When Ethan Allen just isn't quite the Americana vibe you're looking for, the aptly named American Furnishings can get you squared away. Their rustic, industrial (and pre-industrial) craftsmanship is evident in pieces like a cement table stamped "Cincinnati Lithograph Co."…
Continue Reading →Back in May, we told you about the stellar work being done by Collective Four for Dwell's Building Green In Harlem project. Well those purveyors of design perfection from the Pratt Institute are at it again. Their latest piece utilizes…
Continue Reading →Because my bladder's the size of a pea, I get to know a lot of bathrooms on an intimate basis. But besides learning the rough way about the fine nuances of different types of toilet paper here in Sao Paulo,…
Continue Reading →Acrylic forms can go the way of tacky or tasteful "” aren't you sick of acrylic candle holders yet? "” but if they're crafted by Sao Paulo designers Nada Se Leva, count on the latter busting through the mediocre. This…
Continue Reading →Most people look at a junkyard and see piles and piles of trash that's well past its prime as a useful inanimate object. They'd rather not rummage through tires and busted up radios hoping to find useful gems. That's where…
Continue Reading →I love this desk by Carlos Motta, which looks like it's been partially drilled into the floor. It's not one of his newer works, but it's a sample of the expansive and non-stop imagination that this Brazilian furniture crafter and…
Continue Reading →We have always been of the firm belief that a coffee table is not a suitable home base for one's backside, be it clothed or unclothed (preferably clothed). However, after seeing. Designer Akemi Tanaka's line of transformative wooden furnishings we…
Continue Reading →Now, I am not one to get overly excited about stamps -- in fact, I don't even remember the last time I bought stamps -- but you've probably figured out by now that I get very, very excited about anything…
Continue Reading →Based in Antwerp, Belgium, City-furniture.be is an online gallery with an incredible selection of unique and vintage furniture pieces. Featuring a full collection of lighting, seating, shelving, and art objects that are hand collected by the shops curators, this online…
Continue Reading →COCO&Co is the design firm of three Frenchman. French is not my strong point, so for me to delve too deep into exactly what they're doing is risky. However, it is safe to say that how they're doing it appears…
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