The New Sketchbooks: Architecture Apps

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Until recently, meeting with clients met bringing sketchpad, pencils, erasers, and other architectural design toys to draw as the client and/or architect(s) brainstorm. Now, architecture apps have reinvented the wheel, making it easy to create and share ideas/plans with nary a traditional sketchpad in sight. Here are some of our favorite … [Read more...]

20/20 Campaign Ends With Candlepin

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Leslie Saul & Associates celebrated the end of a successful 20/20 Campaign with a celebration at Sacco’s Bowl Haven in Somerville.    LS&A ran a campaign through the LS&A blog and Facebook page to help celebrate 20 years of sharing their vision of good design at work by asking friends and associates for $20 donations to go toward the United … [Read more...]

Organic Design: Are These Bacterial Products Innovative or Unnecessary?

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We recently explored nature-inspired design, focusing on products and finishes that either emulate or are composed of wood, stone, plant life, and more. But what if natural design went deeper, exploring the design possibilities of microorganisms? Right now there are actually two different products making waves in the design world, both of which take … [Read more...]

Book or E-Book: A Look at the Modern Library

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It seems like digital book technology has divided the world into two types of people: those who prefer e-books and those who prefer the good old-fashioned paper kind. As convenient as reading tablets can be, there are times when curling up with a physical book is simply more satisfying. This is especially true when it comes to the Best Art Books, which is … [Read more...]

Leslie Talks! If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?

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Leslie Talks! If you had a magic wand and could change design world-wide…

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20 Years of Improving Vision

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Leslie Saul & Associates is celebrating 20 years of dedication to making a better place in which to live, to learn, to age, to work and to play. Over the last 20 years, Leslie has seen the world through many pairs of glasses and we thought it would be fun to share some of her favorites with you here.   Let us know what your favorite … [Read more...]

Cottage Eclectic, By Land and By Sea

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Husband and wife design duo Richard and Victoria MacKenzie-Childs are known for their distinctive aesthetic, which is an eclectic and whimsical interpretation of the English cottage look. Editor at Large reports that the MacKenzie-Childs Estate is on the market and that the couple has renovated an historic boat to inhabit in style. The 43 acre … [Read more...]

Defeating the Junk Drawer with Thoughtful Design

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We all have at least one in our home; a shamefully messy, disorganized "junk drawer" that functions like a black hole of stuff, swallowing everything from spare keys and stamps to batteries and paper clips. There's no telling what's actually in there because there is simply too much other stuff crowding the space. The junk drawer may not even be a drawer, … [Read more...]

Tips for Success from a Zen Executive

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Little Pink Book is a great resource for women in the business world, and we just loved one of the recent profiles featuring Elda Muller. A member of the Editorial Council Board of Brazil's largest publishing empire, Abril, she is the highest-ranking woman at the publishing powerhouse. As a business owner or executive, the demands on your time are … [Read more...]

Frank Lloyd Wright- In the Dog House

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At Leslie Saul & Associates we love a good architecture story, and it's always fun to learn about the more human aspects of the famous architects and designers whose names carry so much weight in the industry. So when we came across this fantastic post on the Architizer Blog, we had to share! According to the article, Frank Lloyd Wright actually … [Read more...]