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Hourglass Design
As a kid nothing got me more excited than, the sound of furniture being dragged around the house, along with the scent of warm punch in...
Tali Shoval-Dranes
Mar 28, 20153 min read


Design as a Universal Language
At one of my first reviews atMassArt the first comment I got was, why did I pin-up my process the wrong way. You see I'm a native Hebrew...
Tali Shoval-Dranes
Mar 22, 20152 min read


Attention to Intention
Many a times the approach to design is almost haphazard. I can't even begin to count the frantic phone calls I get from people who "just"...
Tali Shoval-Dranes
Mar 15, 20152 min read


Color Splash*
As a designer nothing daunts me more then picking a color for my own home. I find it paralyzing, as if the color choice I make will...
Tali Shoval-Dranes
Mar 8, 20153 min read


Heart of the Home
After buying a house, investing in replacing the roof, heating system and wiring most people turn into their kitchens. So many has been...
Tali Shoval-Dranes
Mar 2, 20152 min read


Let's sit on it
In the design world, chairs help in breakthrough discoveries. They are the "lab" where materials, colors and technology are tested out....
Tali Shoval-Dranes
Feb 22, 20152 min read


What's your Story?
Watching the Grammys last night I suddenly remembered a dream of mine. Growing up in the MTV era (when they actually played music clips),...
Tali Shoval-Dranes
Feb 8, 20152 min read


A-void
They say music is the silence between sounds. For me design is the void between masses. I was 14 years old when I first visited the...
Tali Shoval-Dranes
Feb 1, 20152 min read


No 2 Snow Facts are alike
As we here in New England are buried deep under heap loads of snow, I thought some snow facts and thoughts are in order. No two snow...
Tali Shoval-Dranes
Jan 26, 20152 min read


Open
The open space office concept, though seems to have a modern sounding flair to it, has been around from many years. The first open spaces...
Tali Shoval-Dranes
Jan 18, 20152 min read


Bench (mark)*
An urban scape is a great testing ground for people watching and human behaviors. One of the nicest features in open public spaces are in...
Tali Shoval-Dranes
Jan 11, 20151 min read


Design by Numbers
I like watching HGTV, I really do. There is a calm that comes over me when I'm fed the easily digested format of 3 out 3 in each and...
Tali Shoval-Dranes
Jan 4, 20152 min read


Design Made Easy
I'll admit, I'm a little obsessive when it comes to making lists. You name it - I'll list it! But nothing beats the lists one makes ahead...
Tali Shoval-Dranes
Dec 28, 20142 min read


Happy N(ew)Box Year!
Crunch time, almost 2015 o'clock. Seems like these days we have very little time (attention span?). We need to"like"/"share"/"post". How...
Tali Shoval-Dranes
Dec 22, 20142 min read
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