Somewhere betwixt lusty Las Vegas and glorious Grand Canyon lies the mind-bending 3-D oasis of Bedrock City, hometown to longtime residents Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty. Every detail of the iconic animated TV series, from the bird beak record player to the car that Fred runs to work, is fantastically and fanatically replicated on sweaty Arizona land. Celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2008, Bedrock City is twenty acres of meticulously formed architectural innovation that creates an otherworldly experience that will not easily be forgotten.

Providence, Rhode Island is home of the inspired, industrious art students of Rhode Island School of Design. An overwhelming treasure trove of ideas, pop culture archives, and a somehow soothing sense of bedlam welcomes you into these maverick dwellings. Creativity comes first in these personal art projects that function as bedroom, art studio and practice room—often at the same time. Combining a unique sense of space with custom relics and thrift shop wonders these young artistic minds blend and mash the goods together creating sculptural installations for their daily life. Home Studio Home is an ongoing series within Place Space that visits creative clusters all over the world.

In this issue of Place Space the ultimate hyphenate director-artist-writer-actor and national treasure, John Waters, welcomes us into his kindly Baltimore home. Waters has achieved legendary status as a director with films ranging from the art house explosion Pink Flamingos to the family-friendly cult hit Hairspray. As a fine artist, Waters’s work has been shown in numerous solo shows as well as a retrospective at New York’s New Museum in 2004. From the man who exposed the world to Divine, we see a surprising combination of off-kilter sophistication and conservative elegance encompass John’s home. His voluminous dream house is filled with comprehensive collections exploring everything artful to dangerous.

Rare and refined hothouse flower Joseph Holtzman is creator of the eclectic-taste making-interior-design-art-frenzy NEST magazine. He has channeled his obsessive sophistication and uncompromising attention to the generally ignored detail into making certain his artist filled
compound, Camp Nest, is no rickety pine cabin in the woods. Housing an ever changing cast of artists Camp Nest is in a constant state of collaboration. Overflowing ideas and intricate artisanal furnishings make Holtzman’s upstate New York sanctuary a rich multifaceted vision.