Faraday Stool

Posted on December 12, 2007 Under Design

Normally we wouldn't recommend sitting on something that resembled an electrical tower, due to the likelihood of receiving a shock the magnitude of which could send a Delorean back to 1955 (or 1985 for that matter), but we'll make an…

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Raumgestalt's Console Table and Blackboard

Posted on December 5, 2007 Under Design

The designers at Raumgestalt have created an unlikely pair. While their streamlined console table isn't a new idea, it is well a designed and clean-looking piece. The unique point, however, is the pairing with a blackboard; we all need some…

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SpearTalks: DoubleButter

Posted on November 30, 2007 Under Design

David Larabee and Dexter Thornton are DoubleButter. You may remember them from a post we wrote not too long ago, in which two men bombed Denver's newest art museums with a little bit of well constructed furniture graffiti. While that…

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Boca do Lobo's Mondrian Cabinet

Posted on November 13, 2007 Under Design

Can a piece of furniture be so damned sexy that it can be seductive? I'm not usually attracted to that kind of wood, but this hot lil' number, "Mondrian" by Portuguese furniture design group Boca do Lobo is giving off…

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DoubleButter // Milkweed

Posted on October 31, 2007 Under Design

Denver furniture duo David Larabee and Dexter Thornton have been doing a little self-promotion around the mile-high city in preparation for their upcoming show at the 400. It's kind of like graffiti, but instead of getting up with spraypaint you…

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Moebler

Posted on October 31, 2007 Under Design

"Hacked" furniture seems to be all the rage right now -- there are even entire websites devoted to hacking together customized creations out of the endless rows of colored, angular Ikea furniture. It was only a matter of time before…

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Opus Shelving @ DWR

Posted on October 29, 2007 Under Design

Designer Sean Yoo's Opus Shelving recently made its way to the open arms of Design Within Reach, where its indoor/outdoor flexibility and lightweight building materials are making the piece's sexy sensibility even more desirable. Inspired by ancient Roman wall-building techniques…

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Max Lamb

Posted on October 26, 2007 Under Design

Max Lamb makes his furniture in nice ways. When I say "nice," I don't necessarily mean by way of hammer and nail (even though hammering and nailing are, by nature, quite nice). What I mean to infer by such word…

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Metrofarm Update

Posted on October 24, 2007 Under Design

My roommate stumbled onto this website last night and got all giddy with excitement. He pointed me to a place called Metrofarm, and it became immediately apparent why he was so excited. In fact, not surprisingly, Josh posted about their…

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Eames Hacks @ DWR Philly

Posted on October 12, 2007 Under Design

My first thought upon seeing the Eames hacks created by ID students from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia today was "OMG, sacrilege!" but then, after mulling it over, I was pretty amused. I mean, that high chair is totally…

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