Fair Chairs
We continue our coverage of the 2012 Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair with a selection of especially haute seats. The allure of a well-designed chair is tough to resist and there were plenty of lookers on the show floor. Most featured the attributes we all come to expect from Scandinavian design: blonde wood, hardy textiles, and crisp lines, but a few bucked the mold, featuring looser silhouettes and knitted slipcovers intended to act as furniture garments.
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Articles
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Undivided Intentions
The late architect David Boone was always one to take his work home with him—he just kept it in the home’s office. The new residents of his 1972 house embrace a more fluid approach to…
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Snøhetta Curates Nordic Design
"Nordic Models + Common Ground: Art and Design Unfolded" recently opened at New York's Scandinavia House. Curated by Snøhetta, the Oslo-based architecture firm recently selected by…
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Graphic Design: Project Projects
Manhattan-based Project Projects may be a graphic design studio, but it works in all dimensions, on the page and off. Founded by Prem Krishnamurthy and Adam Michaels in 2004, the firm designs…
Products
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Animal Blueprints
As previously mentioned, I came across a couple of gift ideas for my gift guide that weren’t exactly gadgets, or gadget related. This is a company I discovered last year and one that I think…
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Comback Chair
Don’t call it a Comb Back. The classic Windsor chair gets a multinational makeover via Patricia Urquiola. Gone are the spindled legs and gently curving wood, replaced with geometric accents…
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Spun Chair
Just looking at this picture of Spun does not do the chair—which is absolutely, positively interactive—justice. Check out this video on designer Thomas Heatherwick's site of a cocktail…
Dwell Collection
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Scandinavian Designed
Having just returned from a trip to Copenhagen, I have Scandinavian design on the brain. Though the region arguably experienced its golden era in the mid-20th century, with the work of icons like…
Tips
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How to Pick a Dining Chair
There are two ways to look at this. First, if it’s just you and your family, you want to have something comfortable but not too lounge-y. If you’re more of an entertainer and…
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The Best Lounge Chair Shape
Go with something that’s sleek, sexy, and swivels rather than something big and voluminous so it can offset a big, cushy couch and balance the rest of your furniture.
Events
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Ambiente Design Fair 2011
With over 4,300 exhibitors Ambiente 2011 is the largest consumer goods trade fair in the world, offering a complete spectrum of individuals, decision makers, themes, products and concepts from…
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The Vintage Bazaar
The Vintage Bazaar introduces the classic flea! 70+ vendors of vintage decor, furniture, housewares, clothing, and accessories will be boothing it out indoors and outdoors. Plus, local food…
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Art and Design Book Fair
Hundreds of new and gently used books on interior design and architecture will be on sale at reduced prices (Students and faculty with valid ID will receive a discount). Highlights include a set of…
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Animal Blueprints
As previously mentioned, I came across a…
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Comback Chair
by Patricia UrquiolaDon’t call it a Comb Back. The classic…
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Spun Chair
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