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24th Annual International Contemporary Furniture FairA showcase for contemporary furniture design featuring designs latest trends through exhibits and features. May 19th – May 22nd 2012 Jacob K. Javits Convention Center 655 West 34th Street New York, NY 10001 More Info
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Faye Toogood Furniture DesignAfter spending the last decade as interiors stylist, creating sets for Wallpaper and other top design magazine, as well as shop interiors for Dover Street Market and Tom Dixon, London’s rising design star Faye Toogood made the leap into furniture design. She is now launching her
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NSEPS Furniture by SiloA new manufacturing process to create furniture made by the Royal College of Art graduates Attua Aparicio and Oscar Wanless (Silo Studio) involving steamed polystyrene beads in the mold of cloth. They use a process, called NSEPS ( Not So Expanded Polystyrene ), to create a variety of furniture with
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Pepe Heykoop Furniture DesignDutch furniture designer Pepe Heykoop has some great, yet very original furniture in his portfolio, I love these two series the most, The Brickseries (I dont know if it is very comfortable to sit on that chair) and the Skin series, where he used leather scrap to cover old furniture. See more below
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“Take a Seat” by Parsons Sophmore’sDesk Chair by Yun Hsin Lee It is my favorite time of year again and it’s not Fashion Week! It is getting to be close to the end of school semesters and final design projects. All the design schools worldwide have already started showcases student projects in different departments. Featured here are a select group [...]
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LifeSpaceJourney FurnitureLifeSpaceJourney is a Melbourne based furniture and property development consultancy – founded by brothers Glenn and Justin Lamont. LifeSpaceJourney creates this visual furniture created out of wood and metal. I really like their typography stools.
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Katarina Hall’s FurnitureKatarina Hall is a Swedish interior and furniture designer who experiments with “poetic” concepts in developing her designs. featured here are three of her projects I liked very much and her description of them. SAVE Save is furniture’s with inspiration sprung from abandoned and forgotten houses. With their barred and bolted doors and windows, they [...]
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Hendzel & Hunt Furniture DesignHendzel and Hunt is a newly established London based design studio, specializing in the manufacturing and design of bespoke cabinets and furniture. Developing ideas and providing tailored solutions is their calling. Whether the product is a single piece of cabinetry, a complex architectural plan or sophisticated interior design they can make it for you! So [...]
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Roche Bobois Virtual MuseumHigh end french furniture Roche Bobois just celebrated its 50th anniversary. Since 1960, the brand has been collaborating with famous and emerging artists/designers of its time. In honor of this milestone anniversary Roche Bobois decided to launch a “virtual museum”.
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Adi Zaffran Weisler FurnitureStraddling the line between craft and art, Adi Zaffran Weisler, a designer and graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem, enters the debate between craft and art with his series RAWtation. Fusing the industrial process of rotational molding with the use of raw and un-hewn wood, Zaffran encases these organic foundations in a [...]
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Furniture Design by Frederik RoijéFrederik Roijé is a international design agency based in Amsterdam, which designs diverse products for brands and for market as well as for private clients. The office is renowned for its creativity and innovative designs. Furniture, lightning, interior and industrial design are part and parcel of the services provided. I’m in love with their wall [...]
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Lo-Fi Sofa by Christiane HögnerI am loving this ingeniously obvious concept for a sofa by Christiane Högner. Christiane Högner develops her visual and tactile universe, comprised of graphic works, products, furniture and installations. Often based on the ready-made, her design is devoted to the familiar environment of our day to day life. I can never have enough pillows!