Tag: Tables - Page 9
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Topo Table: Indoor Gardening Without Getting Up from the Table
If indoor gardening is something you want to dig in to a bit deeper, but aren't in to aeroponics, hydroponics or a US-powered greenhouse, the Topo Table might be for you. In what offers one of the smallest farm-to-table distance possibilities we've
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TreeHugger Picks: Heard It Through the Grape Vine
While drinking organic wines is one of TreeHugger's favorite ways to enjoy the fruits of the earth without harming the planet, wine an its derivatives are good for so much more. Here are some of our picks that go beyond simply drinking the sweet
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Variety is the Spice of Life: Six Part Vintage Coffee Table
TreeHugger loves it when one thoughtful design can take the place of many less functional pieces. Such is the case with Peter Hvidt and Olga Molgaard-Nielsen's vintage coffee table; the piece built in sextuplicate is up to just about any decorating
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"Space For You": Getting More with Less
Clever, efficient use of space is one of the hallmarks of TreeHugger-friendly design. Often, this involves incorporating two products in to one -- this chair/bookshelf combo is one example -- which makes lots of sense to us: why use two when you can
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Recycoool: Recycled Inner-Tube (?) Furniture
With names like "The Master," "The Big Yogi," and "Nirvana," you might expect something different than these ultra-mod, totally tubular (couldn't resist) designs. Created by pumping air into recycled inner tubes given structure by a metal framework,
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Sean McDow: One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure
One man's trash is Sean McDow's treasure. The woodworker and furniture designer started making furniture during the winter of 2005 with little woodworking experience, and "quickly realized how much material is thrown away every day and decided to
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Design With Conscience: taTu Coffee Table/ Stool/Side Table
We haven't been able to get our fill of transformer and multi-function design lately, not only because it's so dang cool, but because it shows a better way forward when it comes to designing the stuff that we fill our lives with. The newest entrant is
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The Many Influences of James Murphy Design
To say that designer James Murphy has varied interests is a vast understatement. He takes locally-sourced (from around New York City), salvaged wood and combines it with inspiration taken from boat building and aviation design, traditional
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Welcome to The Island: Five Piece Lounge/Bed Combo
TreeHugger never tires of finding new and different ways to simplify our need for stuff. In addition to showing that smart, thoughtful design can improve our lives while reducing the amount of stuff we need, it's just damn cool that one piece can do
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Some Light Coffee Table Reading: Domus Magazine Coffee Table
Finally, something to do with all of those I.D. and Wallpaper* magazines: this coffee table is made from six magazines, a round piece of glass and metal base. Though designer Vered Zaykovsky prefers Domus magazine, we think any design or architecture
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Transformer Furniture: Piccolo Table and Bench by Nobodyandco
At first glance, the Piccolo Grande by nobodyandco may just look like classic outdoor furniture, but grab one end and pull, and watch what happens: by simply sliding the structure, the staves separate and double in length, transforming a table for two
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Video: It's A Chair, A Bench, A Table & A Shelf (and More), All in One
Damn. There isn't much this crazy, awesome design can't do in your home. It's just a prototype, but we still want it. Bad. via ::Fresh
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Domus Design Collection's Alto Table Transforms with a Flip
On a day when the world watches and listens to a concert designed to both entertain and educate, its only fitting that we post some furniture that does similar double duty. The Alto Table, part of the Domus Design Collection functions equally well as
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InModern: A Better Way to Build Furniture
Though TreeHugger's pro-design, (mostly) pro-product perspective has been misinterpreted by some, we still think it's really important to highlight as much good industrial and product design as we can. Why? Aside from looking really cool, it showcases
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Dirk Dieter's verb2: Designed to Live Long & Prosper
Dirk Dieter is a multi-talented guy. Not only does he live large in a 250 square-foot house of his own design, but engages in some pretty mean industrial and product design as well. Take his coffee table (pictured above) for example; like many of his
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Folded Aluminum Bench/Table by Johnston-Ready
Simplicity goes a long way in TreeHugger's book: more efficiency, less materials, less waste, less stuff -- all good things. Design firm Johnston-Ready, the Los Angeles-based collaboration of Stephen Mark Johnston and Matthew Ready, makes this mantra
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4 Seasons Table Group: Classically Modern Design
Designer Rick Lee's homage to the cycle of the year, the 4 Seasons table groups offers a playful, artistic takes on the four seasons. Each table is a different height and shape, to replicate the growing cycles of the year, and features an accompanying
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Datsumzero's Dulce de Leche: the Gabi Low Table
There's a lot to like about datsumzero's minimal, modern furniture. We really like the way the very different materials (solid wood and medium-density fiberboard -- MDF) work together in "Gabi" (above), the cool-but-functional drawer that slides out,
