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Tastemaker Q&A with Louise Roe

Tastemaker Q&A with Louise Roe

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Tastemaker Q&A with Louise Roe

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3 Rules of Good Design (and When to Break Them)

3 Rules of Good Design (and When to Break Them)

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” - Pablo Picasso In second grade, I entered a writing contest. I pulled out my thesaurus...

3 Rules of Good Design (and When to Break Them)

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” - Pablo Picasso In second grade, I entered a writing contest. I pulled out my thesaurus...

The Lie of Scarcity and the Monster of Competitiveness

The Lie of Scarcity and the Monster of Competit...

Twelve years ago, I was just entering the world of online writing. It was crowded (blogs were barely hanging on) but not quite oversaturated.  The next decade, I watched an...

The Lie of Scarcity and the Monster of Competit...

Twelve years ago, I was just entering the world of online writing. It was crowded (blogs were barely hanging on) but not quite oversaturated.  The next decade, I watched an...

Embracing Patina: Appreciating All That Old Stuff

Embracing Patina: Appreciating All That Old Stuff

Those imperfections are character and love and charm and life and growth and isn’t that something to appreciate? To celebrate? To honor and cherish? Just like our bodies, these pieces...

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Embracing Patina: Appreciating All That Old Stuff

Those imperfections are character and love and charm and life and growth and isn’t that something to appreciate? To celebrate? To honor and cherish? Just like our bodies, these pieces...

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You're Good: Home Dysmorphia and the Art of Loving Your Space Right Now

You're Good: Home Dysmorphia and the Art of Lov...

What we’re seeing in the design world is something of an epidemic—a constant need to be current, on trend. A constant need to remodel, take out the old, put in...

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You're Good: Home Dysmorphia and the Art of Lov...

What we’re seeing in the design world is something of an epidemic—a constant need to be current, on trend. A constant need to remodel, take out the old, put in...

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Welcome to the Oakstreet Blog

Welcome to the Oakstreet Blog

What we want to do is infuse conversations about design with emotion, bring life to something Pinterest and Instagram have made sterile and cold, easy to copy but hard to...

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Welcome to the Oakstreet Blog

What we want to do is infuse conversations about design with emotion, bring life to something Pinterest and Instagram have made sterile and cold, easy to copy but hard to...

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