Yesterday, we introduced you to Jason Oliver Nixon and John Loecke of John Loecke Inc., and the duo behind DemystifyingDesign. These design demystifiers are two of the several bloggers participating in the DDB's Blogger Lounge during Fall Market. We sat down with Jason and John to learn more about their blog, their design style and what they can't wait to see at Fall Market 2011.
GDG: What are some of your favorite things about your blog?
J+J: We love the immediacy of blogging and the engaged community that Demystifying Design has created. We are crazy for the ability to speak to an excited, active design audience who really gets involved and helps continue the dialogue. We are constantly snapping photos with our digital camera and taking notes, collecting business cards, and distilling ideas and sucking up new experiences, so Demystifying Design gives us the perfect outlet to express our endless musings.
Nothing makes our day more than subscriber comments. We want to create some magical and wonderfully useful and engaging ideas, so feedback makes it all worthwhile!
GDG: What are a few fundamental elements to the style of your space?
J+J: Color, energy, verve, wit and lots of layers—to name a few. We never want to create a space that looks like it was purchased head-to-toe. We want depth, dimension, and a worldview wrapped into a gorgeous, enveloping setting.
GDG: Were there any trends this summer that you especially loved—or didn't?
J+J: We are lapping up all things Indian and Moroccan and moving away from anything too country or too 'Chinese restaurant circa 1960.' We are all about streamlining our collections.
We have been inspired by heavy metal bands of the 80s: Jason is designing a wallpaper called White Lion and a sofette named Scorpion and an ottoman named Janie's Got a Gun. And John thinks that the 80s are coming back in a big, bad way. We see conversation pits in the near future, corduroy and ultra-suede!
GDG: What are you looking forward to seeing during the DDB's Fall Market?
J+J: We love the shock of the new, so bring it on! Bold new colors, groovy fabrics and graphic wallpapers rock our world like a hurricane. We will lap it up like a cat to milk!
GDG: Can you share a fun fact about yourself?
J+J: John likes to wear pink underwear, and Jason has taken to wearing turbans around the house! We collect antique lead garden miniature figurines that we purchase on eBay UK, and we have aspirations to buy a home in New Orleans by the time we are 45. Jason also likes wine in a box while John orders vodka and soda, light on the vodka.
"Light on the rocks," says Jason, rolling his eyes. "Go figure."
Jason is an Aquarius, and John is a Taurus and we both think that Chicago is the new black and India is the new orange. We would walk ten miles in the snow for a frog-shaped side table, and we always choose oil-rubbed bronze door hardware over brass and love a good trucker baseball hat!
Check back with GoDesignGo to meet more of the DDB's Bloggers Lounge roster.
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