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Waterworks - legion watertable

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B&B ITALIA - Sofas and armchair: CHARLES LARGE

Updated Aug 7, 2007

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CHARLES LARGE
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Design Antonio Citterio (2003) A very comfortable seat, the sofa is a welcoming shelter to lie down in: these attributes are offered by the revisited Charles system by Antonio Citterio, which has long been a classic of interior design and has enjoyed consistent market success since its introduction in 1997. A new depth has reshaped its look to meet the growing demand of consumers who prefer a larger model.

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Hive

Updated Apr 14, 2006

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For the best in modern furniture, lighting, and accessories, no one does it much better than Hive. Since 2002 the retailer has been a de-facto internet source for modern classics by Alessi, Artemide, Artifort, Cassina, Flos, Kartell, Knoll & Vitra, to name a few. With several hundred items in stock, even browsing the site one can get visually inspired and stimulated. Here one can find modern classics such as the Barcelona Chair, to lesser-known originals as Verner Panton's Living Tower. (via Elements of Living)

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Terra Do Brazil

Updated Apr 13, 2006

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Brazil’s mix of Asian, African, European and indigenous cultures and tastes has created some very startling styles. And some of the chicest pieces are made of such unlikely “found” materials as shaving brushes, bicycle tires and squeegee heads.
One of the major players is Terra Do Brazil, a consortium of manufacturers operating from Doral, FL. Its furnishings include the Landscape series, which makes use of vime, a fast-growing vine (some Americans are calling it “the kudzu of Brazil”). The vine is cut and tied together with rope, like so many bundles of sturdy kindling, to form the frames of sofas and beds and the structure of occasional pieces. (via Elements of Living)

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Oingo Kettle

Updated Apr 13, 2006

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Among the current offerings from the indus-trious industrial designer and self-styled “cultural provocateur” Karim Rashid is this cartoonish kettle of enamel over steel, with heat-resistant plastic handle. Available in blue or mint with white top, handle and whistler, or white with orange. (via Elements of Living)

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Bonnet House

Updated Apr 13, 2006

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artist and arts patron Frederic Clay Bartlett and his second wife, Helen, may have been reluctant to see George Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte leave their home for the Chicago Institute of Art, but perhaps not too reluctant. They were fortunate to live the sort of life depicted by Seurat, except their “island” was a 35-acre Florida oasis stretching from the Atlantic to the Intracoastal Waterway. At the heart of it was their beloved Bonnet House. Built in 1920 and named for a native yellow water lily, it was modeled after traditional plantation houses to take advantage of ocean breezes and encourage easy indoor-outdoor living. The Bartletts entertained frequently, serving cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in a bamboo-lined bar and dinner in the courtyard. The loggia facing the lagoon was a favorite place to retire for post-luncheon coffee, especially after 1931, when Bartlett’s third wife, Evelyn, added two bay windows to the drawing room looking onto the loggia. This was a minor architectural move, but it had a major effect, enhancing comfort and livability indoors and out. The curved bays invited more light and air inside, and at the same time shaped the outside space into a welcoming sitting area. Sisal and rattan furnishings made the “room” complete. (via Elements of Living)

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Wolf

Updated Apr 13, 2006

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Imagine a stove that doesn’t require electrical elements or gas but instead operates by way of iron and steel pans; which cooks better than petroleum, and heats quicker than any other stove on the market. No dream actually. This is Wolf’s new induction cooktop.
The technological method is kind of like rubbing two sticks together. When an iron or magnetic steel pan is placed on the burner, electricity passes through the cooktop coils beneath the surface to produce a magnetic field. Molecules in the pan then vibrate at high frequencies, thus creating friction and instant heat in the pan, not on the stovetop. In the end, 55 percent of the energy that would escape in typical electric and gas cooktops is saved. Additionally, the pan heats more quickly than with conventional tops, and the burner immediately shuts off when the cookware is removed, again avoiding energy waste.
This seemingly ideal stove, which also prevents burns, has been widely used in Europe for a number of years. Now American companies are picking up on induction cooking, possibly due to the skyrocketing demand for green products, and Wolf is one of the first. According to a statement from the company, “induction seems to be popping up everywhere; but it isn’t about creating a trend, it is about looking at energy conservation, and this is what we pride ourselves on.” (via Elements of Living)

