2005 Year in Review

Whew! I don't know about you, but I am tired! The Holiday Season is fun, but it is a lot to take in. I was visiting my sister in Southern California. She has 3 kids ages 1.5, 3 and 4.5. They go absolutely wacky over Christmas and then can crash hard!

This strange week before New Years. Digesting everything that has happened not only this past week, but also the entire year and what is to come in the upcoming year.

This week, I will provide some highlights and lowlights of 2005 as well as some predictions for 2006.

Goodbye Pure Design! Pure Design, based out of Canada, was a favorite of ours. They manufactured furniture and accessories from various designers around the world. We especially loved their modern bar stools and benches.

LAZ Bench by Geoffrey Lilge

FYI...OFFI purchased at least a portion of the Pure Design line and has begun to manufacture certain pieces:

Duoplane Shelves

Goodbye MAX SF! James Do and MAX SF had some unique designs that had a popular contemporary Asian feel.

MAX SF Folsom Bed

James Do Bench

The Folsom bed was very popular and many of their pieces were found in modern boutique hotels and The W Hotel.

Pure Design and MAX SF suffered from manufacturing issues which caused their demise. We will miss you and hope your designs resurface elsewhere.

Next up...who was new in 2005 and what is to come in 2006.

Comments

[christopher baus]

I just bought a duoplane cocktail table on Craig's list. Unfortunately it wasn't perfect, but it is still a pretty cool piece.