Pick something that either has really good lines—like a steel-frame coffee table—or a clear volumetric presence—like a piece with four solid wood sides. I like tables that have storage space in or underneath them so it’s not just the surface with stuff on top but there’s a place where you can tuck things away.
Tip
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When It Comes to Storage, Laminate Is Not Your Friend
Look at the edges of the doors to tell if it’s laminated and avoid the piece if it is, because it won’t hold up well. Get off-the-shelf pieces and customize them to best work for you.
Articles
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Green Depot Pop-Up Store
Earth Day has come and gone, but the celebration continues in New York. Sustainability is here to stay. And so is good design. And shopping. And home supplies. Just opened, as part of EarthFair…
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Sunny Memories
Gathering solar energy doesn't need to be a process sequestered to the roof. To demonstrate the varied uses of a new dye solar cell invented at the University of Art and Design Lausanne (EPFL) in…
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September 11th Memorial & Museum
On the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we turn our attention toward building plans for ground zero, where a 24-foot-by-9-foot, 7,770-pound beam National September 11 Memorial & Museum project…
Products
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Store
Better suited to storing sugar than supporting Apollo missions, these ceramic containers’ lines were nevertheless inspired by space capsules. Armstrong and Aldrin would definitely approve.
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Delicious Storage Units
We’ve never met a hot-dog vendor we didn’t like, and neither, apparently, has French designer Mathieu Lehanneur: The classic quilted street-food cart provided inspiration for his…
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Marimekko Memory Game
Test your memory and indugle in a bit of pattern-adoration with this update on the classic kids' game. The pieces in each set come in a handy cylinder, and are printed with matching Marimekko…
Events
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Photographic Memories
The photographs on display date mostly from 1850–1910, and the subjects range from formal portraits of princes to picturesque views of palaces and temples to depictions of dancers and tightrope…
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Phucisme: Childhood Memories
Phucisme is presenting their first collection, "Childhood Memories," during the Formland design fair. Illustrations from the Japanese artist AKIRA and new designs from Japanese jewerly…
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Wattis Institute Presents: The Way Beyond Art: Sunny Memories
This is the first in a series of projects titled The Way Beyond Art, starting in spring 2010, in which a faculty member from any of CCA's programs presents a one-week exhibition in the Wattis…
Dwell Collections
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Storage Solutions
Our September 2009 Apartments issue featured petite places that pack a whole lot of design ingenuity into very few square feet. We went through our archives to find similarly clever space-saving…
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Creative Storage Solutions
We are suffering a shortage of good storage in our house at the moment: our bathroom miscellany is crammed into plastic drawers under the sink; magazines are strewn scattershot across our coffee…
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18 Dining Tables
Pull up a chair and feast on this collection of tables, prepared using only the freshest ingredients from our archives.
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