Whew! It’s been a long week and Amy and I are looking forward to being back in Brooklyn on Sunday. We’ve had so much fun in Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas (and I’m sure Austin will be a blast this weekend) but it’s always nice to head home again. Since all a this traveling has been about a book, I [Read More…]
When trying to create something visually impressive, it is naturally tempting to want to use lots of eye candy or overloaded detail. However, the simplest solution can sometimes be the best. We like this beautifully simple minimalist flat design by Polish studio Tamizo. From a designer’s eye, this t [Read More…]
I know it’s Back to School time, so I thought I’d embrace that theme by sharing this Pencil Bench created by Boex. The bench is made of 1,600 individually-placed pencils each can be removed and used if necessary.
This monday morning i’m obsessed with a design icon. Found myself scouring the net for pics of the classic Eames La Chaise ~ “Charles and Ray Eames designed La Chaise in 1948 for a competition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, inspired by “Floating Figure”, a sculpture by Gaston Lachaise. It [Read More…]
Speed is a new furniture collection by Johanson Design, comprising of a lounge seat andstackable chair. The visible metal frame and leg flashes the structure also sympathetically enfolding the contrary fabric seat. This makes the designer have some choices to apply the shape and form within a var [Read More…]
Designed by Konstantin Grcic for Plank, MONZA chair is a smaller version of MONZA armchair. The MONZA chair is stackable chair without armrests.
The chair comfort is coming from the backrest that made of injection molded polypropylene. MONZA chair made in solid ash (natural or stained black) th [Read More…]
Michael D’amato has designed Fluid Ribbon Chair, an ergonomic posture chair constructed with a solid piece design, curved in the right places to provide support to the important parts of the body. But the most important part of this chair is splitting the chair in half, offer a new sitting experi [Read More…]
At Milan Furniture Fair 2011, Swiss designer Jörg Boner introduced his latest design, Wogg 50, a plywood stackable chair with a variety of functional.
The chair features:
A single-seat
Lightweight
Straightforward design, from bending around the edge of the seat surface, similar to or [Read More…]
South Korean product designer Giha Woo, known for his uber-abstract minimalist conceptual style, gets back to basics with this year’s miniature art forms doubling as both pencil-holding pencil vases and simple conversation pieces: an unassuming little collection called Twisted Pencil. Woo bends c [Read More…]
Back pains, sore neck, nausea, deep vein thrombosis, obesity etc are all linked to poor posture. Kryptonite for most modern day dwellers, bad postural habits can be rectified by visiting the neighborhood chiropractor, yoga and investing in a good desk chair. Simon Dennehy’s Ergonomic Furniture for P [Read More…]
The legendary design team of Ray & Charles Eames needs no introduction and nor does their equally iconic Eames Chair. The famous chair once again has been re-imagined and remade and this time it is Paolo Giordano who has attempted to give the chair a new identity without forsaking it roots. The [Read More…]
