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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 <i>Real World</i> 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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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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BDDW

Updated Apr 11, 2006

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BDDW is the creation of 36-year-old Tyler Hays, an energetic painter and sculptor turned furniture maker. His voluminous space on Crosby Street near Grand in New York City was an abandoned sweatshop before he stripped it and painted it white. BDDW is stocked mostly with Hays’s creations, including his Lake Credenza, which features a hand-rubbed laquer finish, choices of three premium hardwood doors and a blackened steel and bronze base, as well as hand-carved ebony handles and a walnut interior. Hays also works with selected artists to develop limited-edition pieces, such as Miwa Koizumi’s porcelain lamps, of which no two are alike. Exotic-looking slabs of domestic wood line the walls of Hays’ store. The owner eventually turns the sculptural forms into furniture; in the meantime, they help make the showroom itself a design destination (via Elements of Living)

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K&K Forgeworks

Updated Apr 10, 2006

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For Fergus Kinnel and Arnon Kartmazov, it only seemed natural that a business partnership could be formed from a love of metalwork, K&K Forgeworks. Specializing in custom steelwork products, from home-hardware to furniture, Portland, Oregon-based K&K Forgeworks has built a growing reputation for exquisite design and workmanship. The two blacksmiths' range of interests, techniques and objects is wide but their aesthetic is consistent. As Kartmazov puts it, "We like to combine the most modern techniques with things that have been around a long time. And we both like simplicity and achieving results with the fewest steps." (via Elements of Living)

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Katie Love

Updated Apr 6, 2006

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Near Woodstock, a town in upstate New York that is historically known as the center of hippie culture and personal freedom of expression, tile maker Katie Love sets up shop, creating each and every single piece by hand. (via Elements of Living)

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Architectural Systems Inc.

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Architectural Systems is a designer’s dream for exotic architectural finishes. This one-stop mecca was founded in 1990 by Nancy and Ron Jackson, who source factories to manufacture their brand-name lines. The range of materials in ASI’s 5,000-square-foot showroom is staggering: Gouged MDF and veneers replicate the hand-chiseled textures found in Jean Michel Frank’s 1930s furniture masterpieces; an end-grain floor collection includes unusual woods such as mesquite and hornbeam; stone marquetry glitters with crystals and onyx; and vinyl and ceramic versions of natural materials mimic the real thing. By appointment. Trade only. (via Elements of Living)

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Historic Doors

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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With a degree in history and an extensive collection of textbooks and drawings on the subject, Historic Doors founder Steve Hendricks can read a door’s architectural pedigree: "In most styles of architecture, doors embody all the elements of the style of a building," Hendricks says. "The front door is the centerpiece that speaks for the building." Hendricks works with his son and a group of craftsmen to design and fabricate custom doors, entryways and side lights for residences, churches, universities and historic reconstructions across the country. And if you’re stumped, Hendricks can suggest historically appropriate directions for your door design. (via Elements of Living)

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Lumicor

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Once a plastics provider to commercial aircraft interiors, Lumicor (formerly Schober Inc.) now makes Lumicor for the residential building and materials market. These decorative translucent panels are made of textiles, metals, papers, foliage and plastic films encapsulated in resin. The pieces can be cut or drilled without damage; surface scratches are easily removed by polishing. Lumicor can be used in a wide range of nonstructural applications, including office furniture, wall partitions, interior windows, cabinets, vanities, sink bowls, table tops, lighting, ceiling panels, shower walls and doors. Lumicor offers full fabrication services. (via Elements of Living)

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Livinglass

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Inspired by California’s modern architecture and natural landscape, Rachel Hoffman and Michael Skura founded Livinglass in 2002. The husband-and-wife team creates glass sandwiches whose filling is natural materials caught in a resin core. Livinglass can be used indoors or out with exposed or concealed edges. It is a permanent architectural material that is structurally stable and resistant to UV light, water and scratching. The material is ideal for tabletops, stair treads and partition walls, and transforms these sturdy surfaces into visions of flowers, grasses, rocks and seeds that seem to float in space. (via Elements of Living)

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Faux Tin Works

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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When Chris Plummer, founder of Faux Tin works, once asked a client if he could faux-finish his tin ceiling, the request was denied. But Plummer was hooked on the idea. He scrounged up some old pieces of pressed tin on his own and reimagined them as a canvas: Instead of the typical white tin you find cladding the ceilings of quaint junk shops and bakeries, Plummer’s ornate pressed-tin squares are hand-painted in the style of exquisite gilded plasterwork. The sought-after panels have been installed as ceilings, backsplashes, wainscoting and friezes. (via Elements of Living)

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Schwartz's Forge & Metalworks

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Designers usually turn to Schwartz’s Forge and Metalworks for stair rails, door canopies, fountains or sculpture, in styles that range from Beaux-Arts ornate to minimalist: The company produced the Federal-style exterior balcony railings for Blair House, the official White House guest house for heads of state, and, for a minimalist all-concrete house, stainless-steel metalwork reminiscent of Art Nouveau. Joel Schwartz’s shop is a home for both traditional blacksmithing (hammer and anvil) and modern metal fabrication (machine tools), matching production technique to period style. (via Elements of Living)

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Historical Arts & Castings

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Seventeen years ago, faced with restoring the ZCMI department store in Salt Lake City, architect Stephen Baird couldn’t find a crew to restore and replace the deteriorating cast iron. So he enlisted his own. Baird and his sons David, Richard and Robert assembled a team of artisans to create the necessary castings, and that group would later reform as Historical Arts and Castings. Working in a variety of cast metals, including bronze, aluminum, copper, steel and iron, the Bairds have created light fixtures, door canopies, chandeliers, fountains, clocks, entrance gates and soaring stained-glass skylights. In addition to custom work, the company produces the Metalwork Collection of objects and ornaments. (via Elements of Living)

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Joel Berman Glass Studios

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Operating from a studio on Vancouver’s Granville Island, Joel Berman Glass Studios is one of the largest architectural art glass manufacturers in North America. The company specializes in cast glass for residential, corporate, commercial, hospitality and retail environments. Berman’s textures are unusual for glass but borrowed from the everyday. Eska looks like cracked ice on a pond; Arrigado captures the turbulence of stream water; Corrugated imitates the undulating pattern of the corrugated metal roofs of the tropics. These and other designs have found their way into partitions, furniture, light fixtures, doors, stair treads, sinks, walls, tiles and floors, and can also be matched to any Pantone color. Trade only. (via Elements of Living)

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