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A more collaborative exhibition could pull the diverse community together. >>

A grown man finds himself lost somewhere between the couch and the kitchen. >>

IT may look like a lost Picasso with a touch of Gustav Klimt, but "Where From My Love" is an even more striking fusion of art and craft. Doris Hall's 3-by-5-foot enameled panel, at right, made in 1957 from powdered glass fused to steel at 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit, is one of 200 pieces in "Painting With Fire: Masters of Enameling in America 1930-1980" on display at the Long Beach Museum of Art through Aug. 19. >>

UC students use natural materials from the wine process to create a show garden with warm floral notes. >>

Those family snapshots are flying out of picture frames and onto lampshades, comforters, even Kleenex boxes. Some examples: >>

FENG SHUI is an approach to design based on ancient Chinese theories of placing materials to attract luck, health and wealth. >>

The Simple Home The Luxury of Enough Sarah Nettleton, AIA, and Frank Edgerton Martin Taunton Press, $40 >>

Metropolitan Home unveils its show house in the Hollywood Hills, as dreamed up by several wildly inventive designers. >>

Eco-friendly houses used to be clumsy, idiosyncratic and all about the message, but architects are discovering stylish approaches to sustainable designs. For one Santa Monica couple, home is more than a soapbox. >>