June 28, 2009

New from Graham & Brown

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New wallpaper designs from Graham & Brown! The Barbara Hulanicki collection features three designs--Hula Wallpaper, Diva Wallpaper, & Viva Wallpaper--highlighting vintage Art Nouveau motifs, while Basso & Brooke designs such as the Odyssey Wallpaper & Soma Wallpaper feature contemporary designs rich in their complexity. Alongside these is the Superfresco collection, which, with patterns like Eden & Vine, feature textured surfaces you can paint over.

Cardboard chairs by Super Limão

Right now, I`m really into cardborard furniture, so I was pleased to find these chairs made by Brazilian studio Super Limão. The quality and the finishing are great, but the thing is, pieces like these are being sold in very expensive shops, which makes me wonder if the purpose of the use of cardboard is being forgotten over comercial issues...

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June 24, 2009

fotoflōt.

I don't know about you, but when I hang artwork or photos, the less frame the better. Usually I end up buying clip frames because they're cheap and offer a clean look -- no frame at all, which is what makes fotoflōt so appealing. 

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Founded by Tom McAuliffe, Jurgen Reinold, and Jim Alef, fotoflōt creates a clean photo presentation that's free of glare (because it doesn't use glass) and easy to switch up. To hang a photo, secure the provided magnetic cups to your print, and then attach your print to the magnets on the mounted bracket. That's it! When you tire of an image, just remove the magnets from your print, fasten them to a new photo, and hang again.

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This is one my favorite examples of fotoflōt in use because I too have an unsightly electrical box that is impossible to hide. A clever customer solved her problem by placing a fotoflōt-mounted photo over top of it. Brilliant!


June 22, 2009

Mid-Century Modern goes Green

Intelligent. Attractive. Hand-produced. And did we mention harvested from sustainable forests? In fact, many of the pieces designed in Chicago's Ali Sandifer Studio are crafted using fallen trees from the local area. Specializing in casegoods, the collection avoids veneers and stains and instead builds exclusively with hardwoods that are finished with natural oils and water-based sealants.  The pieces have slender mid-century proportions and clever functional features.

The ZAIDE coffee table below, available in walnut, ash or rift white oak, offers a balanced three-legged wishbone base and exposed storage on all sides.


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My favorites, the SHEILA storage unit and the EDITH credenza (both below) juxtaposed your HD flat screen offer groovy statements.

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Pride of craftsmanship is certainly apparent in the HEIS desk (below), computer-ready and equipped with sleek side storage bins! Check out www.alisandifer.com for the complete collection and custom work options.
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June 16, 2009

Ladder by Casimir Meubelen

Belgian designer Casimir recently presented the new series of storage furniture Ladder N1. Designer Casimir’s starting point for this series was yet another familiar object and archetypal design.

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The ladder’s original form and function – a movable stairway – and an immovable shelving unit have now been merged into one piece by extending the ladder’s rungs into shelves and cases of different sizes. Ladder n°1 upgrades the stairway – still needed to reach the highest shelves – into a piece of solid oak storage furniture.

Visit Casimir Meubelen for more info

June 12, 2009

Organic Couture: When Urban Organic Goes Glam!

{organic couture lifestyle photo: log bench by chista ~ Vogue Italia September, 08}

Organic Glam: the beauty and dichotomy of Haute Nature + Organic Couture. And yes, free-form slabs of unfinished wood is ~ sexy. Featured at Urban Lifestyle Decor, this nature inspired lifestyle of modern decor offers the ultimate in Eco-Luxury by combining the strength of rustic design with the beauty of feminine form. Deep earthy tones and heavy scale are balanced beautifully with metallic legs + plexi-glass bases. Everyone needs to covet at least one showpiece of Organic Art: a perfect addition to any urban dweller, or art lover's ~ open space.

CHISTA ~ knows Urban Organic Glam. Founded in 1990, this design company "explores the roots of primitivism" and creates some of the most impressive primitive-modern forms on the planet. {the goods: *1. Meteor Coffee Table at 55" wide demands attention and is sculptured by nature in pure Teak Root, also available in glam bronze or glam aluminum. *2. "Suar" Free-Form Dining Table}.


To find more beauty in organic art, visit "The Forms" at www.chista.net




The sexy side of organic comes with metallic legs + glossy finishes. The Cast Slab Dining Table from blankblank exemplifies the Organic Couture Lifestyle. Designed by Rob Zinn, the solid cast bronze legs, combined with a salvaged wood slab top, offers a fabulous balance of Eco-Luxury. What makes it green? "The wood is selected from sources of diseased or storm-felled trees and the fabrication is closely overseen to capture a unique spirit in each piece which comes Signed and dated." Make sure to visit this design + build company: they have one of the most eclectic product assortments on the market.