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David Hicks

Updated Apr 13, 2006

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Pop quiz. Was this London living room completed yesterday or 35 years ago? Look carefully: oversized geometric–pattern carpet, a boldly modern sofa covered in raw silk and flanked by Empire bookcases, and a plain sheet of mirror topping a Regency fireplace mantel.
If you chose 1971, go to the head of the class. This was just one of innumerable spaces designed by David Hicks (1929–1998), arguably the most influential designer of his generation. Hicks was one of the first to create deliberately photogenic rooms. No wonder his client list included equally close-up–ready clients such as John Schlesinger, Helena Rubinstein, Vidal Sassoon and the Prince of Wales.
Indeed, Hicks’s dynamic mix of antique and modern pieces has a deceptively contemporary ring. Designers including Jonathan Adler, Kelly Wearstler, Muriel Brandolini and Tom Ford—young guns who learned his coveted look pouring over the 11 books Hicks authored in his lifetime—have adopted his signature style. Hicks’s second coming is due partly to the work of his son, Ashley Hicks, who designs new collections of carpet and fabric inspired by his father’s designs for Lee Jofa and Saxony Carpet. (via Elements of Living)

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Ubu Chair

Updated Apr 13, 2006

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The Ubu torqued rubber chairs collapse into a flat-pack form for portability. The polypropylene frame is constructed and knocked down by opening and closing the industrial-strength zippers attached to the upholstery. (via Elements of Living)

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Frame Chair

Updated Apr 13, 2006

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Charlotte Sorensen's Frame is a handsom exercise in deception. The substantial chair made of massive birch, plywood and laminate folds and hangs, acting like a picture frame around the underside of the seat and splat. A textile hinge looks more like a horizon line than hardware. Available in red and white. (via Elements of Living)

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Adamson House

Updated Apr 13, 2006

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Like a sample book sprung to three-dimensional and very colorful life, the Adamson House, a historic property on the beach in Malibu, California, demonstrates the wonders that can be worked with tile, specifically tile made by the Malibu Potteries (1926–1932).
And every bit as rich as the tile work, and perfectly in keeping with the Spanish Colonial Revival style of the house, is the ironwork. Architect Stiles O. Clements of Morgan, Walls & Clements, the firm better known for the commission for William Randolph Hearst’s San Simeon, completed the house for Rhoda Rindge Adamson, daughter of the Potteries’ founder, and her husband, in 1930.
All the exterior lighting fixtures are fashioned of iron, and in designing them, Clements factored in an element that is often overlooked: how they function during the day. On the second story terrace, for instance, above a tile “warming” bench built into a wall shared with the chimney, is an oversize light of filigreed wrought iron. It is supported by a lyrical bracket set in the midst of an expanse of white stucco. Clements recognized the value of white space as a quiet pause amid the jingling of lively tile patterns and as an important participant in shadow play. By day, the spiky fixture, aided by the brilliant California sun, casts an exaggerated cactus-like shadow. Come nightfall, electrical illumination alters the silhouette and the mood.
A second example: Lining the perimeter of the terrace is a parade of crook-like bishop’s stanchions. At night, the hooks provide support for individual lanterns or a string of lights. Clements could have designed them to be only temporary fittings, to be installed for festive occasions. By making them permanent he expanded their role, transforming them into decorative elements that add rhythm and a flourish to the parapet. (via Elements of Living)

