Tag: Furniture - Page 9
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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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80,000 Bamboo Skewers Protect a Hedgehog-Like Cabinet
A while back, we lamented the often boring, linear look of bamboo furniture. Now we can count one more design that goes against that trend: the "Magistral Cabinet," an imposing piece of furniture covered by
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A Desk for Kids Multitasks and Transforms As They Grow
You want your kid to have a desk that fits her, to do homework, play and draw. You also want your kid to grow up, eventually. But you don't want to buy a new desk every few years as she outgrows the old one. So
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Pre-loved Fabrics Made Into Psychedelic Furniture: Design By Leftovers
If your Victorian-style divan started having an intense psychedelic experience, it would probably look something like these stunning pieces by Swedish design duo Linda and Jona Netsman of Design By Leftovers. Adapting
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Best New Sustainable Ideas From Dwell On Design in Los Angeles (Slideshow)
This slick sustainable prefab house drew crowds at the 2011 Dwell on Design. Other hits? Think solid cork stools and coffee tables, linen made of seaweed, walnut plaster and gorgeous flatpack furniture.
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Dwell on Design's Modern World Award Winners
Yves Behar's Jambox wireless speaker, a Public lightweight bike, prefab playhouse kit, paper tables, a Coke bottle chair, and 20 other product designs got Dwell magazine's stamp of
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A Universal Leg System Makes Any Flat Surface Into a Table
Furniture that's minimalist, simple, and easy to assemble is a common theme on TreeHugger. Here's a table design that fits the bill perfectly: the tick, from Helsinki-based designer Jakob Schenk. It consists of two
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A Record-Making Design Challenge That's Made in Peckham (London)
First spotted at the Clerkenwell Design Festival, Made in Peckham furniture turns out to be the work of a creative design studio called Hendzel and Hunt who take an experimental approach to their furniture design.
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An Original System Lets You Design the Shelving You Want, No Tools Needed
In homes where saving space is key, shelves have to accommodate everything from televisions and stereos to photos and the occasional wine rack. That means they need to be versatile, and German designer Philip Ganter's
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New British Design Shown at Clerkenwell Design Week
Photo: B. Alter Clerkenwell Design Week is a small design festival in the ultra-cool east end of London, where lots of architects and design firms have their offices. It's a compact and easy way to see what's new in British and international
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Fair Trade, Artisan Hand Woven Wicker Lamps And Furniture From Chile
Photos: Paula Alvarado. Made in mimbre is another great example of fruitful collaborations between designers and traditional craftsmen, so common in Latin America over the past years (with cases like Quinua in Argentina or Oficina Nomade in Brazil, to
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You Said It: Readers Comment on Expensive Design (Video)
How do you think about the cost of a product and that product's value? Is it something you think about at all? Recent comments about a felt computer mouse reminded Chris Tackett, TreeHugger's Social Media Editor, of a similar discussion that emerged
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No Longer Used for Evil, Oil Barrels Remade into Sweet Cabinets
Okay, "evil" might be a bit much. But I will say that I vastly prefer this new, unexpected use for oil barrels. They're the work of German design group Lockengeloet, from St. Pauli, Hamburg. Taking barrels that are
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A Line of Furniture You Build & Rebuild, However You Like
I move around a lot - between being home, at school, and now living abroad, I've lived in seven different apartments or rooms in the last five years. And I don't see myself settling down any time soon. That's why I'm
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Salvaged Bathroom Stall Wall and Cables Transformed Into Chic Chair
Images via BRC Designs BRC Designs, the makers of the Binary Chair made from recycled electronics which we showed you last week, are back with a new unusual design -- this time it's a salvaged bathroom stall wall with Coax cables woven as the
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Chairs Made From Old Computers Offer Interactive Seating
We've seen a lot of things made from computer parts but this might be the most elaborate. A series of furniture, including chairs and a table, have been fashioned from junked hardware... and they couldn't be more interesting.
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Does a Treadmill "Walking Desk" Make Your Office More Green?
I was visiting a client the other day—the fabulous RAFI USA (Rural Advancement Foundation International)—when I was shown one of the team members' desks. Instead of a chair, she had a treadmill set up so she could
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Got a Tiny Home? Decorate With Fold-Out Furniture (Video)
Christy Oates will never be IKEA, but hopefully IKEA, which seems to concentrate much more these days on selling us stuff that we don't need rather than designing what we really do, will take some insipiration
