Having experienced two major earthquakes in my young life, I have a great appreciation for any design that helps to save lives during a such a violent natural disaster. Trying to protect yourself from falling rubble, while waiting for the shaking, rolling and tossing to stop can be a terrifying experience. In China, a hot [...]
We used to be a fan of those Hoarder shows, but after awhile we became so frustrated with those folks who were so attached to their garbage we stopped watching. While we have occasionally been guilty of sentimental collecting, we are die hard purgers. Why can’t they just get organized? So when another site mentioned [...]
We met Doug from Brinca Dada at ICFF 2010 and fell instantly in love with this miniature modern dollhouse by designer Tim Boyle. The Emerson House, it has six rooms including a living room, kitchen, library/office, master bedroom, bathroom and child’s bedroom.We were so impressed with the detail of each piece of furniture and the [...]
Well it was a whirlwind of excitement for us during ICFF2010! Not only were there a jillion parties and events to attend but we also hosted two Danish designer friends for the week. You can imagine it was more than a little overwhelming for us, so we do apologize for our late coverage of the [...]
We don’t want to give you the wrong idea, this is not turning into a Chair Blog (one of our must reads btw), but we found this one a little too late for our 10 Quirky Chairs post yesterday and we could wait one single minute to share with our readers.
Introducing Nemo by Fabio Novembre, a concept we love! Sure it’s a little disturbing. The white mask really freaks us out, we mean the one the woman is wearing not the chair (if you’re even looking at the chair). Oh the silliness of the Design Virus Chair by Pieke Bergmans, it’s like having your own [...]
We stopped by one of our favorite SoHo stores Bobby Berk Home the other day and we were immediately drawn to this quirky little side table, you know how much we love the fringe readers. ;-> So many levels of ‘want’, where do we begin!? The Ostrich Table is from Global Views but you can [...]
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