23.12.09
Tandem Seat and Table Unit by Jens Risom
This Jens Risom piece from Lookmodern is the kind of thing that would never be made today. Why have seat/table combinations disappeared? The angled magazine holder is a nice touch.
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22.12.09
Quetza Bookcase by Pirwi
Designed by the NEL collective and manufactured by avant-garde Mexico City-based design firm Pirwi, the Quetza is a bookshelf that roughly resembles the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, who was shaped after...
Read on »20.12.09
George Nelson Table Clocks
Everyone knows George Nelson’s whimsical wall clocks, but not until I ran into Wright’s latest auction did I realize how many models he made for the desktop. Creating a clock...
Read on »04.12.09
Plycraft Eames-style Recliner with Built-in Footrest
Speaking of Plycraft’s take on the Eames lounge, here’s one I’ve never seen before: a recliner with a built-in footrest. Many Plycraft lounges have the ability to do something an...
Read on »04.12.09
Tuftless Lounge Chair by George Mulhauser for Plycraft
Plycraft is known for producing the most common mimicry of the famous Eames Lounge, but Über Modern has a less common version of Mulhauser’s lounge chair without tufting buttons and...
Read on »01.12.09
New Dieter Rams Interviews with Gestalten and Design Museum
Once known only to the closest followers of product design history, Dieter Rams is now becoming a mainstream hero of modernism. His work was included last year in an exhibition...
Read on »29.11.09
Løvig “Flip Flop” Desk
We’ve covered this desk before (attributed to Jens Quistgaard) but not until I saw the images attached to this SoHo Treasures listing did I realize the back section folds down...
Read on »21.11.09
Investing in Melamine
Flickr group member brum b pulled in quite the harvest from the Utrecht Collectors Fair.
Read on »17.11.09
Ceramic Planter by Lars Knudsen
This may be the greatest planter ever created. Praise be to Danish ceramicist Lars Knudsen for having the guts to fill the cranium of a powdered wig gentlemen with flowers....
Read on »10.11.09
Swiss Plywood Dining Set
New on Bond & Bowery this week is a unique, unmarked dining table and chairs from Switzerland. I’ve never seen chairs quite like these, a graceful bent ply with dowel...
Read on »09.11.09
Cees Braakman at Two Columbia Road
Londoners are lucky. They have access to one of my favorite little shops in the world: Two Columbia Road. And today is the time to go visit. The friendly fellows...
Read on »03.11.09
The Best of Bond & Bowery
Lounge Chair & Ottoman by Vatne Mobler Dealer Janus Home describes this Norwegian piece as “one of the most comfortable lounge chairs ever produced” and I can’t see a reason...
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