One of the leaders in the Urban Organic Lifestyle is Hudson Furniture Inc. Designed by Barlas Baylar, this collection of live edge case goods + glam lighting is the perfect accessory for the Organic Couture Lifestyle. {the organic goods above: new glam: Squares Base Dining Table with Claro Walnut top and glam bronze square base}.

Want to make a Glam-Grand statement ~ look at the Acacia Table with a Solid Acacia Slab Top + a Super-Glam Polished I-Base by Hudson Furniture.

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Of course, as you may already know, I must include: "My favorite Organic Glam Dining Table ~ ever." ~ The Knight Base Table with handmade cast bronze base and claro walnut top by Hudson Furniture Inc. Want more fabulous Urban Organic + Urban Glam finds, check out the "Urban Organic Lifestyle."

June 09, 2009

Heavenly Match

I love peanut butter & jelly time and I love lazing around on the couch! Now I can give homage to my favorite food while napping on the couch without making a mess. I've tried to nap with an actual peanut butter & jelly sandwich and trust me... these are waaaay better than the real thing.

Two Pillow set includes one slice of Creamy Peanut Butter and one slice of Grape Jelly, each on White Bread.

Getting them for that perfect couple that's just made for each other too? For an additional $10 I can hand embroider a name on each of the top crust bread slices. Check out the last photo to see an example. To add this just complete checkout and payment and note it in the "Message to the Seller" along with the names and I'll send you a paypal invoice for the $10 embroidery fee.

Made from Eco-Felt (100% recycled Plastic bottles!) Each Pillow measures 16" Tall by 15" wide (41cm x 29cm). Machine wash cold with like colors then tumble dry on low.

The condiments featured are completely hand drawn so please allow for minor differences from the pillow pictured. But hey, that's the magic of handmade!

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Grab them here

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June 05, 2009

Modern Bohemian + The Eclectic Lounge

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In the Eclectic Lounge, anything goes: from Twig Chairs to Pig Tables to Horse & Boot lamps.  From Urban Lifestyle Decor, comes an eclectic modern style with the motto, "When you fall in love with a piece, whether it be vintage or mod or glam, bring it home and find a place for it in The Eclectic Lounge." {lifestyle photo: phillip starck designs}


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Of course, what would a lounge be without the coolest lighting ~ ever. Go crazy and search for the avant-garde & whimsical. One of my all time favorites for crazy: Moooi, where designers create: "Furniture to fall in love with at first sight or hate forever ~ moooi."

Love it or hate it, you gotta admit, it's pretty crazy-fab. {the lighting goods: light-shade-shade, a one-way mirror chandelier from moooi. *2: antique antler chandelier from jayson home & garden. *3: klemm cast resin chandelier by oly. *4: horse lamp by moooi, also available in silver. *5: boot lamp by mochino lamp collection}.

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Accent with reclaimed teak, organic twig furniture, horn tables, chic urban glam or vintage mirrors and make sure to mix-and-don't-match your lifestyles of home decor. When it comes to accents, search out the art driven crazy designers and paint up the lounge. {the goods: *1: reclaimed teak meg chair from oly. *2: vintage astrid mirror from oly. *3: lars horn table by jayson home & garden}.


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Finally, who wouldn't want to impress their guests with a pig to serve the drinks. Again, from moooi. If you choose to add this little piggy to your Eclectic Lounge decor, your pig table arrives with the moooi smiley logo, life-like fur, and beauty spots ~ what more could you want?

June 04, 2009

Conde House on 2Modern.com!

Conde House

Conde House is now on 2Modern.com! Conde House is noted for exceptional design and manufacturing quality as expressed in its line of contemporary furnishings for distinguished homes and contract market for 40 years. They offer tables and chairs for dining (such as the Ohashi Table & Tosai Side Chair, meetings and conferencing, furniture for libraries, hotels and schools, bedroom furniture (Rikyu Bed & Boxx Chest) and media cabinets for residential and contract clients. All of their furniture is crafted at their mill in Japan on the northernmost island of Hokkaido.


May 31, 2009

Trancoso carpentry

This woodshop located in Trancoso - a village situated in Bahia, Brazil -also has a shop in São Paulo. Trancoso carpentry designs and produces furniture and objects with "Brazilian soul": wood and crafts.

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