Month: April 2013
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Fiore Floral Accent Chair
The Fiore Floral Accent Chair by Wholesale Interiors, is the furniture worlds equivalent of a beautiful spring flower garden or exquisite landscape painting. Nothing brightens a room or living space like exuberant, colorful fabrics and flower print furniture, and the Fiore Floral Accent Chair is the perfect furniture item to remind the rest of the […]
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Burst Mirror by Zuo Modern
The Burst Mirror by Zuo Modern From time immemorial, mirrors have adorned the walls of the wealthy and the poor, symbolic of both vanity and mystical reflection, an obsession for some and bane and a burden for others. Designed and purchased as much for their artistic and aesthetic appeal as for any pragmatic consideration, mirrors […]
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Stackable Suitcase Furniture
Aptly named “Chest of Suitcases” and designed by maarten de ceulaer working closely with famed leather artisan ralph baggaley, this furniture design project is the perfect example of the ingenious and breathtaking pieces that can result when the two worlds of art and furniture stride confidently towards one another, meet, lock eyes and dance a […]
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Stacking Chairs
As furniture goes, stacking chairs are just about as convenient and as economical as it gets. Perfect for any situation in which large amounts of seating space is needed temporarily or on an intermittent basis. They are usually light, durable and of course, easy to stack and store.
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Orbit Lounge Chair by Nuevo Living
Orbit Lounge Chair by Nuevo Living Inspired by the futuristic nature of space age design, the Orbit Modern Chair offers a womb like-retreat where one can cuddle up with a good book, watch a movie, or listen to a favorite tune. easily capable of matching any decor, this piece has a steel frame with steel […]
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Transformable Furniture From Yuya Ushida
Designer Yuya Ushida has developed ‘XXXX_’ a transformable furniture system made of a series of contracting and expanding sub-parts. When manipulated, the furniture transforms as needed. Its amorphous natural shape reconfiguring to produce sofas, stools, tables and benches, which are just a few of the pieces that can be created from the eight different elements […]
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Madison Seating Featured Product: Leap Chair by Steelcase
Leap Chair by Steelcase The Leap chair by Steelcase has a back that changes shape to support the entire spine. This can reduce the chance of lower back sag and a hunched posture, which may weaken disc walls, stress back ligaments and cause deterioration of the spine. With its Natural Glide System As you recline: […]
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Milan Furniture Design Week 2013: Headline Pieces
Right around this time every year, from amidst the frenzy and electricity that is the Milan Design Week festival, there will emerge a number of new headline design concepts that will steal the show. Of the many new furniture pieces exhibited by the participating designers, we have selected the following photos as a representation of […]
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Milan Design Week 2013: The Future of Auditorium Seating by Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid, architecture and design guru, and winner of the 2004 pritzker prize, unveiled her latest furniture project at the recent Milan Design Week festival. Entitled ‘Multiplicities Exhibition’, and as expected, the design is consistent with the nature of Hadid’s overarching philosophy and is a vibrant composition of visual continuity, with it’s complex geometries and […]
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Organic, Sustainable Furniture Made From…Cow Droppings?!
Sounds a little crazy doesn’t it? Tel Aviv-based designer Adital Ela doesn’t think so. The dome shaped stools (and stools they are, in more ways than one…) pictured above, are made entirely of recycled agricultural waste, such as compacted earth, construction debris and certain form of, ehhem, organic waste.
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The 411 On The Milan Furniutre Fair, The Hottest Trade Show In The Industry.
The Milan Furniture Fair, or “Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano” in Italian, was first launched in 1961 as the largest trade fair of its kind in the world, showcasing the latest in furniture and design from countries around the world. The Salone del Mobile, which opened this year this past Tuesday at the Rho […]
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Know Your Furniture: Drafting Chairs
If you are not familiar with the concept of drafting and drafting chairs, seeing one for the first time could prompt you to wonder if the designers were just a wee-bit distracted when they rolled out this particular model. They truly do seem like a chair design gone wrong. The truth is however, drafting chairs […]