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Win a dVider Wall Sticker - It's Easy!

 

A contest from 2Modern - win a dVider Wall Sticker. To win, view and comment on our Wall Sticker Collection. One winner will be chosen. Remember to use either your blogger login or first name and last name so that we can identify you if you win. We will post the winner's name with instructions for collecting your prize, please check back Aug 1, 2009 to see if you won!

Giveaway ends Aug 1, 2009 at midnight PST (and sorry, prizes can only be sent to locations in the US). Good Luck!

Enjoy,  2Modern.

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Blu Dot Pillow Winner Announced!

Congratualtions! The winner of the 2Modern.com Blu Dot Pillow Contest is Courtney!:

"Finally! Affordable, modern furniture that's not the Styrofoam blocks our parents imagined. I love this collection for being chic, minimalist and yet still recalling a fabulous retro era. Add a rabbit-eared 1970's plastic TV set and you've got one funky room."

Winner please respond to this post with your full name, shipping address, email address and telephone number by April 31, 2009. This information will not be published and will be kept private.

Thank you to everyone who participated! Check back often to Design Talk for more giveaways!

Congratualtions! The winner of the 2Modern.com Blu Dot Pillow Contest is Courtney!:

"Finally! Affordable, modern furniture that's not the Styrofoam blocks our parents imagined. I love this collection for being chic, minimalist and yet still recalling a fabulous retro era. Add a rabbit-eared 1970's plastic TV set and you've got one funky room."

Winner please respond to this post with your full name, shipping address, email address and telephone number by April 31, 2009. This information will not be published and will be kept private.

Thank you to everyone who participated! Check back often to Design Talk for more giveaways!

"Finally! Affordable, modern furniture that's not the Styrofoam blocks our parents imagined. I love this collection for being chic, minimalist and yet still recalling a fabulous retro era. Add a rabbit-eared 1970's plastic TV set and you've got one funky room."

Winner please respond to this post with your full name, shipping address, email address and telephone number by April 31, 2009. This information will not be published and will be kept private.

Thank you to everyone who participated! Check back often to Design Talk for more giveaways!

Win a Blu Dot Lumbar Pillow!

 

A contest from 2Modern - win a Blu Dot Lumbar Pillow. To win, view and comment on our Blu Dot Furniture Collection. One winner will be chosen. Remember to use either your blogger login or first name and last name so that we can identify you if you win. We will post the winner's name with instructions for collecting your prize, please check back April 15, 2009 to see if you won!

Giveaway ends April 15, 2009 at midnight PST (and sorry, prizes can only be sent to locations in the US). Good Luck!

Enjoy,  2Modern.

Follow our Tweet! (and win modern design!)

 

Our Twitter followers are automatically entered to win Modern Design! 2Modern is now on Twitter. Follow founder Jennifer Sitko as she Tweets about design trends, ideas and new products. For 3 weeks, 2Modern will be giving away modern products to 3 lucky winners. To enter, become a 2Modern Follower >

St Patrick's Day Contest - Win Modern Art!

 

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Greener Gadgets 09

Greener Gadgets, now in its second year, is a one-day conference scheduled for February 27, 2009 and features key representatives from some of the largest consumer electronics companies in the world, innovators from academic thinktanks, members of startups focused on renewable energy, and some of the leading minds in the word of sustainable design and business.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Fastronaut toy concept, modeled after the pedometer. Powered by play, each figure has a rechargeable battery, and each vehicle has a dynamo.  Each Fastronaut has a power indicator that can be pressed to make the Fastronaut talk. Children get instant feedback as they create energy, and that is strong motivation to be active.

Move Your Energy- Move Your Energy is a rocking shell chair with an LED lamp specially designed for reading. The armchair is power independent - a dynamo provides the electric energy for the lamp which is connected to a special kinematic mechanism. This mechanism is very similar to the one that is characteristic in steam engines. It works together with a lever that runs a fly-weel disk when you rock.

The Power Hog-  designed to capture the interest of parents and kids alike and serve the wider environmental cause. Power-Hog visually and symbolically associates power conservation with savings by using the iconic piggy bank as a visual reference. Kids can use their allowance to turn on the TV or video game by feeding the Power-Hog with loose change. The Power-Hog meters consumption and blinks red when time is running out. It also helps parents meter the amount of time spent watching the tube.

You can see more of these gadgets and vote on them here.

  

 

Valentine's Day Contest

Valentine's Day Contest from 2Modern - win a Thomas Paul Pillow. To win, describe what special thing you are doing for your Valentine this year. Remember to use either your blogger login or first name and last name so that we can identify you if you win. We will post the winner's name with instructions for collecting your prize, please check back Feb 14, 2009 to see if you won!

Giveaway ends February 13, 2009 at midnight PST (and sorry, prizes can only be sent to locations in the US). Good Luck!

Cheers,  2Modern.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year!

2009 will certainly go down as a very memorable one, to say the least. I think there will be a lot of reflection on what exactly transpired over this past year. There is no need to rehash it all, the Media does a great job at keeping us up to date with every detail possible.

I guess the one thing that I can decipher from all of this is this...if you are in a position of power, and your decisions impact several people, then make sure that you are acting with other people's best interest in mind. Make sure that your integrity is in check and that you are as concerned with other people's well-being as your own.

CEO's, Politicians, Hedge Fund Managers (Ponzi Scheme Operators), Teachers, Parents, etc...we all inherently know right from wrong. We all know when we are looking to 'just get ours', regardless of the end result of our actions on others.

I am sure I am preaching to the choir...as most of the people that are the root cause of some of these current global concerns will likely never read this, let alone have it sink in. Maybe if we start giving more attention to the people that are doing good things for people, doing the right or selfless thing when no one is even watching, then things will start to change in a positive direction. I hope that good behavior is rewarded and bad behavior isn't in 2009. That is my wish.

I sincerely hope that all of you out there have a very Happy, Healthy (and Conscious) New Year!

Greg

12 Days of Holiday Sweepstakes - Win Modern Gifts from 2Modern!

Ho ho ho...2Modern Modern Furniture is giving away modern gifts and design for 12 days. Enter each day to win! One gift will be given away each day. Tell your friends!

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