Tag: Chairs
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Zig Zag Chair Is Made Out of Just Three Pieces of Plywood
A very clever way of making plywood bend: A whole lot of cuts.
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Craft for Craft's Sake Means Nothing: The Principles of Deep Craft
One designer argues that the rebirth of making things by hand is in danger of devaluing the craft it sets out to celebrate.
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Living Room Set Is Made from Repurposed Industrial Materials
A small design show featured chairs, a table and more made from old industrial materials.
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I'm Keen on Focal Upright Furniture
Shoe designer Martin Keen develops a new form of seating that lets you rock the day job in a posture halfway between standing and seating.
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Pratt Institute's Exhibit Shows How Furniture Can Balance Body and Mind
In collaboration with Herman Miller, students design furniture that promotes physical and mental well-being.
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Amazing Folditure Chair Flattens In A Second, Hangs In Closet
It's funny looking, but this chair folds to less than an inch in thickness in no time flat.
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Worn Out Furniture Gets a Statement-Revamp by Brazilian Artists
Curitiba-based studio Fetiche created a set of chairs and tables that expose their imperfections as a statement against serial design.
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Fifty Recycled Chairs Turned into Yellow Design Statement
Find 50 old chairs in New York, paint them yellow and you've got a design statement.
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Super Simple DIY Beach Chair Is Made from a Towel and Broomsticks
The "sand chair" is an open source project that makes chilling on the beach simpler than ever.
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Best of Green: Design
From the cutest shed, to the best design tumblr, single family house, prefab, and more, the results are in for our 2012 Best of Green Awards in Design.
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The Butterfly Chair is a Design Classic
They have been around forever but did you know they have important design provenance?
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10 Standing Desks To Help You get Thinner, Live Longer
The evidence is piling up that sitting is killing us. From coke cans to kleenex boxes to jazzy Italian transformer desks, we show you how to stand up to the threat.
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DIY Affordable Wheelchairs Made From Reused Plastic Chairs in Rwanda
This is how you can make affordable wheelchairs reusing plastic chairs. The user is there during the making of it to make sure he knows how to repair his or her chairs.
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Award-Winning Chair Is Made from Shredded Newspaper and Expired Flour
Two students won first prize at international design competition with this chair made from recycled newspapers, old flour and plastic bottle caps.
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Danish Designer Builds a Chair the Way Others Make Brooms
it is an interesting adaptation of materials and technologies for a totally different purpose.
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8 of the Most Intriguing Nominees for London's Design Museum "Design of the Year" Prize
From a vacuum cleaner the size of a soccer ball to the most fashionable bike helmet ever, this year's selections cover a mish-mash of categories.
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You Can Take It With You: Mobile Tree Bench Just Straps On To Your Nearest Tree
Rogier Martens designs a low-impact bench that "actively uses the environment"
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Designer Robin Day's Retro Chair Wins Wallpaper Award of Year
We knew it was great already, but now it has the Wallpaper seal of approval.
