20% off all regularly priced accessories and 20% off one custom order item now until December 20th at D Scale, Boston. For more information, please contact D Scale Modern. Carrie Gustafson Glass Dew Drop Bowl shown above - $300.
1 comment December 1st, 2008
We were tipped off by Stephen about Platform Furniture and Fabrication in Brooklyn “Fantastic custom furniture plus custom millwork and a solid wood furniture range”
Platform Furniture and Fabrication
82 Ingraham Street
Brooklyn, NY 11237
718-326-3708
718-326-3748
www.platformfaf.com
Add comment December 1st, 2008
Dutchman Contracting specializes in custom rennovations and new construction.
Dutchman Contracting, Inc.
8 Lookout Pass
Putnam Valley, NY 10579
845-621-5180 Main Office
212-226-4340 Manhattan Office
tvandeveerdonk@dutchmancontracting.com
www.dutchmancontracting.com
Thanks for the tip Stephen
Add comment November 26th, 2008
Check out the Paola Lenti Floor Sample Sale at Karkula, great stuff at great prices.
Add comment November 25th, 2008
From Stew Design Workshop, Petal Chair is dainty as an individual piece but in its full glory combined with others, back to back - a flower. Each Petal is almost 4 feet high and 33″ deep, so a little larger than you might imagine. Made from Baltic Birchwood with water based glue and finshes by the Boston based Stew. Petal is also available in FSC Certified wood.
Add comment November 25th, 2008
There is a great article in the Wall Street Journal today by Witold Rybczynski entitled When Buildings Try Too Hard which explores the phenomenon in which architecture is purposefully conceived as an icon as oppossed to earning the status when it becomes “…a popularly recognized symbol of something larger than itself…”. Rybczynski cites examples of buildings that have earned their status: Frank Gehry’s Bilbao Guggenheim and those that have failed: Frank Gehry’s Experience Music Project in Seattle. So maybe nobody has a lock on iconic architecture (or design of any kind for that matter). If the goal was revised to accomplish good design, in the natural course of things, we might end up with more successful built environment overall.
Witold Rybczynski is an interesting guy, to say the least. Educated as an architect in Canada (although I can’t determine the extent of his time in practice), award-winning architectural critic and author, he is currently a Professor of Urbanism at the prestigious Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. His writings are particularly interesting because they speak in very clear terms to a broad audience - no architect-speak.
Add comment November 22nd, 2008
So what will you see at Touch? First up, Mermaid Earrings - Designed by Mana Bernandes, you can feel good about earrings made from recycled bottles and bamboo toothpicks, embellished with a beautiful pearl. Or how about Egg Vase by Patricia Naves - a recycled egg container repurposed as a pretty little bud vase. Finally, Agua Table by Domingos Totora - things are not always what they seem - those are not stones you see supporting the glass top, rather recycled Kraft paper with natural pigments. Just a sampling of what you’ll see at Touch.
Add comment November 21st, 2008
Los Angeles showroom Touch opened last night and I have to say it felt like the real thing. The well curated and thoughtful collection supports the mission of bringing to market beautiful, environmentally and socially responsible, handmade products. The space is spare and the designs are well displayed in a friendly gallery atmosphere. Many of the designs are from Brazil, Portugal and Argentina. Touch should definitely be on your radar - from jewelry to tabletop to furniture, a real jewel. Touch - 11914 Washington Blvd, Los Angeles (on Washington just East of Inglewood Blvd).
Add comment November 21st, 2008
FTF Design Studio is offering a healthy discount - 25% off furniture orders placed before December 1st, 2008. They have some beautiful pieces, its worth a look.
Add comment November 20th, 2008
