Brendan Ravenhill has an amazing collection of modern industrial lighting fixtures with some other great pieces of furniture sprinkled throughout his body of work. His Cord Lamp, an evolutionary descendant of Jean Prouve’s Swing Jib Lamp is a pretty killer tweak on a iconic industrial fixture. The Bare Light in it’s translucent simplicity is stunning, a grouping of those would be so nice. Read more about Brendan after the jump.

Q: Who is?

I’m a Los Angeles based industrial designer specializing in objects, lighting and furniture. I also recently completed an interior design rennovation for the Los Angeles restaurant Osteria La Buca.

Q: What is your background?

I come from a strong craft background. After

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Tip 1: Go for texture
“I believe that every room should include elements with different textures. Choose furniture and accessories in various finishes — glass, wood, metal or lacquer — to give the room depth and make it feel collected, not matched.” -Tamara Robbins Griffith

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Weve been introducing you to our blog columnists since last Thursday. Now that youve met everyone, we thought wed compile links to their blog posts as our Friday Favorites! Click on their banners below to read their debut posts, and meet us back here on the At Home in Arkansas blog each month to get to know them better!

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Much has been written about the “internet of things.” Right now, not every human being has an IP but in the very near future, low cost smart chips will be added to every device to give it an IP address and everything in one’s life will become part of your private secure network to be monitored and controlled (and hence become smart) via a smartphone, tablet or PC.

Earlier this week, Dutch-based NXP Semiconductors announced its GreenChip, which for the cost of about US$1.00, enables every light bulb to have its own wireless IP address.

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National Preservation Month is about celebrating the historical old houses and buildings that are a reflection of our national heritage and working to preserve them for future generations to enjoy. The definition of what constitutes an important old house worth saving can be as diverse as our individual backgrounds and the experiences that make up our journey through life.

I grew up in rural Virginia and for many years my conception of historical old houses was defined by the farmhouses and manor homes that dotted the countryside. Many of

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