Eric Ku, Chair/Chair
School of Visual Art graduate Eric Ku created this functional typographic chair that’s getting some well deserved buzz around the Internet. He’s currently looking for a job. [Via]
View ArticleTilt chair
I’m not sure if this is what Fat Joe was referring to when he rapped “Do the roc-a-way, now lean back, lean back,” but as a guy who chronically tilts back in his chair, Deger Cengiz’s cleverly designed...
View ArticleGymnastics furniture
No, my headline and this entry isn’t a euphemism for those tastefully shaped furniture advertised in the back of lifestyle magazines to aid limber couplings. These actual benches and end tables spotted...
View ArticleReal Good movie
Blu Dot Real Good Experiment from Real Good Chair on Vimeo. Full confession: by day I work for the furniture manufacturer Blu Dot. The film above that documents the Real Good Experiment is wonderful....
View ArticleNew-Old designs of 2010
New York Magazine’s recent Home Design issue highlight 21 designs for the home that embody the “Neo Classics” aesthetic which refresh old iconic and classic designs with new materials, edgy colors and...
View ArticleModern chair foosball
Jakob Maurer, Rupert Adlmaier and Thomas Egger are new heroes of mine. The three designers made an incredible foosball table from different pieces of furniture: a dresser, a kitchen table, and a pair...
View ArticleCool bike-book shelf
Furniture designer Chris Brigham and his one-man firm “Knife and Saw” created this nifty storage solution that’s perfect for any bicycling bibliophile. This shelf however will not work for upside-down...
View ArticleLois, a cool looking table
Charles Waugh of Boring (!), Oregon makes this cool flexible table named “Lois.” The cedar table top gives it a rustic warmth, while the metal legs, with parts scavenged from steel yards and dumpsters,...
View ArticleRecycling wooden pallets for America Recycles Day
Yep, today is America Recycles Day, so if you spend any time at all in the green blogosphere, you'll be seeing lots of recycling stories and tips. Much of that will focus on the typical household...
View ArticleTransforming oven lounger
A design student at University of Cincinnati – College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) built this amazing transforming oven lounger for his class project. It was constructed as an art...
View ArticleOriginal 1956 commercial for the Eames lounge chair
To accompany the debut of the now-iconic Eames Lounge Chair in 1956 designed by Charles and Ray Eames for the Herman Miller furniture company, this commercial aired on NBC. To the soundtrack of a...
View ArticleThe walking table
Dutch designer Wouter Scheublin created this kinetic walnut table, “Walking Table” that responds with an uncanny shuffling walk when pushed and thus “perplexing our perception of the ordinarily static...
View ArticleA Taxonomy of Office Chairs
For designers, the chair is the ultimate object. Designer Ross Lovegrove puts it well. "Chairs," he says, "are an infinite source of potential to explore material, structure, technology and form…all...
View ArticleAmazing upcycle: old furniture into planters
Milan Design Week may be over and done with, but so many incredible ideas made their debut on the vast showroom floor that the event still has us buzzing. Take this deceptively simple idea from...
View ArticleGreen tech finds, 10/6/11
A plug-in outdoor table, and how your labtop might contribute to rainforest destruction: this week's green tech finds. Wisconsin as a microgrid hub: There's more than ugly political battles going on...
View ArticleDesign Dish: Winemaking at home & chairs that flip
Flip Chairs: Each of Daisuke Motogi's candy-colored chairs can be flipped upside down or sideways to create new seating options. A high-backed chair becomes a low seat, or a lounger becomes a rocking...
View ArticleGreen tech finds: the power-free kitchen appliances edition
Refrigerate and cook food without electricity? We've got finds this week that get you pretty close, along with mushrooms that eat plastic, and plans to reuse dirty diapers (really!). The DIY,...
View ArticleDraperize your home: Get some affordable Mad Men style
When I saw Don and Megan Draper's new pad on Sunday night all I could think was, "that looks a bit like my grandparents' house". Let me start out by saying that my grandparents have excellent taste....
View ArticleGreener consumption: the using what’s available edition
What do you do with stuff when its reached the end of its useful life? Usually we trash it, but there's probably still some kind of use left in it. From take-out containers to phone booths, here are...
View ArticleGreener Consumption: The grow-your-own indoor edition
Your garden not doing so well? Neither is mine -- this heat and drought have been brutal. Rather than bitching, though, those of us with yards might want to take a look at the practices and products...
View ArticleGreener Consumption: The just-for-kids edition
Sure, kids need lots of stuff, but that doesn't have to be a reason to compromise your environmental values. From back-to-school shopping to playtime, we've found a whole range of products that keep...
View ArticleGreener Consumption: The lagniappe edition
"Lagniappe" is a concept from my Southern Louisiana childhood -- it translates roughly as "a little something extra," and refers to things a merchant might toss in with a purchase (think a baker's...
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