At its most powerful, the architecture of a building is just as important as what goes on inside of it. The physical design of a structure can represent the kind of people associated with it and their tastes, image can be everything.  And this principle continues through the front door, because how a building is ‘designed’ goes a lot deeper than its architecture; the theme and feel of a structure resonates right down to the interior design.

Interior designers often have to face the issue of attempting to adhere to… READ MORE.

Fifth in an ongoing series of excerpts from Victoria Finlay’s book: Color: A Natural History of the Palette

White paint is white because it reflects most light rays away from it. The penalty it pays for this apparent purity is that it absorbs almost no light into its own body, and — for lead white at least — this means that its own heart is black. In its time it has poisoned artists and factory workers, women looking for beauty fixes and even little children playing on slides who… READ MORE.

This guest post from Blaine Brownell was first published in the December 2011 issue of Architect magazine. StudioConover has been graciously granted permission to re-post.

Convenient, cheap, and disposable — the ubiquitous plastic shopping bag is one of the most flagrant examples of our modern throwaway culture. Made from petroleum, between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic bags are produced annually, consuming valuable energy and nonrenewable resources in both their manufacture and transport. Anything but free, plastic bags are estimated to cost retailers in the U.S. alone some $4… READ MORE.

Reprinted without permission because it’s kinda a cool story.

October 06, 2011
By Holden Frith, Special to CNN

If beauty is indeed truth, as John Keats claimed, then this story ought to be true: the logo on the back of your iPhone or Mac is a tribute to Alan Turing, the man who laid the foundations for the modern-day computer, pioneered research into artificial intelligence and unlocked German wartime codes.

His death, a decade after the end of the war, provides the link with Apple. Unrecognized for his work, facing… READ MORE.

This guest post from Megan Mazzocco was first published in Architectural Products magazine. StudioConover has been granted permission to re-post.

Any commercial development consists of building exteriors, pavers, landscape elements, water features and assorted site furnishings. It also must have some semblance of organization in terms of a color scheme, style and form, or it would look like a mishmash of products and create a chaotic jumble of buildings rather than an enjoyable public space.

Thankfully StudioConover, an architectural color and communication design firm, offers exterior architectural color… READ MORE.