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October 6, 2020 by
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REGARDLESS of whether youre back to school or not, this is a good time of year to stop, take stock and make some positive changes.
For Gen Z in particular, theres been an increased focus on making bedrooms a calm and soothing space.
Pinterest has found the age group (born between the mid-Nineties and early 2010s) is looking for serenity, with searches for Zen bedroom ideas up five times on average, and feng shui bedroom layout up two and a half times.
Thinking about how to bring this feeling of calmness into your home as a whole? The Chinese practice of feng shui could help.
Translated as wind-water in English, feng shui practises the belief that by bringing positive energy into the home, good health, wealth and luck are set to follow, explains Rebecca Snowden, interior style advisor at FurnitureChoice.co.uk.
Here are Snowdens top tips for welcoming positive energy into your home...
Many of us see the arrival of autumn as a second new year, meaning its the ideal time to declutter.
A neat home works wonders for our mental clarity and overall health, explains Snowden.
In feng shui, each space is connected to each other and allows positive energy to flow throughout the house.
Add a decorative mirror to the living room to make the space feel larger, and multiply the positive energy flow.
Meanwhile, closets or drawers overloaded with old items block the chi (energy) so its best to discard any clutter.
Balance yin and yang
Snowden recommends incorporating yin (feminine) and yang (masculine) elements into your decor.
Apply this concept by mixing different shapes together, she says.
For example, contrast the sharp edges of wall hangings with the soft curves of a sofa or mirror in the living room. This will balance out the room and give it a more relaxing feel.
Bring calm into your bedroom
Its no surprise Gen Z are keen to feng shui their bedrooms: after all, getting a good nights sleep is crucial to overall wellbeing, and the right environment can play a big part.
To boost feelings of calm and relaxation particularly in your bedroom, Snowden has two top tips: first, get rid of mirrors to help avoid an energy overload.
And second, make the bed the central focus.
In feng shui, this symbolises a commanding position that allows you to take charge and handle lifes many challenges, says Snowden.
The bed is best positioned diagonally away from your door as you will still be able to see it clearly, while not being in a direct line to it. Placing your bed against the wall will also give you a sense of security and ground you when you sleep. And for extra strength and stability, a bed with a headboard will represent this, with its solid support and build.
If you have a home office, apply the same logic to your desk to bring the focus onto productivity. Freshen up the place with plants Snowden says plants can bring positive energy into a room, adding: In feng shui, they are commonly associated as a life force and bring in growth, prosperity and luck. Common indoor plants said to attract these good elements include pothos, lucky bamboo and peace lily.
A neat home works wonders for our mental health. In feng shui, each space is connected to each other and allows positive energy to flow through the house.
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October 6, 2020 by
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Sometimes the best parts of a home are in the details you cant see. While perfectly placed furniture and decor add to the comfort of a house, the atmosphere really elevates it into a home.
Embodhi: Space and Energy Clearing seeks to go deeper than traditional professional organizers. Taking a spiritual approach, owner Nicole Jones helps clients create inviting spaces for their homes and businesses using elements of mindfulness to help them restructure and repurpose the use and feel of their spaces. These methods can range from assessing a rooms feng shui to burning herbs to cleanse the air and spirit or letting go of old emotional attachments.
RHOME: What is energy and space clearing?
Nicole Jones: An act of making your space more livable and removing unwanted energy that is within that space. When you are clearing your home, youre actually ... making space to improve upon your life.
RH: How does Embodhis process work?
Jones: The first thing I do is take an assessment of your home or business and talk a little bit about all the unwanted negative energy that you want to remove. This also entails setting intentions around what it is that you want to do for this space. We can close with some sort of agreement of how you and the folks who live in your home plan to continue operating in and occupying that space. Because we are constantly creating energy around us with our intentions or emotions, were less aware of the energy accumulation and more aware of the physical.
RH: Whats the difference between clearing and decluttering?
Jones: With a home clearing process, were not going to throw away all of your furniture, but there might be something in there that no longer serves you. You might say, I had this in a previous lifetime or previous relationship, and I no longer want it. You are becoming aware of the things in your space that are maybe hindering you or holding you back. Whereas with decluttering, the concept behind that is you have too much stuff, you have to get rid of something.
RH: Why is it important to have a home connection, especially during a time when many people are quarantining?
Jones: It's like a relationship; you have to nurture it if you want it to evolve. People hide in their homes because it's where we feel safe. In the case of quarantine, most people are home all day. So the question should be, What am I doing to stay connected? Prior to quarantine, people didn't have time. They were always on the go, with very little time to think about clearing space. Clearing space allows positive energy to continue to flourish. Since energy is always changing, it should most certainly be reflected within our spaces.
