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Matter & Order in Chicago Home + Garden

Be sure to pick up the January/February issue of Chicago Home & Garden to read about Matter & Order‘s vintage chair redesign for Chairs for Charity, the inaugural event benefiting the great...

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A Beacon on the Hill: Greg Benson of Loll

Located on a densely wooded Duluth hillside along an old, archetypal U.S. railway sits Hawks Boots, headquarters for Loll Designs and Epicurean Cutting Surfaces, makers of sustainable outdoor furniture...

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NOLA Observed

Before obtaining absolution tomorrow for all of our sins, we must prepare for the debauchery of today, Fat Tuesday, or more commonly – an excuse for serious revelers to hit the bars early on an...

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Furniture Man: Jason Lewis

The smell and sound of a good wood shop is about as comforting to a furniture devotee as freshly mowed Wrigley Field grass and organ music is to a Cubs fan. The rich aroma of cut hardwoods permeate the...

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Milano Observed

Never in my wildest imagination would I have envisioned the planning of my first trip to Italy going something like this: Saturday, 10:45pm – Contacted by the managing editor for Inhabitat to cover the...

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Designs for the Dogs

We believe that our animal friends appreciate good design. Take Lemon (above), our resident rescue-pup from PAWS, for example. She loves to lounge on our Scandinavian sofa, doze on our designer duvet,...

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Chairs for Charity

Last year, Matter & Order was invited to participate in Chicago Home + Garden‘s first ever Chairs for Charity event, where 15 Chicago-area designers including Larry Vodak of Scout, Julia Buckingham...

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Welcome 2012

Wow. What a year it has been. From starting Matter Observed way back in January, to taking on several exciting interior design projects with Matter & Order; traveling near and far, including a last...

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Culture vs. Commerce: The Fight to Save Prentice

The heated debate over Bertrand Goldberg’s Prentice Woman’s Hospital building came to a head yesterday as the Commission on Chicago Landmarks finally heard the argument from staffers of the Department...

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