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Cosmo's Cosmos

Updated Apr 13, 2006

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“It can’t just be about money; it has to be about what you love,” explains Lisa Purdon of the Brooklyn furniture store Cosmos Cosmos, which she and her business partner, Cosmo Prete, opened in 1998. The two started out as artists, fabricating furniture into sculpture. Eventually they turned their passion for finding interesting modern pieces into a home-furnishings boutique unlike any other. Tucked in a corner of the store, for example, on top of an Eames lounger is a Paul McCobb table. And, depending on whether Purdon and Prete have rearranged the display area that day, you’ll see everything from a $350 settee in need of reupholstering (it has an amazing frame!) to a $15,000 mint-condition Jens Risom sofa; from a ship’s spotlight (set directors like them) to Breuer’s Wassily chair (White or black? You choose) hanging from the ceiling. The partners’ rationale: “We choose our furniture based on what we think is beautiful.”
Also unlike many stores, Cosmos Cosmos offers “full service,” meaning it buys on request for all client types. “We listen to our gut,” says Purdon, “but we also listen to our client. If someone tells us he or she wants a blue sofa, we’ll find the coolest blue sofa our eyes have ever seen, based on the person’s budget and specifications.”
So if you are looking for a white vinyl sofa or a Neil Small mirror (note: Cosmos Cosmos is one of the few original collectors in the country), or if you just want to hang out in a Corbu chair all day, then step into this high-brow, high-end shop. As Purdon puts it: “We are a little rock-and-roll in our approach to art and commerce, but we are very educated and sophisticated about mid-century modern.” (via Elements of Living)

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Terratex

Updated Apr 13, 2006

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Is your newest designer sofa made of corn? Interface, Inc., the maker of the ecocarpet Flor, has recently introduced an eco-friendly commercial fabric called Terratex, and many large textile and furniture manufacturers, including Knoll and Herman Miller, are using it. In fact, Knoll worked with Terratex to produce the fabric for the Essential Work Chair by Jeffrey Bernett, which made its debut at NeoCon 2005.
Terratex, originally made from recycled soda bottles and polyester plastic resin, has now introduced bio-based fibers into the mix. Bio-base is made from thermoplastic fibers (PLA), which, in turn, are made from corn, potatoes, soybeans and other starch-based agricultural waste products. Although, consumers can’t buy Terratex fabrics directly, they can purchase an assortment of products—everything from furniture and fabrics to wall panels and carpets—that contain it. In addition to Knoll and Herman Miller, Terratex works with HON, DesignTex, Jhane Barnes, Luna Textiles, Momentum, Carnegie and Allsteel. (Terratex isn’t always indicated on the label, so query a sales associate or consult the Terratex website [www.terratex.com]).
Interface uses alternative-energy systems in its factories and is trying to find new methods to save water, reduce emissions and waste, and eliminate harmful substances from products.
One new company initiative is a program called ReSKU, whereby manufacturers who use Terratex in furniture and textiles send back their old products to be recycled. It is good to know companies are teaming up to make products that are good for both the environment and our health. (via Elements of Living)

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Hokanson Luxury Carpets

Updated May 26, 2006

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It may sound like characters from the latest action-adventure film, but we’re actually talking about the staff of the Hokanson custom carpet factory in Waterloo, Canada. Founded in 1992, it is one of only two privately-owned, major factories in North America devoted solely to manufacturing custom rugs and carpets. It is owned by Texas-based Larry Hokanson and managed by Maureen Catherwood. Together, they insure the very best in quality, production time and shipping. With the factory being in North America, staff and clients are always welcome to visit to experience the custom rug industry.
Highly trained craftspeople bring their exceptional skills and knowledge to this 27,000 square foot world class facility. There is an on-site dye house and dye master with an exacting eye to provide expert color matching. State-of-the-art technology allows the marking department to take color renderings for each rug and superimpose the full scale design to the cotton backing. Hokanson’s hand tufters, or “gunners”, skillfully hand gun row after row of silk and wool yarn to create the rugs. They go through an extensive apprenticeship program and after 7 years become master tufters creating breathtaking works of art. The final step in creating a Hokanson rug involves the finishers. They meticulously hand-shear, clip and at times carve the rug for a look of perfection. Hokanson’s factory employees come from all over the world, and have helped develop cutting-edge techniques in the hand tufted industry. Hokanson has built their quality process on each individual employee taking personal interest and pride in every rug and carpet they create.
The work ethic of this team, and the dedicated sales staff and artists in their showrooms across the United States, ensures the continued excellence and lasting beauty of all Hokanson rugs and carpets. (via Elements of Living)

