Latest Stories in Interior Design - Page 8
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Living Wall Is A Map of Central Park
Don't know how I missed this the first time around. In 2009, LTL Architects designed offices for the The Open Planning Project (TOPP) in New York. The highlight is an 84' long walnut bookshelf that is a map of
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At IIDEX Neocon: Humanscale's Multi-Height Desk
Bloggers seem to be obsessed with standing desks, certainly way out of proportion to their numbers. (look here on Unpluggd and Core77). But the major manufacturers are definitely noticing, and delivering more and more of them
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At IIDEX Neocon: The CP Workspace Standing Convertible Desk
Image credit Lloyd Alter IIDEX Neocon is Canada's big trade-only contract furniture show, where one usually finds the best new office furniture and design. The economy is clearly taking its toll, the show seemed to be a lot smaller than it used to be.
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LZF Lamps, A Charming Visit To Their Factory
For the second year around I have been invited to FEED (the international design media and blogger meeting) by the organisers of the Valencia Design Week. It kicked of yesterday with a rather warm welcoming; a picnic-dinner in the lush garden of the
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FZLed PAR38 22-Watt LED Spotlight (Product Review)
Photo: Michael Graham RichardThe Future of Lighting, TodayFor technical reasons previously mentioned (Haitz's Law), LED technology is extremely likely to become the dominant lighting technology over the next few years. But like all still-maturing
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Are Standing Desks Bad For Your Health?
Standing desks have been around for a long time; I keep showing pictures of Herman Miller's Action Office from the sixties in the hope that they will introduce their standing desk. Even in 1958, their designer Bob Propst
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Turn LED Strings Into Ornamental Pendant
Photo used with permission Easy Seasonal DIY Project We're rapidly approaching the time of the year when the days are getting significantly shorter - at least in the Northern hemisphere - and risks increase for seasonal depression, from a little bit of
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The First Thing About Grind Is You Don't Talk About Grind
TreeHugger has discussed the concept of co-working many times, noting that "for some, the home environment just isn't conducive to productivity or they just need a bit of time away and the wifi coffee shop doesn't cut it." Most
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Just What We Needed Dept.: The Pyjamas Warming Pouch
The Unclutterer often shows us unitaskers, strange device that serve only one function and take up space in our drawers. I have a particular fondness for wattwasters, which are unitaskers that do one thing, take up space in our drawers, and waste
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Green Design Furniture's Sustainable Stunning Standing Desk
I first met Douglas Green and his eponymous company Green Design Furniture at GreenBuild in 2008, a logical place for him to be with such a name. Then I admired the way he builds, and now I admire his new standing desk. Image credit Lloyd Alter
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Philips AmbientLED 17 Watts LED Lightbulb (Product Review)
Finally a 75-Watt Incandescent Replacement (100W Model is Coming Soon)I liked all the LEDs that I've had the chance to review so far. In fact, I use them every day and don't have much to complain about; in my office, I
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Philips 12.5-Watt LED Bulb Teardown at EDN
I've been writing a lot bout LED lights lately, and I'm not about to stop because this technology is definitely on its way up and should eventually provide most of the electric light used around the world. If
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GE Will Expand LED Bulb Lineup with 60W, 75W and 100W Replacements
Photo: Michael Graham RichardNothing Will Stand in the Way of LEDs Taking OverThe latest generation of LED light bulbs have proven (see my reviews of GE, Philips, and Qnuru LED bulbs) that they have what it takes when it comes to light quality, but
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Allison Arieff On The Future Of The Office
I originally titled this post "Allison Arieff On The Office of the Future" but really, that's wrong, it is really about the future of the office. She picks up on a theme that I covered in Meet The New Boss's Office, Same As The Old
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Number of Teleworkers In America Takes Dramatic Dive
We're big fans of Teleworking or homeworking or whatever you want to call it; doing so keeps cars off the roads and saves a lot of energy. But even as technology gets better and the economics
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Not Enlightened by CFLs in Cathedrals (Photos)
On a recent trip to the south of Spain, I visited the beautiful Cathedral of Seville, amongst the largest of all medieval and Gothic cathedrals, in terms of both area and volume. According to Wikipedia, the interior is the
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Spend Even More Time At Work With The Elliptical Machine Office Desk
Now you don't even have the excuse of getting some exercise or going to the gym as a reason to leave work; expensive tchotchke store Hammacher Schlemmer lets you bring the gym to the office with the Elliptical
