Tools for Living
Just in time for budgets to shrink everywhere, Design Within Reach unveils their new Tools For Living line of impeccably designed everyday objects. All pieces that are much cheaper than a Saarinen table but more expensive (and more beautiful) than, say, a Brita.
Although still out of reach for many, the Tools for Living line is a great gateway drug for higher design. Sucked in by a minimal stapler or the perfect trivet, the Tools give you a taste for something better and for less than what the big pieces go for. Some may balk at the $90 price tag for something like the water filter (it never needs new filters), but having seen a lot of the pieces close up, they are beautiful, solid, and well designed–virtually modern heirlooms in the making.
See the entire line on the DWR Website.
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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A Carpenter's Tool Box
I was a carpenter and architectural woodworker in Northern California for 12 years before sidestepping into a related writing, photography, and editing career in 1988. I’ve also been swinging…
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Loft Table Tools
Any good modernist will want his share of tools for living, but for me, if that tool kit doesn't come with a cheese knife forget about it. Imagine my delight at seeing Teroforma's new Loft Table…
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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Tools
Attractive enough to go straight from the oven to an elegant dinner table, the oven pans double as serving dishes that fit into a purpose built wooden tray made of natural oak with indentations…
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Tools for Living: Design Sourcebook
This beyond-comprehensive compilation of modern design’s greatest hits would be a welcome addition to any coffee-table collection.
Dwell Collections
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Well Tooled
Though we couldn't see all 280-some events at the ninth-annual London Design Festival this September, a very hardworking furniture trend did catch our eye.
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Jens Risom Collection at Design Within Reach
Danish designer Jens Risom, who designed the first-ever Knoll chair, collaborated with DWR to offer their Jens Risom Collection. Here's a few of our favorite pieces.
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8 Kitchen Measuring Tools
A pinch of this and a dollop of that are fine instructions for the seasoned chef but for the rest of us (especially the precision-oriented), a good set of measuring cups and spoons are essential…
Tip
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How to Build a Lighting Concept
I’m a fan of floor lighting plus a couple of small table lamps for the living room. Use ambient lighting and low-wattage warm bulbs to create a relaxed atmosphere.
Events
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Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive will showcase the work of over 30 international artists who transform organic materials and objects that were once produced by or part of living organisms-insects, feathers, bones…
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DWR Presents: M+D+F Winners
M+D+F 2009 is a juried exhibition of innovative furniture by emerging designers in the San Francisco area. Organized by the DWR Potrero Studio and juried by Derek Chen of Council Design, Peter…
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InMotion: Live, Drive, Innovate
In collaboration with BMW i we are exploring the future of transportation on the evening of May 15th in New York City. We're bringing together experts and opinionators to debate the changing…
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