Month: January 2013

  • The Luxurious Appeal of Tufted Furniture

    The Luxurious Appeal of Tufted Furniture

    You know how sometimes you just know something. You feel something. You cant explain it but you know its true. To me, this is one of those things. Tufted furniture, whether it’s one of those stately, plush, old fashioned tufted leather chairs like the Executive High Back by Office Star or a more contemporarily modern […]

  • Know Your Furniture: Tuffet, Pouffe and Hassock

    Know Your Furniture: Tuffet, Pouffe and Hassock

    I know it’s fairly unlikely that you will come across these admittedly obscure furniture terms at any point in your furniture experience, and if your in the kind of business were you will, chances are you already know the definitions of these terms. Anyhow, we’ll give it a shot in the off-chance that this post […]

  • Unique Concept Furniture

    Unique Concept Furniture

    Every so often, while browsing a showroom floor or visiting a friend, you come across a piece of furniture that has that ‘it’ quality that makes you pause for a moment and give that particular piece of furniture a second or even a third glance. Sometimes it’s a sleek curve or radical design twist that […]

  • Madison Seating Featured Product: Aeron Headrest

    Madison Seating Featured Product: Aeron Headrest

    Believe me when I say, no Aeron™ chair is ever complete without the stylish, ergonomic and comfort maximizing Aeron™ headrest. Pictured above, this Aeron™ headrest may very well be the ultimate complementary item in the broad and diverse world of furniture accessories. The ultimate headrest for the ultimate executive chair. An accessory option no self-respecting […]

  • Design and Re-design! Continuously Customizable Furniture.

    Design and Re-design! Continuously Customizable Furniture.

    It’s every furniture designers worst nightmare – they have just spent months, maybe years channeling their inner creative genius to create the perfect piece of furniture, a true masterpiece. They win awards, appear on the cover of exclusive designer magazines, and their design is forever enshrined and immortalized in the worlds modern art museums. Sounds […]

  • Know Your Furniture: History of the Hammock

    Know Your Furniture: History of the Hammock

    For this latest installment of the Know Your Furniture series, I thought we might take a little journey back in time and see if we can’t possibly track down the origin and outline a brief history of a particular furniture piece that seems to have been around forever. The Hammock. No doubt we are all […]

  • Alphabetic Furniture

    Alphabetic Furniture

    Hey y’all, Sorry for the brief hiatus. Today I thought we might take a look at a particular furniture design concept that is both innovative and unique as well as being cute and creative. I find myself particularly taken with these pieces in part due to the incredible way that the ingenuity of the design […]

  • Fascinating Furniture Concepts

    Fascinating Furniture Concepts

    Every so often, the mostly sane world of furniture design will go of script, just a little. And when it does, the result can sometimes be something pretty special. The following is a small collection of some of the more interesting and unconventional furniture concept designs out there. Take a look…

  • Madison Seating Featured Product: The Galaxy by Era Products

    Madison Seating Featured Product: The Galaxy by Era Products

    In this latest segment, we will feature what is perhaps the most exotic and feature laden executive chair on the market today. The Galaxy executive chair by Era Prodcuts, is truly a masterpiece in a class of its own. And it’s gorgeous detailing is only the beginning. Deeply floating  padded cushions support your body and […]

  • Project Zip:per – Unzipping the Full Potential of Furniture Design

    Project Zip:per – Unzipping the Full Potential of Furniture Design

    Curiosity about everyday objects has become, in large part,  the most important motif to korean furniture design studio the zoom. Their creative genius it seems, lies in their inspirational ability to reinterpret these seemingly mundane and unremarkable everyday objects, a process they refer to as ‘zoom:ing’. ‘Zoom:ing’ takes these objects and, through a combination of […]

  • Unique Eco-Conscious Furniture

    Unique Eco-Conscious Furniture

    Hey there, hope y’all had a wonderful weekend. Those of you who are avid readers of the Madison Seating Blog, are familiar with my obsession with all things furniture, and especially the innovative, unconventional and sometimes outrageous designs making their way into the furniture world today. Combine that with some other added element such as […]

  • Quotable Furniture Quotes

    Quotable Furniture Quotes

    Good morning and happy Friday to all, So I thought we would try to end the week on a bit of a lighter note, and some “quotable quotes” seemed to be the perfect way to do it. So here they are, courtesy of the good folks at Madison Seating. Have a look, and lemme know […]