Imagine slicing a room down the middle and placing the halves on a double-pan scale. Would one side weigh down the other or would they be equal? This week is about the principle of balance. Interior ...

In many facets of the home, symmetry is inherently desirable: We want the art on our walls to sit straight, our tablecloths to hang in a correct proportion to the ground, and our nightstands to ...

Have you ever walked into a room that just felt awkward? If so, you may have come upon a room that was suffering from the “bad-balance blues.” I recently encountered just such a space when working ...

Glass artist Dale Chihuly’s unruly flowers take growing instructions from some errant strand of artistic DNA. The thrusting Brown Center at the Maryland Institute College of Art finds power in the ...