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Hi Everyone,

Well, at my Twitter follower’s request, I did my first tweeting from the road on my iPhone otherwise you’d not have heard from me for about ten days. Fat fingers on a tiny keyboard? Not good. But I muddled through and you all were great in tracking me stop to stop. I am getting the hang of it and it’s nice being to chat with you all while I’m sitting in hotel rooms and green rooms waiting to “meet the press.”

Press…

Speaking of which, here’s a sample article from press tour part one! http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2010/06/07/story5.html?t=printable

Design Contest…

This week I’m also the lead judge for www.homeworkshop.com and a company called Alluminare www.alluminare.com. Artists from all over the world designed fabric pattern ideas. All very interesting submissions (475) with great concepts and global influences. My job is to narrow the final thirty designs down to only ten. Then, like American Idol, you all get to select the winner. So check it out!

World Market Center, Las Vegas…

I flew to Vegas to meet World Market center team. They’ve asked me to design an event installation for the August market show. It will be a glimpse into the future of retailing complete with all sorts of groovy elements that I’ll share when we get closer to the opening. I’ve been asked to keep a lid on it till then LOL.

http://www.lvdesigncenter.com/

Ask Christopher Series Update…

As many of you know, we’re getting ready to launch our new web series (see previous blogs below) and are submerged in the world of internet right now. Much like the early days of cable TV, there’s so much ground work to be laid to assure that once we’re up and running, that everyone everywhere can download our segments both on their various computers and on their mobile devices. This is no easy feat! Technology is changing SOOOO fast that we’re constantly updating and revamping code, trying to anticipate brewing formats, what new sponsor needs and all the production structure required for this brave new world. There’s no question that the new boom in internet programming is on and we’re part of the new regime of web warriors trail blazing the new media and all the legalities that come with it. So please be patient (that goes for me too). I’ve done a great deal of script writing in the meantime based on many of your past questions and new questions I’ve been asking via Twitter.

As we move forward it’s important to me that we offer something fresh and new and not try to duplicate the past six TV series formats. One of the ways I’m approaching the web format is to offer the kind of transparent one-on-one intimacy that was not always feasible on network television, especially with their business and format agendas. We’re not going to be doing big splashy makeovers of the past, beautifully lit like magazine covers. I want to get back to the real basics based on how we honestly live (or should be living) today. A home that really pampers requires a lot of thought. Having helped thousands of people create spaces that are often life changing I know for sure that it has far more to do with honest re-prioritizing and clarity then just style. So I want you all to be able to learn from my years of being (as it were) a house psychic –LOL– helping people look for harmony in both function as well as design. I can’t tell you how many times an objective eye and a small tweak has changed the very dynamic of a home without spending a dime. So even I have to put my years of playing Cecil B. DeMille aside to create the proper pace and set the right mood to teach, inspire and, yes, have fun with you in a way that has real meaning eye-to-eye, soul-to-soul. In the words of the masters, “Keep it simple stupid.”

I might spend an entire module just showing you one classic versatile, affordable piece of furniture available at mass market that can be used in any room in a variety of ways. Another segment might be all about the dynamic of simply rearranging ones furniture and another about easy ways to take existing furniture and increase their surface size. The underlining message being, “Use what you’ve got but change the dynamic.” In hard economic times these important designer tricks and simple a-ha moments can have you looking at your home in a whole new way no matter where you live.

So a lot of time and energy off the screen will make what we put on the screen innovative and just that much better.

Later,

CL