11.26.12
Long Tran

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Furniture
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Boring Chair Gets A Fabulous Makeover

Boring Chair Gets A Fabulous Makeover

Fashion’s purpose? My peers would tell me it’s about monetizing trends. My teachers would tell me it’s a clever tool that provides social commentary. Some proclaimed fashion to be art. Drawing some distinction between clothing which is utilitarian and fashion which is design, the common thread is change and designer Jung Eunyoung illustrates that so well with her steel mesh chair. Simply by changing its cover, the chair takes on a new persona, similar to how one changes clothes to project their moods, needs, and wants.

0 Designer: Jung Eunyoung

11.19.12
Troy Turner

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Furniture
Product Design
Seating

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Organic Essentialism Perfected

Organic Essentialism Perfected

Following designer Ross Lovegrove’s self-described “organic essentialism” style, Sara Vaz’s Natura chair takes inspiration from materials and shapes in nature, applying them to create unique, organic pieces. Specifically, the Natura was inspired by a two-petaled leaf, the form of which is apparent in its light, bisected halves. Composed entirely of plywood and a small metal reinforcement inside the back, the design consists of just 3 pieces: seat, back and front legs.

0 Designer: Sara Vaz

11.13.12
Troy Turner

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Furniture
Product Design

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No Frills Coffee Table

No Frills Coffee Table

Designed with simplicity in mind, the Kitara table features clean lines and straightforward construction that make it an excellent addition to a variety of living space styles. Composed of just 2 white glossy glass surfaces, a few metal screws, and a blend of natural and painted wood pieces, the table is flat-pack ready and super easy to assemble. It’s minimal with a touch of industrial style, perfect for the minimalist living room.

0 Designer: Max Ptk

11.12.12
Radhika Seth

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Product Design
Seating

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Beware The Sharky

Beware The Sharky

Move aside JAWS, we have a more helpful shark here to ensure correct posture and aid better sitting. Basically Sharky is a ‘cross leg stopper’ that can be used both the ways. When placed on the chair, it makes sure you don’t end up crossing your legs unconsciously. Flip it up to use as a table and a cross-leg stopper. Research says that prolonged leg crossing can lead to joint pains at the knees and the hips. Like they say, better to befriend Sharky than be sorry!

0 Designer: Lucy Jung

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11.12.12
Troy Turner

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Furniture
Product Design

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Magic Monolith

Magic Monolith

It takes a lot to pull off using plexiglass in furniture design, but Peter Koren is doing it RIGHT with the leviTABLE! Using crystal-clear plexiglass, the legs are near-invisible, giving the illusion that the solid walnut slab top is floating effortlessly in the air. This levitated monolith is sure to be a head-turner!

0 Designer: Peter Zsolt Koren

11.08.12
Long Tran

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Furniture
Living
Product Design

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Translucent Seclusion, Live in a Bubble

Translucent Seclusion, Live in a Bubble

This is the second project from Swiss design group Micasa Lab that I’m in love with. The Cocoon 1 is a sit in, chill in, relax in, live in bubble with reconfigurable cushions to really personalize the space. I think it’s a genius idea. A retreat that simultaneously informs the world of your need for solitude while giving you full access to the world around you. Plus, this revives memories of that terrible excellent movie Bubble Boy about a man born without an immune system so he has to live inside a bubble. Good stuff.

0 Designer: Micasa Lab

11.08.12
Troy Turner

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Furniture
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Bambootiful

Bambootiful

Designed from highly sustainable bamboo, the Lock table’s shape is formed by taking advantage of the material’s natural bending curve. The layers of bamboo become intertwined at the center, locking in place to form a secure and aesthetically intriguing base. Nature and geometry come together to create a dynamic shape that is beautiful, functional and environmentally conscious!

0 Designer: J.P. Meulendijks

11.02.12
Chris Burns

Categories:
Furniture
Green
Home
Lifestyle
Living

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Repurposed Cardboard in Posh Chair Shapes

Repurposed Cardboard in Posh Chair Shapes

It’s time for some awesome application of repurposed cardboard, folks, here in a set of furniture by the name of Re-Ply. This project works with what designer Dan Goldstein assures is rather unique in both form and method, using broken-down boxes that would otherwise be tossed in a garbage heap, here using them for undeniably strong – and trendy, too.

0 Designer: Dan Goldstein

11.02.12
Chris Burns

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Lighting
Living
Office

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Hand-made wooden lamp gets LED finesse

Hand-made wooden lamp gets LED finesse

The design you’re about to look at goes by none other than the name “BOB”, and has one intention: to make you forget about how lovely it is with its simple “it just works” design sensibilities. This device works with LED bulbs, connects with one small black cord, and is made almost entirely of hand-made elements.

0 Designer: Shpelyk Roman

11.01.12
Long Tran

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Furniture
Product Design
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Rocking Chair For Technophiles

Rocking Chair For Technophiles

Picture it, Richardson Texas, a semi-detached town home made of bricks and columns surrounded by majestic magnolia trees. It’s a mild 75ºF and I’m outside on the veranda suckin’ on jujubes. Betwixt yelling at the neighborhood kids for being too loud and at my dog for digging in the yard, I thumb thru the latest news on my iPad rocking gently to the music of Janet Jackson. My hands tire of holding the iPad, so I place it up on a dock connected to my iRock. Yes, it’s pure genius. A rocking chair for a generation of technophiles.

0 Designer: Micasa LAB $1,300

10.31.12
Troy Turner

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Furniture
Seating

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Chain, Chain, Chain... Chain of Stools!

Chain, Chain, Chain… Chain of Stools!

The inspiration behind the TOOJO stool series is from the semi-nomadic Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania; specifically, their distinctive jewelry. Like the intricate beadwork of the jewelry, the stool is highly flexible, light and able to connect to other stools to create a “chain” of stools. The design allows for modular, custom seating arrangements linked by small surfaces for resting items like beverages. Perfect for pow wows!

0 Designer: Marek Harmata

10.30.12
Troy Turner

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Furniture
Seating

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Dat Weave

Dat Weave

The latest addition to the Gaga & Design woven furniture collection the COD series of chairs inspired by a passion to preserve the age old craft. The structure of the weave is created with a twilling technique to create an angular 3D matrix that is at once modern and rooted in tradition. There an excellent addition to modern spaces needing a little warmth and are usable inside or out!

0 Designer: Rami Tareef for Gaga & Design

10.19.12
Troy Turner

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Furniture
Product Design

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Butterflied Table

Butterflied Table

Gotta love this butterfly inspired design – the latest creation from expert coffee table designer Romain Duclos. Three identical metal pieces are bent into shape and screwed together to create a multifaceted, two-toned base that appears seamless and visually light but is reassuringly sturdy.

0 Designer: Rlos Design

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