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October 6, 2020 by
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Style your home with ideas borrowed from these homes
The Indo-French fashion partnership between designers Hemant Sagar and Didier Lecoanet, which started at couture school in Paris in 1979, has wended a long route. From their first store on Pariss rue du Faubourg Saint-Honor, to a large factory in Gurgaon, and a wide network of online and offline storesthey also handle production for brands such as Balmain and Chlo in France. The duo has often taken the road less travelled, and among their newer directions is the creation of two neighbouring abodesas much a family story as an odyssey of rediscovering India. It was Sagars father, a prominent lawyer and forward thinker, who bet on Gurgaon as a city of the future. In 1999, he bought a 2,700-square-foot plot to build a two-storeyed, four-bedroom family home with a terrace and encircling garden. When Sagar and Lecoanet relocated their business to India, they wanted a place of their own. As luck would have it, Gurgaon property prices slumped, and some years later, taking the stray cow they spotted on the empty plot next door as a good omen, they bought it (the plot, not the cow). Eventually, over five-and-a-half years, they built a beautiful villa, designed by a French architect friend, and decorated on principles of feng shui. It is a tranquil haven of soaring heights, rippling water bodies and soothing woodwork.
Photo courtesy: Montse Garriga/ Hemant Sagar
Photo courtesy: Montse Garriga/ Hemant Sagar
Photo courtesy: Montse Garriga/ Hemant Sagar
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Photo courtesy: Montse Garriga/ Hemant Sagar
Photo courtesy: Montse Garriga/ Hemant Sagar
Charles-douard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier, was a rebel with a cause. Famous for his statement, the house is a machine for living, Le Corbusier was not afraid to challenge the concept of an old-world home. It is no wonder then that the purist canvases of Le Corbusier inspired Bengaluru-based interior design firm FADD Studio to design a modern, minimalist home for a family of four in Gurgaon. While designing the 5,000 square-foot space, the design teamled by interior designers Farah Ahmed Mathias, Dhaval Shellugar and Dheeraj Dhamuwas deeply inspired by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeannerettheir deep sienna passage of the Villa La Roche, their Chandigarh series and the general polychromatic feel of some of their work. The furniture is a mix of imported brands and locally customised pieces. The natural colours and materials of the furniture stand out vibrantly against the textured grey walls of the house, giving the otherwise serious shell a dash of drama, says Ahmed. All design elements lend the space its Zen-meets-mid-century-modern look, lending the foyer a burst of life.
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
Interior Stylist: Shohini Munshi; Photo courtesy: Gokul Rao Kadam/ FADD Studio
This penthouse located on the 23rd floor of DLF Magnolia, Gurgaon, is designed by Love Choudhary of Delhi based architecture firm, AND Studio. The interiors showcase the firms signature style of embracing understated elegance into each and every detail. The brief was simpleto convert a spacious four-bedroom penthouse into a luxurious, serene space. The home boasts of warm colours that fill spaces with a sense of positivity and comfort. The concept of the home travels beyond the stereotypes of over-the-top residential apartments and instead focuses on a contemporary, clean design aesthetic. The client wished for a house that did not embellish the acuity of luxury rather subtly assimilated class and sophistication. By using plush furnishing and materials that aligned with luxury, the team achieved a home that was the perfect example of unpretentious indulgence. Composed with immaculate marble feature walls, tinted glass work and glossy accents, the home serves the intimate functionality required in a habitat, states Choudhary.
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Just like the confederate rose flower, this Pune apartment too displays a transitional colour scheme
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October 6, 2020 by
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Control did it stick the landing? (pic: 505 Games)
A reader explains why he was disappointed by the end of Control and its hints at a more daring and unpredictable storyline.
With only 69,000 metric tons of the stuff in the world, platinum the inert corrosion resistant metal has found its way to becoming the signifier of gaming excellence. I was proud that my PlayStation and Xbox accounts were platinum free, but no longer. Ive succumbed and became just another hardcore gamer scrub with a platinum, making it look like Im a trophy hunting obsessive. What game served up a googly and broke my gaming duck? It turned out to be the very excellent Control.
As I wandered the corridors of the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC), completing the story, the usual ping of the trophies regularly fading in and out I scrolled over them and realised, bloody hell, theres a real chance that I could nail this and lo and behold I made it. But this article isnt about that, this was just some common or garden humblebragging about probably the only platinum Im ever likely to bag. No. This article is about Controls story and how, while I loved it, I feel it didnt quite stick the landing.
