Tag: Dining Room

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  Hot or Not? Space Saving Idea: Hang Your Table On The Wall (Survey)

  Everyone seems to love this idea of hanging the table on the wall when you don't need it. But I think there are a few problems.

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  Sugar or Glass? When Gastronomy Meets Glass, Positive Ideas Crystallise. (Photos)

  Bored of conferences? Looking for inspiration? Then oh!BCN might just be your thing. It is a new kind of happening based around the unusual association of glass

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  Less is More; a Dinner Table for Two Reduced to Its Essence

  This designer from Valencia in Spain believes that even if you have little money and/or space, a dinner for two should always be possible on a decent table. Daniel Gantes designed La Cool Vie Bohème so that couples with a

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  Slow Food Gets Fast, Meets Good Design at Fastvinic, an Eco-Cozy Sandwich Shop

  The other day I had a delicious local sandwich in the fabulous new space Fastvínic in Barcelona. It seems the Catalan capital has finally got a place where fast slow food meets good design (and not hippyness). What's on the

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  Milan Furniture Fair 2011 - Lapin Kulta Solar Kitchen Restaurant by Martí Guixé

  Once again Milan Design Week is here, and like most years, it is the small independent events that grab our attention. Like the Lapin Kulta Solar Kitchen Restaurant, that

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  10 Stackable Chairs for a Tiny Urban Space: Comments, Suggestions? (Slideshow)

  When your space is limited and you like to have a party every so often, every chair counts.

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  10 Stackable Chairs for a Tiny Urban Space: Comments, Suggestions?

  When your space is limited and you like to have a party every so often, every chair counts. That's why TreeHugger founder Graham Hill plans to choose his chairs -- for the small New York apartment he is remodeling and revamping in order to live a LifeE

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  Eco-Products from the Town of Spoon Makers in Spain (Photos)

  In the North of Spain, there is actually a town known as "the town of spoon makers". Wooden spoons that is, as well as forks and other kitchen utencils made from boxwood. The town, still surrounded by forest even after

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  Minimal Impact, Maximum Function At Rural Dining Room In Chile

  Asked to design a dining room so that workers from the Chilean countryside could have their meals under some shadow and with more comfort, architect Javier Rodriguez Acevedo came up with this simple design that uses

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  Ercol's Butterfly is Another Classic Chair

  TreeHugger has featured a series of classic chairs whose design is so simple and inspiring that they are timeless. There is the Hille stacking chair designed by Robin Day, the Monobloc (not quite inspiring, but certainly

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  London Pop-up Shop Showcases Best of British Design

  Our friends over at the design blog Dezeen have launched a pop-up shop in the smartest part of town. Calling it Temporium, because it is only up for 10 days, it features the best of new British design.

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  Moody Tablecloth, Hand-made in Italy, has Pockets for Organizing Small Spaces

  Whether you are looking for the perfect Christmas gift, or the perfect ambiance for your Christmas party, Zo_loft has a tablecloth or table runner to meet the need. What makes a Zo_loft tablecloth so unique? The

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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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  Barcelona Design Week 2010: Designs For Dementia Make It Easier To Eat (Photos)

  Around 700,000 people in the UK have dementia, over a third of which live in care

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  Valencia Design Week 2010: Only 1ºC! Mina Kwag's Design Products Raise Awareness About Climate Change (Photos)

  I came across these cute cups at the Designboom Mart at the Valencia Design Week last week. Not at all doomsday products, Mina Kwag's designs are fun and useful, and yet, they let you know that something isn't quite right. The

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  Finnish Food at Hel Yes! a Pop-up Resto at the London Design Festival

  Last week we had foraged mushrooms served by Italian architects. Tonight we had foraged Finnish food in a pop-up recycled magical forest. The London Design Festival feels more food than design...

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  Flatpack Never Looked Better Than Joe Doucet's Screwtop Table

  Louis Sullivan said "Form Follows Function" and designer Joe Doucet listened. He has designed a flatpack table that proudly shows how it is put together. Core77 writes that it "wears its joinery method on its sleeve, so to speak."

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  Bricks Sofa by Robert Bronwasser for Palau, Furniture as it Should Be

  Here is a furniture company that makes simply good design: long lasting, both emotionally (through timeless design) and technologically (good quality), as well as made from environmentally