February 7th, 2013 — Design
Useful Arbeitsloser (Jobless) by Sanghyeok Lee is a series of furniture that reflects the life of its designer. The collection is focused on its joints and resembles scaffolding and construction, which, for the designer, is representative of life in a foreign country. From the designer: A scaffolding resembled a life of a designer who lives in a foreign country in a way that it is always passed by, constructed and moved away without much attention, while being a necessary element in construction sites. Useful Arbeitsloser (Jobless) is assembled pieces of furniture. The brass joints symbolize the weight of life and the act of screwing the joints is a part of a life to create comfort.
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Useful Arbeitsloser (Jobless) by Sanghyeok Lee
February 7th, 2013 — Design
Float Wall Desk is a minimal design created by California-based design firm Orange22 . The founder of the company believes that well-designed objects elicit strong emotions, starting with a sensory experience at its core. He states, “That’s what interests us about design—that capacity to affect the emotions of those who experience it.” The Float Wall Desk was designed to easily mount onto any existing wall space, creating in itself a flat surface that has multi-functional utility. The desk takes up minimal space due to the slide-out tray, which can be used as both drawer to hide peripheral accessories or as a surface for the mouse and keyboard.
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Skim Milk: Float Wall Desk by Orange22
February 7th, 2013 — Designer Stuff
While I wouldn’t mind one of these awesome Koop Chairs in my living room, the description of these chairs implies that they were created for the business environment, which is even more exciting. But technically since I work from home, I could have one of these in my living room and do my work from the comfort of the Koop Chair, right?
If I didn’t work from home, I would LOVE to work in an office with chairs such as these. They’re modern and chic and innovative for an office environment. Even if used in a lobby or a lounge area, they would provide efficient style for both clients and employees alike.
Designed by Martela and available at Wharfside, these egg shaped chairs are available in a variety of colors, so both the shell and the interior can either match or be different.
What do you think about the Koop Chair? Wouldn’t you love one of these in your office?
February 6th, 2013 — Design
This Rainbow Book Chair designed by Chen Liu is kinda fun. I think that it would be really cool in the kids section of a library or a school for a more playful atmosphere. This first version is made from yoga mats, but she is planning to explore other materials like felt.
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Rainbow Book Chair by Chen Liu
February 5th, 2013 — Design
One Nordic Furniture Company has found a way to merge high-end design with the sensibility of flat-pack furniture. On their latest piece, they partnered with Italian designer Luca Nichetto to create the Hai lounge chair that incorporates a folding backrest that makes shipping much easier. This chair marks the first collaboration with a non-Nordic designer and it appears to be a good one
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Hai Lounge Chair by Luca Nichetto for One Nordic Furniture Company
February 4th, 2013 — Design, Furniture, Furniture products
ACME Furniture is one of the largest furniture manufactures in the United States. The company has six different branch locations, including New York City, New Jersey, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta and San Francisco. With so many different service branches, ACME Furniture is able to reach the vast majority of the country, without over extending itself. ACME recently purchased and developed a 400,000 square foot warehouse in Los Angeles, where the company ships out orders in under two days, with very little wait time, as the facility houses 12 million dollars worth of inventory at all times. This way, over 90 percent of the orders are filled within the initial 48 hour span.
ACME Furniture uses a large amount of products from Malaysian factories. Some other factories provide additional features and material, including those located in Brazil, China, Taiwan and Vietnam. Due to the long term relationship ACME has with the different factories, it is possible for ACME to receive a significant discount on the furniture, and this is reflected in the price and the consumer is able to save a good amount of money by buying ACME Furniture, instead of going with a different brand.
There are several different kinds of material provided by ACME Furniture. These are broken down into family room, dining room and kitchen, home office and more rooms (which is essentially just side rooms that have no real classification, or don’t have enough furniture designs to be considered its own room collection). With so many different room furniture options, it is possible for anyone to locate and decorate their entire house with furniture from the ACME Furniture company.
When it comes to the family room, ACME Furniture produces furniture ranging from couches and love seats, sleepers that fold out from traditional couches, side tables and coffee tables. A large supply of mattresses are available, California King bedrooms and sets give the largest available size of mattress and bed style, while ACME Furniture also sells Eastern King bedrooms, queen size bedroom sets, twin bedroom sets, bunk and day beds and full size bedrooms. This way, no matter the size and no matter the overall style, it is all found right here at ACME Furniture, so there is really no reason to look anywhere else.
Dining room and kitchen comes with mostly different table and chair decorations, although outdoor furniture and occasional tables are also part of this collection, should a specific table or look be desired for the house. Home office chairs, desks, cabinets and other equipment can be purchased at ACME Furniture, along with other material to fill out the house.
ACME Furniture is one of the largest furniture manufactures not only in the United States, but in the entire world. As ACME works closely with the developer and the produce selling companies in Asia, ACME Furniture is able to receive a significant discount on just about every item, and these prices are reflected in the prices, allowing clients to save on almost everything.
February 4th, 2013 — Design
Sweden & Coffee by Raúl Arribas is an experiment with two Swedish traditions: glass blowing and coffee. The coffee set is primarily made of glass, blown by Reino Björk . I love the copper, smoky smooth glass paired with the textured cork. I wonder how the cork would hold up over time? Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook .
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Sweden & Coffee by Raúl Arribas
February 3rd, 2013 — Design
With the bee population dwindling around the globe, Auckland, New Zealand native Rowan Dunford , developed a product to bring beekeeping to urban environments. With bees being critical to the world’s food supply, creating products like the Urban Beehive could help stabilize the problem by easing the beekeeping process. Dunford wanted to eliminate any fears that might come with starting your own hive, like cost and complexity. Perfect for the beginner, the modern hive is simple and designed for flat-pack shipping and assembly
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Get Out! The Urban Beehive by Rowan Dunford
February 1st, 2013 — Design
Soft, fluffy clouds look like a nice place to relax, yes? While not your traditional 2- or 3-cushion sofa, CIRRUS is full of curved shapes resembling a whimsical seating option in your living room instead of up in the sky. The DIZAJNO sofa allows for a variety of sitting and lounging positions in hopes of letting you feel what it’s like to lay on a cloud. It’s built with a traditional, rigid OSB frame with a spring system in the back and seat areas, all topped with a flexible PUR foam that will give you a lifetime of heavenly rest. The Lubo Majer designed line is available in two sofas, a chair, and two table options
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Lounge on a Cloud: CIRRUS Seating by DIZAJNO
February 1st, 2013 — Design
What do you do if your cousin is on a mission to take a community of 700 people living on the streets in Mumbai India, and turn them from “very poor” to “middle class” in just eight years? If you’re Pepe Heykoop , you set about designing products that they can make and teaching them the skills required to make them, providing them with the income they need to escape abject poverty. It was an honor to meet him at IMM Cologne . He was showcasing two products; the Leather Lampshade and the Paper Vase cover – which uses simple folding techniques to provide a decorative cover for bottles which are thrown away all over India, turning them into something useful. Pepe’s cousin is Laurien Meuter, founder of The Tiny Miracles Foundation , an organization which believes they can make the world a better place, but that in order to do so, they need focus.
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Design for Good: Pepe Heykoop and the Tiny Miracles Foundation