Tag: Chairs - Page 6
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Recycle a Christmas Tree; Make a Stool
The big day is over and it's time to think about getting rid of the tree. If you've got a sturdy one and want a piece of furniture, here's an idea.
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Put Deposits On Everything, Even Street Furniture
Deposits are a wonderful tool; I have previously suggested that It's Time for Deposits. On Everything. Dutch designers Vincent Wittenberg and Guy Königstein have carried the principle a step further,
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Not Made in China, Designer Guillem Ferran Proves a Point with Products Made from Used Pallets (Photos)
Here is a series of objects with the unusual label "not made in China". The Catalan designer Guillem Ferran, whose Where Memory Used To Sit chair collection, Distendido and La Pell leather project we wrote
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Designo Patagonia On The Importance Of Local Materials And Designing Things That Don't Make You Stupid
Manu Rapoport is head designer at Designo Patagonia, a studio based in the south of Argentina whose products we've featured before.
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Transformer Furniture: A Bookshelf Hides Table and Chairs
From Japanese designer Sakura Adachi comes this marvel of space-saving design: "Trick," the bookshelf that hides a table and two chairs. Featured by Italian manufacturer Campeggi at the 2010 Salone del Mobile in Milan, this is a great
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Experimental Furniture Made from Waste Sugar Cane Fiber Bagasse (Photos)
We're intrigued by these experimental furniture pieces recently seen on Designboom. Made by Taiwanese design students Chen Wei-Che and Chung Yo-Hsun this chair and table are made from the waste sugarcane fibre bagasse. Now
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Robin Day, Master of British Furniture Design, Dies
Yesterday TreeHugger asked whether the Monobloc was the most famous plastic chair in the world. Now, sadly, the death has been announced of the creator of another very famous plastic chair.
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Is This the World's Most Famous Chair?
Is this the world's most famous chair? It is certainly the most ubiquitous; spotted everywhere from front porches to cafes to garbage dumps to beaches across the world.
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Nudge, the New Eco Lifestyle Shop in Helsinki, Has Opened Its Doors
I wish there was a Nudge in every city. It's a whole new way of shopping, or actually, it's not just about shopping, but rather about living, and style. Nudge is the new eco lifestyle experience, which consists of a shop, a
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Turniture: The Chool Turns from a Stool To A Chair
TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste on less money, but with more design. He calls it "LifeEdited." You can help: Enter the design competition and win up
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Barcelona Design Week 2010: D-Lab's 4 Designs Against Poverty (Photos + Videos)
At today's lecture "Facing New Challenges Through Design" as part of Barcelona Design Week, I had the pleasure to come across some more projects by D-Lab, presented by Victor Grau Serrat from
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Valencia Design Week 2010: The Three Little Pigs, a Cardboard Fable (Photos)
Here's a fun installation by Spanish design studio Sanserif Creatius, called The Three Little Pigs. It is a fable about the value of the materials with which we design. Exposed in the
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Valencia Design Week 2010: "Cosas" by Patricia Urquiola (Photos)
Patricia Urquiola at the exhibition 'Cosas' at Habitat Valencia. Photo Credit: Petz Scholtus Valencia Design Week has invited us to FEED, the first international design media and bloggers' meeting this week, so together with Core77, Mocoloco,
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Neat Wood Mat Folds Into A Stool, Disappears In The Floor When Done
Another product from Colombian studio DosUno Design (whose Rubix transformer furniture set we reviewed yesterday), Deckstool is a simple wood mat that folds into a stool. Apart from being perfect for small spaces,
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London Design Festival 2010: Sebastian Cox, Sustainable Craftsmanship from Britain (Photos)
We met a charming young designer at Tent London this year, who also makes unique beautiful wooden furniture. Sebastian Cox is a furniture designer-maker based in Lincoln, who
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Can You Buy New Furniture And Be Green?
Sami looked at this issue last year, but Lucy Siegle addresses the question in the Guardian and concludes that antiques are green. She quotes the website of the same name:
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Cork Furniture and Cardboard Bars by Marina68 (Photos)
At TreeHugger we like cork, that warm material that can be harvested without chopping down trees, is fully renewable and biodegradable and can be shaped into many funky objects apart from stoppers to keep the wine in the bottles. The designers at
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The Eco Friendly Pratt Home Office Collection from West Elm
Now that the home office is the new staple of the American home, let's make it as green and good-looking as possible. You've probably already admired West Elm's collections of elegant home furnishings, but the Pratt line is especially ogle-worthy. Born
