Robin Baron Design

These inspiring coat hooks are fun and nicely designed! Think of how great one could look against a bright paint color or fun wall paper. What a great way to leave your home in the morning!

Ever see an interesting color while out on the town and wonder if you could find it as a paint for your walls? If you are an iPhone owner, it’s easy! The Benjamin Moore iPhone app allows you to snap a photo of any color inspiration, anywhere in the world, and instantly match it to a hue in the Benjamin Moore color system. Have fun!

Aphrochic, a design blog and resource that highlights modern interiors, soulful inspirations, and stylish product suggestions, features Robin Baron Design this week! Make sure to check it out along with the other tasty morsels of information on the blog. I love this one post on stylish doormats!

Art abounds in NYC! The Whitney Museum launched a series of large-scale commissioned works at the site of the museum’s future building in the Meatpacking District. If you aren’t in New York, catch the action in this video. It illustrates the creation and installation of the Guyton\Walker project, the first of three commissioned works.

If you will be in New York this summer and are looking for a quick day trip, take an excursion to Kykuit in Westchester County. Kykuit, also known as the J.D. Rockefeller Estate, is a must see for any art and design enthusiast. The 40-room house harbors a notable selection of 20th century artworks by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, and David Smith.

Kykuit, The Rockefeller Estate

Here’s another new design shop in NYC! Strawser & Smith, a new furniture store in a loft-like space in Brooklyn, has size on its side! The shop is large enough to display huge furniture pieces by Cleveland Art, a company that salvages old factory and machine parts to make furniture.

Photo Credit: Kirsten Luce for The New York Times

The recently-opened exhibition Dead or Alive at the Museum of Arts and Design must be put on your design calendar! The exhibition showcases the work of over 30 international artists that used organic materials such as silkworm cocoons, feathers, and plants to create stunning design installations!

A light fitting made from kelp, wood, and metal; Photo: Julia Lohmann Studio

In preparation for Earth Day tomorrow, here’s an idea to make your morning java a bit more environmentally-friendly. This porcelain cup with a silicon lid and sleeve is a fun twist on your everyday, to-go cup. These cups will look very stylish in a contemporary kitchen, but my favorite thing about them is that they are dishwasher and microwave safe.

Inspired by science and mathematics, the Garden of Cosmic Speculation in Scotland is a one-of-a-kind garden! Intelligently-designed sculptures, terraces, bridges, architectural structures, and sculptured landscapes make this 30-acre property truly breathtaking!

Last week I shared bookshelf inspiration. Now, here’s a suggestion as to what to keep in your home library. Penguin Classics launched a very stylish series of hardback books with fabulously designed covers. Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Jane Austen’s Emma, and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island are just a few of the titles bound in these handsome hardbacks.