Molo
Just a few blocks up the road from my studio is the workshop of Vancouver’s Molo Design. You’ve probably seen their accordioning softseating or their softwall room dividers which are now in the...
View ArticleHigh Line Park, two weeks from opening but already beautiful
Of course the High Line park didn’t open on time for our New York trip – the first phase now opens June 15 - but at least we got to see all the frantic final activity from our hotel window. UPDATE...
View ArticleWhatever happened to the seating platform, the conversation pit?
Above, the 1970s modern two-level platform in painter Frank Stella’s loft, from the classic book Inside Today’s Home. Below, a recent photo of the renovated 1950s conversation pit in the Number 31...
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Photos via inside (photo above is at insideinside.tumblr.com), one of the best curated tumblelogs on tumblr. Well-named, also. And see its sister site, outside, which is equally good. My apologies for...
View ArticleBest bench/seating platform, and of course it’s Australian
This is the ur-seating platform. Think how many people would gather here at a party, and even Le Chat prefers it. This is from a house in St. Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Why is Australian...
View ArticleArtists and architects for Sawaya & Moroni
The Italian design firm Sawaya & Moroni often commissions new furniture pieces by guest designers who are primarily artists or architects. Many design firms follow this strategy, but for some...
View ArticleEileen Gray – Transat Chair
Superb modern chair by Eileen Gray, featured in a Guardian list this this week. It’s the Transat Chair (1925-30). “The Transat chair is from the late 1920s, when Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier and...
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