THE FUEGO BLOG

My job takes me a lot of places. All across the U.S., China, Singapore, Taiwan, England, Germany, Italy, etc. Lots of places you'd expect design and manufacturing to happen. But over the last year, I've developed a design relationship with a company in a place I'd never expected: Dubai.

First of all, let me tell you about Dubai. You've all seen the images and the news specials. It is a place of open possibilities. The tallest buildings. Communities rising out of the sea. Disneyland-like malls, hotels and entertainment centers. Development on a scale never seen before. It really is mind boggling. For example, you probably have seen the Burj al Arab. The famous hotel that looks like a sail, built on a man made island just off Jumeirah beach, in which the rooms start at US$1,700 a night. Well, when Sheikh Mohammed decided to build it, it was a $2 billion project. In a $10 billion economy! He spent 20 percent of their GNP on a hotel. Well he was right. It has come to symbolize Dubai and catalyzed the region as a destination. If you Google Dubai, half of the images will be of the Burj al Arab.

In honor of Memorial Day weekend, one of the biggest grilling weekends of the year, Fuego is hosting its first "Create a Caption" contest. So put on your thinking caps, whip out the wit and write a caption for this photo. Winners will be highlighted on the blog next week. Happy grilling!

The latest design partnership between Ammunition's Robert Brunner and Zephyr Ventilation, San Francisco.

The ARC Collection is scheduled to launch at the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show next week http://www.kbis.com/kbisshow/index.jsp, April 11-13th in Chicago.  Robert will also be unveiling the collection on Friday April 11th.

Congratulation to our good friend FuTung Cheng's latest creation, House 6, his latest, slip-cast, monolithic concrete and wood home.

House 6, promoted in dwell magazine, is Cheng’s sixth custom home designed and built bottom-to-top.

Please visit his site for more cool pictures:

http://www.chengdesign.com/page/homes-menlopark