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Please note that with immediate effect, and that as a result of 90%+ of all sales over the last eight months coming via the Marketplace, I have now closed the IPD in-world rezzing platform for the foreseeable future.
All IPD items are now only available via the SL Marketplace.
I will consider re-opening the in-world platform if there is a resumption in demand to see items in-world prior to purchase.
Please note that the in-world rezzing platform has relocated. If you have any LMs to it, please update – as it might be a long fall to the ground at the old place!
The blog is also in the process of being revised. News will continue to appear here, on the main page, but information on houses and builds is being moved to dedicated pages, which will appear in the PRODUCTS listing on the right, as well as is the menu options at the top of each page.
New product announcements will initially appear on this main page, prior to being moved a dedicated page after a period of 1 or 2 weeks.
Hopefully, this will make things easier to find.
This isn’t a house I actually have for sale, but it does demonstrate my custom build skills. “Fallingwater” is a house I built in Second Life that is modelled on, and inspired by, Frank Lloyd Wright’s house of the same name built for the Kaufmann family in the 1930s.
The house isn’t intended to be a 100% reproduction of the original, but a design that retains the look and feel of the original while offering more practical living space and camming room for avatars.
The furniture – much of it based on that found in the original – is created via sculpts as are the window frames (allowing me to reproduce the original’s unique sliding / opening windows in the Great Room over the river).
The following is a video I made of the house in Second Life:
The house itself is now packed away in SL, but continues to be developed on a full sim of its own over on Kitely, where it is open to visitors.
(Fallingwater on Kitely: Click here to see the slideshow full screen)
If you are interested in a custom home design in SL, drop a comment here, or contact me in Second Life. I’ll also consider custom work within in Kitely as well.
Please note that due to restrictions place on the portrayal and use of models representing Frank Lloyd Wright’s work in virtual worlds, “Fallingwater” itself is not for sale.
With immediate effect, all ISD house, skyhome, and commercial build prices have been massively restructured.
UNDER L$200:
L$215:
L$265:
L$320:
L$370:
L$395:
L$425:
i-Squared Designs is no more, as of 10th October 2010, it is now Inara Pey Designs – or IPD for short.
Essentially, i-Squared was set-up as a partnership between two people; one of whom sadly lost interest very quickly, leaving myself to run the business and its associated websites for the last two-and-a-half years.
I’ve now taken the steps necessary to dissolve the partnership, and thus the change in name and the removal of the less popular items from the i-Squared range. Thus is born IPD – a name and brand that I hope will continue reflect my aims to provide good value houses and skyhomes within Second Life and similar virtual worlds.
To all of you who have supported i-Squared, I’d like to pass on my heartfelt thanks; I hope your support will continue under my new banner.
Inara Pey.
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve finally made time to make some much-needed updates to various builds to both reduce additional prim counts and improve script use.
As of today, the following units are updated and available at the in-world store and on SLM:
Price Reductions
The following price reductions have been made to the listed i-Squared builds:
Commercial Units:
I’m pleased to announce the arrival of the Tahoma II Beach houses.
A simple but elegant design, the Tahoma provides superb beach front living for those that want a house that stands out from the crowd.
Finished with a white stucco exterior, rich, dark wood and soft interior colour, the Tahoma offers three comfortably-sized rooms for you to furnish as you wish.
On the ground floor are a front and back room, each with excellent window views, and which are linked by an archway.
Upstairs is a single large bedroom with access via a sliding door to a large front blacony – ideal for those over-the-ocean views!
As is common with most of my houses, the Tahoma includes a lighting system that provides added depth and dimension to the house, and saves you the trouble of having to buy your own lighting sets!
The Tahoma includes a rez-on-demand set of wooden blinds for both the downstairs rooms and the upstairs rooms. Blinds on each floor can be raised or lowered collectively using the house controllers supplied (which also control lighting and tinting in the A model), or individually, allowing you to vary the appearance of each room.
Specifications and Pricing
Prims: 91-107 (with blinds rezzed). Price: L$160
Permissions: Copy / Modify (subject to i-Squared Fair Use License)
Availability:
Tahoma A: SL Marketplace or visit my in-world rezzing platform and see it first-hand.
Things have been a little quiet of late. I’m waiting for the new script limits (server 1.38) and LSL extensions to become generally available so I can investigate which builds will benefit from updates, etc., to make them more script efficient. Needless to say, any units that are updated will result in customers receiving copies of the updates.
Revised July 2010
The Melbourne is another fabulous home that can be used either on the ground or as a skyhome, and comes in two unique offerings.
THE MELBOURNE HOUSE
A 2-storey open-plan home that combines simplicity with elegance and which is designed to look good in any setting. The two floors are entirely open-plan, and offer exceptionally flexible living space measuring some 25×15 metres, on a 20×30 metre platform. The front aspect of the house has double doors, and a veranda. When the house is used on the ground, a section of the veranda railing can be easily detached, and steps are provided for easy access. When used as a skyhome, the steps can be detached after rezzing.
Above the veranda is a full-length balcony serving the upper floor, with double doors providing access.
Window tinting and Indirect Lighting
The Melbourne includes my window tinting / indirect lighting system. By day the windows feature lace curtains that provide a degree of privacy. At night, these change to closed hanging drapes to provide complete privacy. In addition hidden lighting effects provide an subtle external glow to the house, giving the impression that light from inside is filtering out from behind the blinds. Additionally, you can manually “open” or “close” the blinds at any time by touching any window and selecting the required state from the displayed menu.
Other Features
THE MELBOURNE ULTIMATE
The Melbourne Ultimate is the ultimate in home living. Featuring all the aspects of the Melbourne House, the Ultimate additionally features a fabulous sunken seating area on the lower floor, complete with 3 couches for you and your family, accented by bookcases and cupboards.
The three sofas come complete with quality 30-sec animation loops supplied by Craig Altman (Bits’n’Bobs), and also include a total of 7 different leather fabric finishes and colour-selectable cushions (4 colours). Both the fabric finish and the cushion colours can be quickly and easily changed at the click of a built-in controller.
The seating area is finished off with a reversable rug, a large glass-topped table and two of my “Dahlia” table lamps. All of these can be moved / removed after rezzing, according to your needs.
The ultimate thus provides an essential part of your SL living experience – and still leaves plenty of room or for your own furniture both downstairs and upstairs, the spiral staircase ensuring the absolutely minimum of space is lost to moving between the two floors of the house.
Specifications and Prices
Prim counts (including all options for each build):
Permissions: Copy/Mod (excl. Dahlia lamps which are supplied Mod / Transfer).
Prices:
See both at my showroom!
As a part of improving my range, recent updates have been made to a number of items, as follows:
We’ll be continuing to revamp my entire range to improve its value for money – don’t forget to look me up (Inara Pey) on SLM, and Metaverse Exchange as well as at my in-world store.
IPD: Inara Pey Designs 