Mr. Douglas Burton This is Me

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1. 1. sacc-usa.org

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   Published on: 3/3/2007   Last Visited: 3/3/2007

   Douglas Burton, co-owner of the design shop Apartment Zero, spoke about "The Importance of Bringing Items Into a Space," and Helena Hernmarck, a tapestry artist, talked about "Weaving Tapestries Into Buildings."

2. 2. Apartment Zero

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   Published on: 12/21/2006   Last Visited: 6/25/2008

   -Douglas Burton, one of the owners of Apartment Zero, a design store in Washington, made a pass through Eindhoven for the store's show of Dutch design pieces last year.Apartment Zero stocks pieces by Eindhoven graduates."People don't understand it, but are interested in exploring it", Mr. Burton said.If Eindhoven is becoming more practical, he said, it reflects the new manufactures in the Netherlands and their hunger for unfettered, but buildable designs.
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   Owners Christopher Ralston and Douglas Burton have stocked their shop with a large range of up-to-the-minute design items-all of them quite practical.
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   - The store offers a variety of sleek and iconic furniture and furnishings and the design by Douglas Burton provides a witty and energetic backdrop for the product.
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   As Douglas Burton of Apartment Zero discovered, Tappio Wirkkala's famous white porcelain paper bag was not available anywhere in the US.So Burton has changed that, and in partnership with the Embassy of Finland, he has stocked the store with Wirkkala masterpieces, from barware to art glass.
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   The Dutch events were the brainstorm of Douglas Burton, owner of Apartment Zero.He argues that a local design culture has been on the verge of happening, and that DC may be a tradition-conscious city but the attitude here is very progressive.People just didn't have an outlet to express that.
   
   The Washington Blade - Christopher Ralston and Douglas Burton build their lives around good design and are exercising their admiration for the Netherlands aesthetic with "Celebrating Dutch Design", their upcoming exchange with the Royal Netherlands embassy.
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   The Dutch events were the brainstorm of Douglas Burton, owner of Apartment Zero.
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   - To truly come away with the best the neighborhood has to offer, stop by Apartment Zero and say hello to owners Christopher Ralston and Douglas Burton.
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   - To help the masses turn their visions into reality, Burton and Ralston have created a space where customers feel welcome, not intimidated.
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   - Ralston and Burton are a dynamic duo armed with an impressive background in shopping center know-how, marketing expertise and visual merchandising.

3. 3. Knowledge Center for IIDA

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   Published on: 3/21/2006   Last Visited: 2/24/2008

   Douglas Burton, owner, Apartment Zero
   
   Douglas Burton, owner of Apartment Zero in Washington, D.C., and affiliate member of AIA and ASID, works with noted Dutch, Scandinavian and American designers to find furnishings that are streamlined and brilliantly simple to suit mobile condo dwellers.
   
   "If a room holds only a few pieces, they have to be multipurpose and stimulating," he says.