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Circa Lighting

Updated Apr 12, 2006

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New York–based architect-turned-designer Glenn Gissler is a traditionalist who likes to throw in a splash of modern to keep things interesting, which is why he heads to circalighting.com when he’s looking for lighting solutions. The website of a company with stores in Savannah, Atlanta, Charleston and Houston, circalighting.com appeals to Gissler for its vast inventory and wide range of styles, and the knowledgeable staff required to navigate through both. Looking for an eighteenth-century-style lantern or a Deco-ish table lamp? You’re in the right corner of cyberspace. “The site allows me to solve lighting dilemmas quickly, efficiently and inexpensively, especially for projects where the budget is a challenge,” says the designer. “The quality is good, and many of the designs are quite thoughtful and well proportioned, with simple, strong detailing.”
Gissler’s choices from circalighting.com have landed in projects including a small powder room (it called for a Star Flush Mount); a long hallway in a traditional Jersey shore summer house (it’s lit by an Edwardian Single Pendant) and a number of clients’ bookcases (they get Dorchester 18-inch fixtures; Gissler has a strong aversion to recessed lighting). The website offers clients individualized assistance, via email or phone, in finding the right lighting for the effect and feel they are looking for. And the collection categorizes lamps and light according to their placement in a house—wall, floor, table, ceiling, or exterior—so it’s easy to zero in on a particular need. (via Elements of Living)

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Design Within Reach

Updated Apr 12, 2006

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Joel Mozersky’s transformation of an empty warehouse in downtown Austin into the latest set for MTV’s Real World required nothing less than the ability to turn on a dime. He immediately turned to dwr.com, the website for the catalog and retail store Design Within Reach. “The project was time sensitive in the extreme,” says the local Texas designer, “and I knew that dwr.com would have the modern, really interesting pieces I needed, in stock and ready to ship.” Mozersky’s confidence was well placed: Three weeks after he presented his ideas to MTV, the fully furnished spaces were ready for the cameras to roll on the sixteenth season of the popular reality show.
“Prior to DWR, you would either have to have access to trade-only merchants or order retail and wait up to twelve weeks,” says Jordan Benjamin, a manager at Design Within Reach, which features such classic design names as Ray and Charles Eames, Mies van der Rohe, Alvar Aalto, George Nelson and Marcel Breuer. Luckily for Mozersky and other modern-furniture lovers, DWR’s business model is borrowed from Europe, says founder Rob Forbes, where “furniture design is taken more seriously and the public has greater access to well-designed products.” With DWR, that concept has come across the Atlantic and, now, straight into the heart of Texas. (via Elements of Living)

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The Salvage Sisters' : Guide to Finding Style in the Street and Inspiration in the Attic

Updated Apr 12, 2006

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By Kathleen Hackett and Mary Ann Young. Artisan, hardcover $22.95, softcover $14.95

O junk hounds, back-alley prowlers, garage sale addicts and all tenderhearted toward cast-offs, rejoice: Your bible is here, or at least its first book. The Salvage Sisters’ Guide to Finding Style in the Street and Inspiration in the Attic, by EOL contributor Hackett and her sister, is, like its title, full of good news: It’s clever to turn an old prom gown into a dressing table skirt, plant silk blossoms in a cane chair seat, replace a mantel mirror and objets with explosions of ball fringe, and perform many another minor decorating miracles with what’s often right under one’s nose. After this genesis, the Salvage Sisters will pick up plenty of converts. (via Elements of Living)

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Arts and Crafts Gardens

Updated Apr 12, 2006

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By Wendy Hitchmough. V & A Publications, $24.95
“The house as a work of art, perfectly harmonious in its relationship with nature, was designed to have an improving effect upon the spirit as well as the lifestyle of the client,” writes art historian Wendy Hitchmough in this well-illus-trated and informative book tracing the Arts & Crafts movement from its main inspiration—the garden. Design reform at the turn of the twentieth century mirrored political and social changes of the day. In reaction to the Industrial Revolution, for example, pioneers of the Arts and Craft movement such as John Ruskin, William Morris and C. F. A. Voysey pushed for the need to get back to nature. As she guides us through the “almost wild plantings” that resulted from the movement’s desire to smudge the lines between outdoors and in, Hitch mough, curator of the Charleston, the famous Bloomsbury artists’ Sussex home, also provides an illumin-ating history of architecture, furniture and textiles. Color plates, historic black-and-white photographs and drawings of gardens in Britain, Europe and the US show readers the profound influence of Arts and Crafts on the gardens of our time. (via Elements of Living)

