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Embracing a Greener Way to Create Objects: Pablo Pineda Willis
Some designers just get that there is a greener way to do things. Greener materials, smarter manufacturing, and designing for efficiency longevity are a few of these hallmarks; they're all embraced by Oakville, Ontario (near Toronto)-based designer and
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Yves Béhar's Kada Multi-Functional Flat-Pack Stool and Table
Yves Béhar, the industrial super-designer with the One Laptop Per Child and LEAF LED light for Herman Miller to his credit (among many others), has definitely been following his own advice. When he was featured in Fast Company's Design Issue, he said,
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It Slices, It Dices: Fusion Dining/Pool Table Combo
Too often, our dining tables are relegated to dust-collecting duty when it isn't dinner time. Functioning in the same way beds do in our lives -- that is, totally necessary when we need them, but just occupying space when we don't -- few dining tables
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Contemporary, Compact Dining Room Furniture
No, it's not invasion of the pod people, despite appearances otherwise. Like the amazing Casulo, which hides an entire room's worth of furniture in a single box, this bulbous concept is
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Design That Grows With You
New parents will tell you that the rate at which their youngsters grow is both a blessing and a curse: great that there aren't more diapers to change (unless they've gone diaper-free); not so great that they outgrow all their stuff, faster than
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Best of Design Democracy '08: Tables
Yesterday, we introduced you to Design Democracy '08, a design competition that's looking to prove that mass customization, hyper-local production and downloadable designs are all viable methods for reconfiguring the way we consume things; they're
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It Slices, It Dices: Ex Libris Bookshelf and Table In One
Taking inspiration from its own Ptolomeo and Ptolomeo Wall book shelf designs (pictures below the fold), the Italian designers at MOCO have applied the same space-saving, hidden shelving ethic to "Ex Libris," the table whose legs double as book
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Best of NY Gift Fair: Flat-Pack Origami Table by MIO
The New York International Gift Fair took the city by storm this week, finishing up yesterday after over 2,700 exhibitors showed off their latest and greatest in the Big Apple. One of the things we were pleased to see on the floor was this slick
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Clevr: Cut Attachez Table by Shay Alkalay
Speaking of adding storage in unexpected places, Israeli designer Shay Alkalay (whose cheeky stain stickers we've mentioned before) has an artful, DIY-able solution. Called "Cut Attachez," the idea involves two careful cuts with a saw, a couple
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It Slices, It Dices: Form Creates Function in New Arne Jacobsen Chair
Dutch design team Huting & De Hoop have launched a new site to showcase their new work. Their collection includes this awesome Arne Jacobsen update, which they call "Added Values and Forms," which takes the classic chair up a notch or two with an
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Transformer Furniture: Convertable by Lee Sinclair
One setup; five tables. That's what Lee Sinclair's Convertable offers, going from coffee table to occasional table to games table to large dining table for six to a drawing board/drafting table. Small space dwellers -- or fans of multi-tasking,
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Plakbanterie: Refinishing Furniture, Recycling Becomes Art
Following the "It’s not what you are that counts, it’s what they think you are!" ideal, designer Johan Bruninx renews old furniture with an unusual medium: he covers scratched, dented pieces with paper packaging tape. Winding and weaving it into
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Junkture Table: From Urban Junk to Urban Chic
Showcasing that beautiful things can be made from junk, Beth Fuller's Junkture Table rescues a magnesium wheel rim from a New York City junkyard to create an imaginative, unique coffee table. Going "from urban junk to urban chic" (Fuller's words), all
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Clevr: Balkony, the Modular Sitting/Eating/Growing Furniture System
Stuck with a tiny balcony? Looking for a smart way to maximize space? Look no further than the design by Christian Lessing, whose modular furniture system adds clever multi-tasking to a previously useless (or less used) space. It's got modules for
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Less is More: Case Coffee Table to Go
Looking for a little more utility from your coffee table, or a little more space where a table might fit? Check out the Case Coffee Table, named so for its handy foldability -- it folds down into the case pictured -- that allows it to downsize and all
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Wayback Machine: 1936 Creative Recycling
Who says recycling isn't fun? ::Modern
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Sun Table: Basking in Solar's Warm Glowing Warming Glow
TreeHugger has delighted in watching solar grow as a technology, both from small to big -- as the claim to "the world's largest" solar park is almost continually one-upped by bigger and bigger solar arrays -- and from big to small, with more and more
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NYC Rocks ACDC Right Into 2007
TreeHugger has covered the current wars between Edison and Tesla before, Edison did everything to defend his beloved DC, he even made a movie of an "execution" (you can watch it here) which he called being "Westinghoused." The rest is history and we
