Christopher Coleman’s bright Williamsburg one-bedroom shows what can be done when cheap materials (patent leather, acrylic, parachute fabric) meet ingenuity. N o, Christopher Coleman was not deliberately referencing Mondrian, the Memphis movement, or the Rubik’s Cube when he assembled the new Williamsburg apartment he shares with fashion designer Angel Sanchez. This gung-ho mix of bold elementsa geometric kitchen wall covering, a color-block chair, a sliding door in red patent leatheris his own design philosophy, where pricey Gio Ponti chairs share space with inexpensive Canal Street finds. The chair, left, is from Prague Kolektiv in Dumbo, and is upholstered in a wool dhurrie Coleman found in Dubai while there with Sanchez, who was doing a wedding. The acrylic chair, right, is a Jean-Charles de Castelbajac design that Coleman found at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. read more

Christopher Coleman’s bright Williamsburg one-bedroom shows what can be done when cheap materials (patent leather, acrylic, parachute fabric) meet ingenuity. N o, Christopher Coleman was not deliberately referencing Mondrian, the Memphis movement, or the Rubik’s Cube when he assembled the new Williamsburg apartment he shares with fashion designer Angel Sanchez. This gung-ho mix of bold elementsa geometric kitchen wall covering, a color-block chair, a sliding door in red patent leatheris his own design philosophy, where pricey Gio Ponti chairs share space with inexpensive Canal Street finds. The acrylic chair, right, is a Jean-Charles de Castelbajac design that Coleman found at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. read more

Christopher Coleman’s bright Williamsburg one-bedroom shows what can be done when cheap materials (patent leather, acrylic, parachute fabric) meet ingenuity. N o, Christopher Coleman was not deliberately referencing Mondrian, the Memphis movement, or the Rubik’s Cube when he assembled the new Williamsburg apartment he shares with fashion designer Angel Sanchez. This gung-ho mix of bold elementsa geometric kitchen wall covering, a color-block chair, a sliding door in red patent leatheris his own design philosophy, where pricey Gio Ponti chairs share space with inexpensive Canal Street finds. The chair, left, is from Prague Kolektiv in Dumbo, and is upholstered in a wool dhurrie Coleman found in Dubai while there with Sanchez, who was doing a wedding. The acrylic chair, right, is a Jean-Charles de Castelbajac design that Coleman found at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. The window treatments are made from $9-a-yard parachute cloth, bought at Circle Visual on West 37th Street. read more

Christopher Coleman’s bright Williamsburg one-bedroom shows what can be done when cheap materials (patent leather, acrylic, parachute fabric) meet ingenuity. N o, Christopher Coleman was not deliberately referencing Mondrian, the Memphis movement, or the Rubik’s Cube when he assembled the new Williamsburg apartment he shares with fashion designer Angel Sanchez. This gung-ho mix of bold elementsa geometric kitchen wall covering, a color-block chair, a sliding door in red patent leatheris his own design philosophy, where pricey Gio Ponti chairs share space with inexpensive Canal Street finds. The chair, left, is from Prague Kolektiv in Dumbo, and is upholstered in a wool dhurrie Coleman found in Dubai while there with Sanchez, who was doing a wedding. The acrylic chair, right, is a Jean-Charles de Castelbajac design that Coleman found at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. read more

Armstrong Atlantic University will eliminate seven university full-time non-faculty positions and reduce two others to part-time as of December 31. The move comes after the board of regents for Georgia’s university system voted in mid-November to adjust the system’s budget from a 6 percent cut to an 8 percent reduction for the current fiscal year. Since budget cuts were first required in 2008, AASU administrators have reduced operating budgets by 11 percent; cut administrative costs by merging departments; eliminated non-faculty vacant positions; placed a 60-day hiring freeze prior to filling critical vacant positions; increased employee contribution percentages for health insurance; and implemented six furlough days for all personnel. Kathy Sliz, entrepreneur, decorator and owner of Decorating Den Interiors in Savannah, has been selected by the company to complete a master bedroom design project for the company’s $10,000 sweepstakes winner, Louise Meadow of Hilton Head. The city of Savannah and the DeRenne Avenue Business Association have combined to install 5-foot illuminated wreaths at intersections along DeRenne from Montgomery Street to Waters Avenue. Special recognition will be given to 2009 board chair Diana Morrison as she exchanges the gavel with 2010 board chair Bert Tenenbaum. read more

The Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN, Zahir Tanin, has a lovely new apartment. The Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations has a lovely new apartment. According to two deeds filed Friday, the group spent $4,235,000 on a 2,840-square-foot apartment at Trump World Tower, plus a $5. Zahir Tanin, whose title is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United Nations, is listed in the deeds. The government of Afghanistan has purchased two multi-million dollar Upper East Side spaces for its ambassadorial branch, the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations, according to two deeds filed today. The first, a 2,840-square-foot apartment in the Trump World Tower at 845 United Nations Plaza, sits on the corner of 47th Street and sold for $4. read more