Category: A Closer Look: MCD Projects and Design Details

Wood Finishes: Make Use of Ceruse!

black wood cabinet

Published: March 18th, 2015

Wood finishes can add so many dimensions to design.  Over the last few years, I’ve been re-discovering the marvel of ceruse. Cerusing is a wood finish technique made popular during the Art Deco Era by the French designer Jean Michel Frank.  The technique actually dates back to the 1500’s  when it was made from white […]

Lake Point Tower: Luxury Interior Design Ideas

lake point tower

Published: February 9th, 2015

Interior designers find design inspiration in any number of sources, but the perk of living and working in Chicago is being inspired by the city’s architecture itself.  One of our newest projects is an apartment  in Lake Point Tower, that gorgeous 70-story curved steel and glass residential icon adjacent to Chicago’s Navy Pier.  The late […]

ASID Awards Mitchell Channon Design 2014 Design Excellence Award

Published: September 15th, 2014

A wonderful  evening became even better when, for the second year in a row, the Illinois Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) awarded our firm their Design Excellence Award at its annual awards Gala. The event, held September 12th in the breathtaking ballroom at the newly-opened Langham Hotel in downtown Chicago, honors […]