I love single-player story driven games, theyre totally my bag, my genre and obsession when theyre good, and by god was Control good. Like a warm bath in a cloud with angels bearing me upwards to a rainbow slide into a ball pit of peanut M&Ms. Ive dabbled in other genres, but over the years Ive come to accept that these are the games that give me the most pleasure, so I seek them out and tend to single-mindedly devour them.
Alongside gameplay I need a story in order to place a game high in my mental top 40. So, for example, while the gameplay is probably better in Shadow Of The Tomb Raider, I still think the Tomb Raider reboot is better since it had the more compelling story. With that in mind, in order to discuss what I need to about Control, Im going to have to talk about the story which obviously entails some spoilerific content, so, youve been warned.
Control opens strongly, with an intriguing premise, half Men in Black, half Ghostbusters with Star Wars Force powers thrown in. You play Jesse Faden, a young woman who arrives at the building of the government agency responsible for taking her brother after some unpleasantness in her hometown. Like Gordon Freeman, Jesse lands at the worst possible time, with everything in this mundane brutalist building in disarray.
Clearly some emergency has upended the natural order of things and Jesses first interaction is a cryptic conversation with the enigmatic Athi, which does nothing to ease your shredded nerves as you creep around corners waiting for the inevitable appearance of the big bad responsible for all the terrible feng shui. Athi advises you to go to the directors office for a chat and its here that the story really lifts off.
The exposition comes thick and fast after you pick up that service weapon in the form, of well-produced and acted video presentations, environmental storytelling, and a snowstorm of documents. Objects of power, The Oldest House, The Hiss, Hedron Resonance Amplifier (HRA) devices. Jargon and lore are thrown at you at a million miles an hour it can be overwhelming to take in but after a while you start to piece it together.
It seems that you and your brother were targeted by the FBC after you both encountered an object of power, allowing a being from the astral plane called Polaris to latch onto Jesse like a benevolent hitchhiker. Whilst Jesse escaped the FBC her hapless brother Dylan was not so lucky. Experiments were conducted which had the side effect of driving Dylan quite, quite, opera music conducting, dancing in his underwear mad. Dylan is possessed by a malevolent entity from the astral plane called The Hiss, which was ushered into our dimension by the previous director a weak-willed person who let the job get on top of him, literally.
Theres a lot of potential in the story as its laid out but the longer I played it I knew they would play it safe and not throw any curveballs at me. Polaris is a nice astral plane resident and not a string-pulling evil doer and those hints that you and Dylan could in fact be the same person are debunked almost as soon as theyre hinted at and thats what I mean by sticking the landing.
None of the curveballs were completely necessary to elevate the game but I couldnt understand why the game would hint at interesting and leftfield turns but consistently avoid taking them. I wanted it to go there but they werent brave enough and, unlike Spec Ops: The Line, they stopped short from suggesting youd been playing for the wrong side the whole time.
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October 6, 2020 by
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Heroes of the Crisis
From medical professionals to social-justice activists to culinary stars, here are some of the locals who have helped get us through the most challenging of times. By Daniella Byck, Rob Brunner, Rosa Cartagena, Sherri Dalphonse, Mimi Montgomery, Luke Mullins, Jessica Sidman, and Anna Spiegel.
For the first time in memory, there are serious questions about whether the worlds oldest democracy can actually pull off a democratic election. We asked a bipartisan group of five experts to unspool their own disaster scenarios. Compiled by Benjamin Wofford.
Inside Washingtons super-luxe lockdowns. By Mimi Montgomery and Jessica Sidman.
Cosponsored by Washingtonian, these annual awards honor distinguished reporters and editors. Meet the 2020 winners.
Bidens Mar-A-Lago?: Would Rehoboth become Joe Bidens Mar-a-Lago?By Washingtonian Staff.
Dating Games: The DC dating guru who will play a better you online. By Jane Recker.
ESPN Goes G0-Go: How Trouble Funk got on SportsCenter. By Andrew Beaujon.
Bird Watching: The Twitter account that IDs helicopters. By Rob Brunner.
Netflix Heads to Gallaudet: Deaf U captures students sometimes messy lives. By Rosa Cartagena.
Big Picture: A swimsuit-company-turned-face-mask-factory in Vienna. By Lauren Bulbin.
Books, movies, TV, music, and other things were loving this month.
Interview: Howard president Wayne A.I. Frederick leads a historic university. And performs cancer surgery. Interview by Michael Schaffer.
Politics: A top Republican operative on why the GOP is dead. By Benjamin Wofford.
Culture: The challenge of marketing a Covid vaccine. By Jane Recker.