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The New Modern House

Updated Apr 12, 2006

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what becomes a contemporary house most? According to Will Jones, the author of this mind-opening volume, the most successful homes are built as the result of synergy, not only between designer and client but also in relation to conditions, materials, the environment, budget and aesthetics. Forty different houses, varying as widely in design as in location—the Growing House in Ethiopia and the Vertical House in Los Angeles, for example—are presented here in color photos, plans and drawings that invite readers to consider design possibilities despite, or because of, the challenges they might face. The arid strip of land on which sits the Casa Equis in Peru inspired an artificial beach bordered by a swimming pool. Steve’s Retreat, a charming cabin built on top of a four-story warehouse smack in the middle of London, is a budget-minded solution to city living. Whether you’re in the market for a “new modern” house or just mad for architecture, Jones’ book will get your wheels turning. (via Elements of Living)

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Felder's Comprehensive

Updated Apr 12, 2006

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By L. Nick Felder. Princeton Architectural Press, $125

Let’s say you get a client who wants his house completely decorated in woven wire, or is set on having a golf course installed in the backyard. Would you know where to go to make it happen? How about Woven Wire Products Association, or the American Society of Golf Course Architects? You’ll find those design resources and a heap of others in the 820 pages of Felder’s Comprehensive, compiled by author L. Nick Felder, a design and architecture marketer. The book’s vast listings include detailed contact information for associations and for the manufacturers themselves as well as for design-related museums, trade shows and events, design media, competitions and awards. This is a compendium that leads design pros to the resources they spend half their lives looking for. And in anticipation of your dependency, the publishers include a card for advance orders of the 2007 edition. (via Elements of Living)

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At Home in Hudson Valley

Updated Apr 12, 2006

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By Allison Serrell. Photographs by Meredith Heuer. Chronicle Books, $40

“The landscape that defined America” is the 315 miles that bestride the Hudson River, an area of rare visual and agricultural abundance, latticed with fieldstone walls. Dairy farmers, Ichabod Crane, cap-tains of industry and Dylan disciples all have called the Hudson River counties home, and any of them might be content in one of the remarkable dwellings scouted by Allison Serrell for her new book. Most were photographed, wisely, in peak fall or dead of winter, accentuating rhythms in the dense woods. What these houses most share, besides a preference for stone and wood, are delightful peculiarities that invite further investigation—a cypress shed that incorporates a 1940s silver Spartan trailer, a 20-foot slash of red door on a fog-painted wall. None of the houses is a perfect restoration; some of them are unashamedly “glamorized” (New York City design professionals have very entertaining notions of the perfect cabin in the woods). There are archetypes: batty Victorians (ten bedrooms and a blackened tin ballroom), disappearing acts (hooded Zen palaces, ivy-claimed cottages), deconsecrated churches and other conversions, even an eye-popping prefab. Each building expresses the creative souls who dwell within, the best that can be said of an interior design. (via Elements of Living)

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Architectural Surfaces: Details for Artists, Architects, And Designers

Updated Apr 12, 2006

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By Judy A. Juracek. W. W. Norton & Company, $89.95
If you are a texture person, someone who loves the look, touch and feel of objects, then brace yourself for this 352-page book composed solely (introductory text excepted) of 1,400 color images of architectural surfaces around the world. The latest addition to Judy Juracek’s Surfaces series, the tome appears to encompass every material a surface can be made of, every other material that can be applied on top of it and every architectural style. Even though you can’t actually touch the materials that make up the pictured walls, facades, windows, doorways, roofs, ceilings and ornamentation, their sheer variety and number will satisfy even the most texture-crazed designer or architect. (via Elements of Living)

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