the Education Solutions category at NEOCON and that’s a big deal. Since we’ve established it’s hard to describe with words, I’ve posted Steelcase’s informative video instead.
Reham Shadi is an interior designer and space planner and has worked in Los Angeles, New York, Columbus, and Cairo. She is a graduate of the New York School of Interior Design, the American University in Cairo, and the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo. Recent Projects include Franklin University in Columbus, the Institute of Courage in Topanga, CA, and Esquire Magazine Design House 360 in Los Angeles, CA.
Reham became a LEED AP in June 2009. She is a member of Project Seedlings, an environmental education program for Columbus, OH inner-city youth comprised of volunteers from the A&D industry.
Reham's favorite thing in the world is traveling with her husband, Ed. She also likes hanging out with their chihuahua, Gus, shopping, yoga, the beach, Indian food and anything chocolate. She dislikes the cold, the suburbs, gardening, credit cards, video games and texting. Her favorite YouTube videos are Blood (with the little boy) and Drinking Out of Cups. 
