Feel More Human

Posted on April 14, 2008 Under Eco

While not a single day goes by where liberal guilt doesn't haunts us for chucking three Starbucks grande cups in the trash a day, at least we can feel good about our home furnishings. Feel More Human wants to be…

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Kumiko Bamboo Shelf

Posted on April 7, 2008 Under Eco

Most wood shelving units aren't very flexible when it comes to storing your stuff; they're boxy and the shelves usually only fit things within one height range. Sometimes you have to cram things in sideways just so you can store…

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De La Espada x Matthew Hilton

Posted on April 2, 2008 Under Design

When we heard about the partnership that had been formed between Spanish-Portuguese designer/manufacturers De La Espada and Brit-bred furniture designer Matthew Hilton, we didn't bat an eyelash. Sure we were thrilled about it, but we can't say we were surprised.…

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lamaisondemarina

Posted on March 26, 2008 Under Design

Always on a quest to save space in the 50 sq ft we call a living room, furniture that fits into other furniture seems like an inspired idea. Well, an inspired idea that doesn't involve beanbag chairs. Brussels-born Marina Bautier…

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Smånsk: Skew Bookcase

Posted on March 24, 2008 Under Design

As a child, building Lego cities seemed like a creative way to while away the years of toddler-dom, provided one wasn't swallowing the pieces whole and being sent to the emergency room. However, nothing we ever made really proved to…

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Braun Woodline

Posted on March 18, 2008 Under Design

If you're like us, you like to relive your childhood fantasy pretending you're one of the Knights of the Round Table. The problem is Sir Galahad has let himself go quite a bit taking up entirely too much room and…

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Metrosofa

Posted on March 13, 2008 Under Eco

Reuse, Reduce, Recycle. We employ those practices with everything from paper to aluminum cans, so why not furniture? The folks at Metrosofa do just that. Now, they don't necessarily find that ratty couch that you put on the street that's…

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1.2.3. Furniture by Domestic

Posted on March 4, 2008 Under Design

Unlike most of IKEA's offerings, the French furniture designers at Domestic makes plywood sexy. These functional birch-wood pieces are reminiscent of those balsa wood model kits you used to make dinosaur skeletons out of. Vases, occassional tables, birdcages, hanging planters...there's…

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Jantze Brogård Asshoff

Posted on February 29, 2008 Under Design

Often times, a person's life at both home and work is a direct reflection of their surroundings. Is your life dull, well then maybe your furniture is dull? Does that black mesh garbage can that you accidentally spilled coffee through…

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Werkstate

Posted on February 22, 2008 Under Life

For anyone that thinks a house really isn't a home until it has chairs with intertwining wooden tentacles, Toronto-based designer Rob Southcott is a like-minded individual. His Werkstate studio seems to find clever ways to coax nature from some standard…

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