Drinking Responsibly: Six nearby wineries with big outdoor spacesso you can sip safely with a great view. By Sherri Dalphonse.
Lesson Plans: Six ways private schools have changed in the wake of coronavirus. By Sherri Dalphonse.
Status symbol: The $4,295 treadmill. By Mimi Montgomery.
Winter Restaurant Preview: There will surely be heartbreaking closures in the coming months. But a surprising number of new places are on the way, too. By Ann Limpert, Anna Spiegel, Jessica Sidman, and Daniella Byck.
Brass Appeal: Five stunning kitchensall with brassplus our directory of kitchen remodeling resources.
The Briefing: Bethesda:Whats new in the popular suburb.
Our New Home: Look inside Washingtonians new offices.
Off the Market: The months luxury home sales.
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October 6, 2020 by
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ST. LOUIS These are unprecedented times for the airline industry. With business pummeled by the pandemic and federal aid expiring October 1, furloughs and layoffs loom.
American Airlines flight attendant Allie Malis is one of more than 30,000 airline industry employees holding out hope for a last-minute stimulus agreement.
Its crazy. Tomorrow Im unemployed and today Im waiting for Congress to do something, she said.
Dan Reed, a senior contributor for Forbes, says COVIDs effect on business travel created a problem the airline industry it might never solve.
Without those higher business fare travelers on board, or without as many of them, something is going to have to change in the back of the plane, something is going to have to change in the schedule. Which all affects the economics, he said.
Reed says the longer planes and the people who operate them sit idle, the more difficult and expensive it becomes to recertify them.
Now with a third of the employees being removed from the equation, and probably 45 percent of the fleet being parked, its just hard to see how the equation ever comes back to being the way it was, he said.
Even for Southwest Airlines, the lifeblood of St. Louis-Lambert International Airport, and one of most nations most financially healthy airlines, Reeds outlook is grim.
If it gets worse, and the delay of a return to travel extends deep into next year, all bets are off, even on Southwest when it comes to layoffs, Reed said. This is an unprecedented time when were seeing an industrys foundational economic equation being changed. How it will come back together is hard to predict.
And for airline workers like Malis, navigating a holding pattern unlike any theyve ever experienced.
I mean, I dont know how to feel right now. Do I feel sad? Do I feel scared? Do I feel angry and frustrated? Theres so many emotions that are pulsing through my veins and through the veins of, you know, a thousand other American Airlines flight attendants who are also on this last day of the payroll support program, which is stabilize our jobs, maintain our health care, and we dont know whats going to happen next, she said.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
Global Residential Digital Faucets Market 2020-2024 The analyst has been monitoring the residential digital faucets market and it is poised to grow by $ 1.88 bn during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of 7% during the forecast period. Our reports on the residential digital faucets market provides a holistic analysis, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis covering around 25 vendors.
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The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current global market scenario, latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment. The market is driven by the increasing consumer expenditure on bathroom and kitchen remodeling, flourishing residential construction industry, and technological advancements in residential digital faucets. In addition, increasing consumer expenditure on bathroom and kitchen remodelling is anticipated to boost the growth of the market as well. The residential digital faucets market analysis includes type segment and geographical landscapes.
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This study identifies the strong distribution network between manufacturers and retailers as one of the prime reasons driving the residential digital faucets market growth during the next few years. Also, new product innovations and the growing popularity of smart bathrooms will lead to sizable demand in the market.
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October 6, 2020 by
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Union, N.J. Bed Bath & Beyond has put together a three-year plan as part of its transformation strategy. Full details will be announced at the companys Investor Day event on Oct. 28, but during this mornings second quarter analyst call, executives previewed some of the changes.
Sourcing: A newly formed procurement organization will crated a centralized spending control and vendor management process to deliver substantial savings. BBB had previously announced that it plans to develop more house brands, cull duplicative skus and pare its supplier roster.
Product priorities: The retailer plans to expand and double down on private label brands in bedding, bath, kitchen and storage/organization, said Tritton.
Physical stores: The plan includes what president and CEO Mark Tritton intimated will be a broad store remodeling program launching next year. In the meantime, one-third of the 200 stores slated to close permanently will go dark by the end of this year. The company expects to transition 15% to 20% of the sales generated by those locations to digital or other nearby company stores.
New customers: BBB gained roughly 2 million new online customers during the second quarter 40% of them new to the brand. The latter are six years younger than established customers and less likely to use coupons, which have long been a drag on the retailers bottom line. Coupons arent going away, but in the future coupon offers will be more curated, Tritton said.
In another plus, new customers are buying from higher margin categories, specifically bedding, bath, kitchen, food prep, cleaning and home maintenance, he added.
