Explore - Furniture Design

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   A Knight's Retail

   "I can never understand why people employ decorators," posits Sir Terence Conran, a man whose surname is synonymous with design. "One of the great joys in life is collecting things...

   written by: Jordan Kushins

   photos by: Paul Wetherell

   06.14.10

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   America's Regional Design

   Sure, buying American is something to get behind—we're celebrating it all month long—but if for you buying local is about makers across town, not across state lines, then these...

   written by: Aaron Britt

   09.13.11

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   Big Design in Little China

   In downtown Los Angeles, nonprofit worker turned design-savvy entrepreneur Willard Ford turned the historic Kim Sing Theatre into a haven for modern furniture and design, now known as Ford&...

   written by: Miyoko Ohtake

   09.02.09

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   Consumer Retorts

   Chris Houston, the charmingly curmudgeonly owner of Modern Artifacts in San Francisco, is not your typical retailer. Though his shop is packed to the rafters with an eclectic and highly covetable...

   written by: Jaime Gillin

   photos by: Chloe Aftel

   05.27.11

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   Design by Numbers

   Simon Alderson and Tony Cunninham of London–based high designer purveyors twentytwentyone talk kitsch versus collectible and the integrity of good design.

   written by: John Kachoyan

   09.02.09

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   Design Shop: The Future Perfect

   When David Alhadeff opened The Future Perfect in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 2003, he made it his mission to showcase new and fresh design. Seven years and three retail outposts later, he’s...

   written by: Jaime Gillin

   photos by: Reed Young

   12.15.10

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   Finnish Lines

   Design enthusiast and Alvar Aalto expert Juhani Lemmetti has transitioned his love of vintage Finnish furniture into a thriving furniture shop in Helsinki.

   written by: Tiffany Chu

   photos by: Niclas Warius

   06.11.12

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   Free City Shop, Los Angeles

   Nina Garduno recently opened her shop Free City—a mix between an actual store and a design commune–on Highland Avenue in Hollywood. She started the company in 2002, inspired by her ...

   written by: Jaime Gillin

   11.01.10

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   Furniture Fresh from South Central L.A.

   In our October 2011 issue we're spotlighting all of our favorite American-made design. To lend a hand, we've asked Michael and Ruth Storc of the great site Design Patriot to share their top Made...

   written by: Ruth Storc

   09.28.11

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    Got Mjölk?

    This Canadian duo searches out top Scandinavian and Japanese designs and brings their best finds back to this Toronto shop.

    written by: Miyoko Ohtake

    photos by: Christopher Wahl

    07.27.11

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    Hecho en Oaxaca

    An experimental shop in Oaxaca, Mexico, is resuscitating the region’s ancient crafts traditions and bringing indigenous artisans’ designs into the 21st century.

    written by: Jaime Gillin

    photos by: Romina Hierro

    07.09.11

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    Made Design Shop and Gallery

    Canada is known for its love of hockey and its long winters but few people know of our neighbor to the north's wealth of innovative modern designers. Enter Made. The Toronto shop and gallery...

    written by: Miyoko Ohtake

    photos by: Miyoko Ohtake

    03.23.11

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    Murray's Law

    “Form follows function” has been the go-to paradigm for evaluating good design since American architect Louis Sullivan articulated the idea more than a century ago. For Murray Moss, a...

    written by: Jordan Kushins

    photos by: Jason Schmidt

    09.07.10

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    Protect and Conserve

    Driven by “an evangelical zeal to save things,” Adam Hills and Maria Speake artfully repurpose landfill-bound materials at their London architectural salvage and design business,...

    written by: Jordan Kushins

    photos by: Ben Anders

    01.07.12

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    Revival of the Fittest

    Located at the ever-shifting intersection of design, fine art, and craft, R 20th Century has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a small vintage boutique in Brooklyn over a decade ago....

    written by: Jordan Kushins

    photos by: Martien Mulder

    04.17.10

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    Supernatural San Francisco

    A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a lunch thrown by Claudia Mahecha and Robert Allen, in celebration of the opening of their new Potrero Hill design showroom Supernatural. After...

    written by: Jaime Gillin

    03.22.11

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    The Norsk Face

    Marianne Lien and Lasse Altern Halvorsen opened Pur Norsk in Oslo in 2006 to seek out and promote the finest in Norweigan design. Can Pur Dansk be far behind? 

    written by: Jordan Kushins

    09.28.09

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    The Wood Life

    Wiet Hekking’s specialty shop in the heart of Amsterdam displays the best of bent-ply furniture, past and present.

    written by: Jordan Kushins

    photos by: Mirjam Bleeker

    12.28.11

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    To Live and Buy in L.A.

    Looking for mid-century furniture? Design tomes? Earrings? An LP? Sunset Junction’s Mohawk General Store lives up to its name.

    written by: Miyoko Ohtake

    photos by: Jessica Haye and Clark Hsiao

    03.07.11

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    Utah Bound

    At his shop in Salt Lake City, collector Ron Green supplies locals with a welcome, and well-priced, dose of modern design.

    written by: Creede Fitch

    photos by: Brent Rowland

    10.09.12

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