You'll have to excuse the light posting for today, as I'm heading back to ICFF momentarily. Before I do, though, I wanted to share some of the highlights of my filled trip on Saturday. Josh had warned me there would…
Continue Reading →Associated Fabrication in Brooklyn was founded by four Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture students-- William Mowat, Amy Stringer, Jeffrey Taras, and Kenneth Tracy. Working out of their 4,000 square foot workshop in Williamsburg, they specialize in specialty prototyping, fabrication…
Continue Reading →Come August, my household will lose a roommate (to grad school in Austin) and gain a whole extra room which, if I have any say in the matter, will be a sleek new office. The timing is perfect, really, because…
Continue Reading →New York based designer Brad Ascalon recently showed off his elegant Period Table, a new piece for Italian furniture company Sintesi, at the Salone Internationale de Mobile in Milan. Ascalon's use of powder coated steel and tempered glass make for…
Continue Reading →Grace, my good blogging pal from Design*Sponge spent what looks like a solid week of furniture flirting in Milan at the Furniture and Design fair-- you can view the coverage on her own site, or at her House & Garden…
Continue Reading →For all of you kid-loving DIY-ers out there, Nicola Enrico Stäubli, a Swiss-based architect (and bike messenger), has created a line of free children's furniture called Foldschool. The catch: you have to build it yourself using cardboard, some simple implements,…
Continue Reading →The guys at Uncrate have the scoop on an amazing and unusual piece of furniture. The Drift Bench looks like it should be some Karim Rashid plastic bench, but it's actually made from dark stained beech wood. It's a shame…
Continue Reading →Folding chairs may not be the most glamourous decor item out there, but it's difficult to deny that they serve an important role in day to day life. They do, after-all, provide the utility of a chair but can be…
Continue Reading →Francesco Cappuccio is at it again folks. You may remember his Canvas Coffee Table I wrote about a little while ago. Well, Francesco is morphing art into furniture once again-- this time his inspiration was Lucio Fontana's 1966 piece entitled…
Continue Reading →B&B Italia has expanded its horizons from home-only furniture with it's Project Line. The Project Collection is B&B's response to the increased use of it's 'for home' furniture in office and restaurant settings by its devout customers. The new line…
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