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Silver Mesh Office Drawer Organizer
Like the Viola organizers—and NFL running back Jerome Bettis—these mesh bins are on the larger side. Junk drawers accumulate mess from the careless tossing of miscellany, and these durable metal...
$2.49
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Viola Drawer Organizer
This is one of the few products that infuses a bit of color into the gaggle of cords and batteries that typically inhabit junk drawers. These containers are bigger and deeper than the rest of the...
$3.99
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P.S. 1 Young Architects Program Winners
Of note this week in New York was the announcement of the finalists in the Young Architects Program, the competition that challenges emerging firms to design the interior courtyard of MOMA's edgy...
written by: Jamie Waugh01.30.09 -
Designers in Dialogue
Derek Chen likens his job as founder of Council Design to that of a matchmaker. Rather than employing full-time designers, Chen hires designers who have ideas that fit his company’s brief,...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake01.29.09 -
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Sunny Delight
Sunlight transportation systems are the pinnacle of innovation in energy-efficient design.
written by: Sarah Rich01.29.09 -
Light On
The standard pear-shaped incandescent bulb thatmost of us have been using for ages has a bad reputation among environmentalists as an energy hog.
written by: Sarah Rich01.29.09 -
Climate Control
Few things use more energy at home than the pursuitof the perfect indoor temperature.
written by: Sarah Rich01.29.09 -
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Knowledge Is Power
If necessity is the mother of invention, then the coupled concerns of population growth and resource depletion might be considered the parents of energy innovation.
written by: Sarah Rich01.29.09 -
The Puti Trees
The Puti Trees series of posters look like a cross between a modern subway map and children's book illustrations, so you probably wouldn't guess that they're actually all about Buddhism.
written by: Laure Joliet01.29.09 -
The Personality of Yellow
Yellow brings cheer—this is one conclusion by color theorists. But for designers Patricia Urquiola and Eliana Gerotto at Foscarini, the color is actually a new tweak to their celebrated...
written by: Jamie Waugh01.29.09 -
Leo Marmol on the Future of Prefab
More and more people are coming to us informed about the complete benefits of prefab construction.
01.28.09 -
Peter DeMaria on the Future of Prefab
Some people assume that yet-to-be-invented high-tech materials and systems will be the saviors of our construction industry.
01.28.09 -
The Big Easy
Most prefab manufacturing facilities house loads of heavy machinery, but not every design must be constructed on the factory line.
written by: Michael Sylvester01.28.09 -
Taking Care of Business
A look back through the history of prefab reveals a few failures that proved to be great opportunities for learning and improvement.
written by: Michael Sylvester01.28.09 -
Pretty Fabulous
In order to fairly evaluate the pros and cons of today’s prefab design, we broke it down according to various criteria. Here are just a few examples of the benefits prefab has to offer.
written by: Michael Sylvester01.28.09 -
An Introduction to Prefab
The basic principle of prefab, whereby a home is fabricated in one location and then delivered to another, has been around for at least a few hundred years.
written by: Michael Sylvester01.28.09 -
Prefab Prototypes: Site-Specific Design for Offsite Construction
A detailed guide to six different prefab systems, weighing the pros and cons of each and explaining how they work.
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2D3D
Suitable for the savviest alumni of the Transformers generation, 2D3D is a coatrack in disguise: a flat perforated sheet that you fold into a five-hooked wall-mount rack in five easy steps.
$89.00
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Tree Hooked Coatrack
Structurally streamlined, Tree Hooked is inspired by flowering branches, though we think it could also pass as a subway map. Display it in any orientation, or supplement it with additional modules...
$74.00
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Ghost Tree
A leafless birch perched on a Saarinen base may be the spiritual symbol for austere Finnish winters, but in the flesh it feels a little flimsy. Heavy coats will likely break branches, and at this...
$1700.00
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Wire Coatrack
As an infinitely extendable chain of hooks, Tom Dixon’s paperclip-inspired Wire coatrack provides stalwart stainless steel utility and is flexible enough to wrap around corners.
$300.00
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Ivy Coat Hook System
Call it a digitized creeper, or a functional version of Algue, Ivy appears to crawl across your wall guided by some obscure design-world algorithm. Whether it functions as a coatrack for those who...
$75.00
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Superdelta Ovale Series
40 or 60 watts / Fluorescent or incandescent / White, gray, or black
$130.00
