Furniture Design

BritWeek 2012: Designer Christopher Guy and Milliner Philip Treacy Highlight British Style

Mary Hall | Posted 05.18.2012

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Both Philip Treacy and Christopher Guy Harrison must have spent time reading the original Alice in Wonderland with illustrations by John Tenniel. Viewing their creations is almost like falling down a design rabbit hole into a wonderland.

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PHOTOS: 9 Beautiful, Unique Bookshelves

Alex Johnson | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Design, Furniture Design, Bookshelf Design, Beautiful Bookshelves, Amazing Bookshelves, Bookshelves, Slidefullscreen, Books News

Modern bookshelves are no longer just somewhere to store books. They are modern art, they are engineering experiments, and they are status symbols, ingenious theatres on which our books parade rather than mere planks for storage.

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Lenny Kravitz Adds Furniture Designer To His Creative Credentials

AP | COLLEEN BARRY | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Lenny Kravitz Furniture, Lenny Kravitz Design, Furniture Design, Milan Design Fair, Furniture, Lenny Kravitz, Black Voices News

MILAN -- Lenny Kravitz has taken a childhood compunction to decorate his bedroom and turned it into another creative endeavor. To rocker, songwriter ...

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Should I Stay or Should I go?

Toni Haber | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Furnishing a Home, Furniture Design, Antiques, Furniture, Home Furnishings, Moving Furniture, New York News

Finally having found the ideal place to settle in was so exciting, but even the thought of having to go through all of my stuff and move apartments was daunting. I had to ask myself some tough questions... Should it stay or should it go?

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Furniture Of The Future

Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Furniture Design, Video, Furniture, Modern Furniture, Modern Aesthetics, Design, Architecture, Jimenez Lai, Bureau Spectacular, Modern Architecture, Modern Design, Arts News

We've all experienced those never-ending debates when trying to rearrange furniture. You move the bed around because the dressers didn't feel Feng Shu...

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Family Business Made It Big With Guardian Angel's Help

HuffingtonPost.com | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Chicago Furniture, Furniture Design, Furniture, Tru Furniture, My Chicago, Chicago Craft Furniture, Chicago Business, Chicago Design, Chicago Around Town, Steve Koch, Chicago News

CHICAGO -- When Steve Koch moved to Chicago after graduating from the University of Nebraska's design school, he had little more to his name than a r...

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Halfway to High Point and the 2012 Untraditional Traditional

Courtney Cachet | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Furniture Design, Lane Venture, Furniture, HIgh Point, Style Expert Courtney Cachet, Courtney Cachet, Home Decor, Marjorie Skouras, Jonathan Adler, 2012 Trends, Drexel Heritage, Traditional Home, Interior Design, Thomasville, Style News

Recently I have been seeing furniture finally (thank goodness!) catching up with what people really want. I like to think of it as Untraditional Traditional.

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Zaha Hadid's Product Design

VernissageTV | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Exhibition, Furniture Design, Zaha Hadid, Furniture, Form, Car, Collab, Architecture, Design, Designers, Cars, Philadelphia, Motion, Interview, Arts News

Zaha Hadid is one of the world's most popular architects and designers. The Iraqi-British architect created landmark buildings such as the Phaeno Scie...

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The Munari Furniture Collection: The Art of Function

Darby Roach | Posted 11.26.2011

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Really good design works not only on a purely utilitarian level but also provides us with an aesthetically pleasing experience. It meets our everyday needs as it feeds our souls. And shouldn't that be an essential part of everyone's life?

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Socially Conscious Design

Joel Edmondson | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Chile, Furniture Design, Ango, Design, Socially-Conscious, Earthome, Made in Mimbre, Fair Trade, Cb2, Arts News

Many furniture and apparel brands are marketing products in the marketplace as "socially responsible" and "fair trade", using celebrity curators to gr...

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My Search For Happiness With Feng Shui

Wendy Litner | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Furniture Design, Self-Improvement, Self-Help, Pursuit of Happiness, Feng Shui, Wisdom, Feng Shui Can Change Your Life, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News

It was clear that the only thing standing between me, publishing a book to critical acclaim and eternal love with my husband, was where I put my couch.

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PHOTOS: Honoring Artists At Legends Of La Cienega

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 07.16.2011

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Design and art collided at the third annual Legends of La Cienega weekend in West Hollywood. This year's theme, "Celebrate Art," was a fete of fashion...

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WATCH: Joy, Commerce & Constructivism In Tom Dixon's Lighting & Furniture Design

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011

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"There was always some joy in producing stuff." Whether this was disco music, culinary delights or the result...

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Exhibition Spotlight: Mind Games With Julian Hoeber's Paintings

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chairs, Blum and Poe, Julian Hoeber, Furniture Design, Modern Art, Sculpture, Design, Contemporary Art, Psychedelic, Los Angeles Art, Exhibitions, Painting, Slidefullscreen, Arts News

WHO: Julian Hoeber WHAT: The Execution Changes, Endless Chair, and His and Hers WHEN: February 5 - March 12, 2011 WHERE: Blum & Poe 2727 South La...

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WATCH: How Fritz Hansen's Famed Series 7 Chairs Are Made

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Series 7 Chair, Furniture Design, Furniture, Arne-Jacobsen, Series 7, Fritz Hansen, Interior Design, Film, Chair-Design, Chair Making, Arts News

First designed in 1955 by Arne-Jacobsen, the Series 7 chair has become iconic. And while the final product is sleek and simple, the creation process ...

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Home Tours, Furniture Sample Sales & Design Pop-Ups

Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Aaron Able | Posted 05.25.2011

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Echo Park Home Tour 10 homes and gardens that feature lifestyles of the ecologically minded. This includes properties utilizing greywater systems, sol...

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WATCH: DESIGN VIDEO: 'Powers Of Ten' Shows Design Genius Of Charles And Ray Eames

Posted 05.25.2011

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I was first introduced to "Powers of Ten" three years as a student at the University of Iowa. Naively expecting a lecture about chairs, I was surprise...

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DIVINE DESIGN: Glorious Chairs From Kartell To The Pencil Bench

Posted 05.25.2011

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The notion of redesigning the chair for a modern, innovative, design-centric world seems similar to redesigning the wheel. As a concept, is it really...

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11 More Of The Coolest Bookcases (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Furniture Design, Storing Books, Reading, Slidepollajax, Art, Diy, Books, Furniture, Design, Bookcases, Bookshelves, Books News

We love bookcases. We love perusing our friends', we love organizing our own, and we love how having books all over the house personalizes it in a way...

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11 Of The Coolest Bookcases (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the great things about eBooks is that you don't need to figure out where to put them. But, sometimes, one of the best things about physical boo...

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What's With All The Ugly Furniture?

moreintelligentlife.com | Cliff Kuang | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Furniture Design, Interior Design, Ugly Design, Ugly Furniture, Ugly Fashion, Bad Design, Healthy Living News

What's with all the ugly new chairs? The cartoonish lamps? Cliff Kuang tries to explain why someone might spend tens of thousands of dollars on a coff...

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