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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Bellboy: Reclaimed Timber – Water Tower Chair

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Bellboy – a collaborative workshop based in Brooklyn, have produced this beautiful chair using reclaimed timbers from the New York City Water Tower. Waste not want not, this Old Growth California Redwood has been put to good use by the hand…

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Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

G-Star RAW for Vitra, Prouvé RAW- Tables and Chairs

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Billed as a “respectful reinterpretation of furniture pieces originally designed by French modernist Jean Prouvé,” this continued collab between denim giants G-Star RAW and furniture manufacturer Vitra bears more Prouvé RAW fruit. Fruit that you can sit in and eat…

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The Simpsons Chair Set – 56th Studio

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It’s Nice That point us towards this incredible Simpsons chair set, a rare example of novelty furniture that makes us smile rather than grimace. Newcomers on the design scene 56th Studio, a Bangkok based multidisciplinary collective, deal in “quirky design and…

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Friday, April 13th, 2012

Marni Chair Collection – Made by Former Prisoners

Yep, Marni‘s 100 piece chair collection for the Salone del Mobile in Milan, constructed by former inmates of Colombian prisons. This isn’t your usual fancy designer seating situation, metal chairs covered in plastic and more at home on the porch,…

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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Watch | ‘Chairs’ by Sarah Illenberger

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A nice bit of stop motion action. Designer Sarah Illenberger hails from Munich and studied her craft at Chelsea College of Art and Central St Martin’s in London. Her medium is just about anything she can get her hands on;…

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Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Michael Kluver – Sitting in Style

Michael Kluver’s design studio hews to what he calls “journalistic design,” which involves using “words, imagery and three-dimensional work” to comment on the world. Here, he reports on the way we sit with the re-imagining of four iconic chairs by…

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Friday, December 30th, 2011

Sit & Read Hudson Blanket Chair No. 7

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Kyle Garner and his Sit & Read shop bring back to new old chairs including their Blanket Chair No. 7 which uses custom Hudson Bay Blankets for the cushions on a Poul Jensen for Selig Z chair frame. Beautiful in…

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Friday, December 16th, 2011

Eight for the Holidays | Andy Ray of One Man’s Style

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Andy Ray of One Man’s Style shares with us his eight holiday choices. The Boston Brahmin does his best at choosing some of the most unique picks of the bunch. From Trussardi duffles, to impossible to find bourbons, Mr. Ray…

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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Pini Leibovich “Happy Material” Chairs

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Fubiz lets us know about these ‘Happy Material’ chairs from Pini Leibovich. The Israeli design studio have used several materials (the one above is made from balloons) that fit into the loose description of happy and made some intriguing looking…

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Thursday, December 1st, 2011

“100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum” Book

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This book is as ronseal as they come. Looking over design greats from the Vitra Museum book, it’s the perfect gift for the design freak you know. Or buy it as a treat to yourself. Go on, you deserve it.…

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