The second quarter ended Aug. 29 generated healthy results for Bed Bath & Beyond, including its first positive quarterly comp since Q4 2016 and strongest adjusted earnings per share in more than two years. We bel this was a pivotal quarter for our organization, said Tritton.
Q2 net sales slipped 1% to $2.7, driven in part by the sale of the One Kings Lane division. Digital sales jumped 88%, while net sales from stores fell 18%. Total comp rose 6%.
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Debbie and Greg May
SAN JOSE, Calif. (PRWEB) October 01, 2020
Greg and Debbie May, co-owners of May Construction, a Santa Clara Valley residential remodeling firm, have recently seen a surge in new business as a direct result of changes made to their customer service model, which they attribute to their status as a married couple working in business together.
The success of May Construction, Inc. has occurred despite the challenges residential remodelers have faced over the past six months. Through careful planning and adapting their business approach to a new reality, the Mays have brought in 12 new design/build projects over the past several months an unprecedented leap in growth for their business.
"It is not altogether uncommon for residential contracting firms to have a family-owned business with married couples working together," Debbie explained. "But a shift in our communication has led to tremendous growth that would not have been possible had we not been a couple in business together."
"We would not have seen this type of growth even during normal times," Debbie went on We continue to receive referrals from satisfied clients, but this positive shift is something else entirely.
"As a married couple who own a business together you develop special tools to draw on," Greg added, "especially what I believe is the most important tool of all -- clear communication. It has helped us withstand some hard times in the past and right now has catapulted us forward.
"Greg and I have distinct roles in the company," Debbie elaborated, As a licensed contractor Greg handles anything directly related to design and/or construction. I do the initial evaluation with clients, as well has oversee business development, do the bookkeeping and manage the office staff."
"In a way it's like a well-timed baton transfer in a relay race," Greg went on. "Everything is planned out well in advance to ensure success. Debbie makes the initial contact with a client, and it's important for her to gather information and see if the project is a good fit. From there, after Debbie's careful screening, I speak to the client in more detail about their remodeling needs."
Greg May is an expert builder, providing the highest standards for superior customer service and backed by integrity, dedication, and commitment to superior craftsmanship.
This important but subtle change in understanding, the Mays believe, could only have come about by being wedded in marriage and in business. "There was an ah-ha couple-type of moment," Greg said. "Debbie and I shared a knowing glance and knew right away we were onto something that would benefit our customers."
That's something we would not have realized had we not been a couple in business together," Debbie affirmed.
"We found a silver lining," Greg added. "We will continue to use this approach. We feel pretty optimistic about where May Construction is headed.
Greg May was trained in construction by his father, and has continued his family's tradition of excellence since 1977. May Construction. Inc. specializes in design-build, whole house remodels, additions, kitchen, and bathroom remodels throughout the Santa Clara Valley.
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Tim Griffin is leaving The Kitchen after nearly a decade as the director and chief curator of the experimental New York art space. During his tenure, Griffin continued and expanded the storied institutions focus on interdisciplinarity and oversaw a program featuring Chantal Akerman, ANOHNI, Charles Atlas, Gretchen Bender, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Ralph Lemon, Aki Sasamoto, and Tyshawn Sorey, among others. His term also led to new initiatives including the hybrid talks series The Kitchen L.A.B. and electronic music series Synth Nights. Griffinwho began helming the nonprofit in 2011 after a seven-year run as the editor-in-chief of Artforum, where he is currently a contributing editorwill shift into an advisory role at The Kitchen by years end; he has accepted a visiting professorship in the art history and English departments at Ohio State University in Columbus, where his wife, Johanna Burton, directs The Wexner Center for the Arts.
I cant imagine a more inspiring or humbling experience among artists than what The Kitchen, and its dedicated staff and board, has offered me over the years, said Griffin. Few places have such a history, decade after decade, of presenting the unexpected. Even fewer have people so deeply committed every day to supporting artists innovative work, and who, time and again, manage to pull it off whatever the challenges.
In addition to organizing exhibitions and performances, Griffin has spent the last two years fundraising in anticipation of The Kitchens fiftieth anniversary in 2021 and the renovation of its building at West Nineteenth Street in Chelsea. The organization has raised $11 million ahead of its special benefit show, Ice and Fire, curated by Kitchen board members Wade Guyton and Jacqueline Humphries opening with online viewing October 8. In the last few months, the venue has also adapted to pandemic-induced lockdown, introducing The Kitchen Broadcast and revising its residencies to include a TV studio model. A search for a new director is being conducted by Isaacson Miller.
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