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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 <i>vime</i>, 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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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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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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Höglund Art Glass Gallery

Updated Apr 10, 2006

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Future heirlooms can be had from Höglund Art Glass. These one-of-a-kind Ariel-, Graal-, incalmo- and sommerso-technique glass collectibles by Ola Höglund and Marie Simberg-Höglund reflect the landscape of New Zealand and Far North Queensland, the couple’s adopted home since migrating from Sweden in the early 1980s. The Höglunds’ luminous glass objects suggest that Sydney—and all of Australasia’s natural beauty—isn’t a distraction from design, but rather an inspiration for it. (via Elements of Living)

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Tyrone Dearing

Updated Apr 10, 2006

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For a past you can own, the first stop is Tyrone Dearing in Potts Point, a quick northerly jaunt from Darlinghurst, Sydney. The in-demand interior designer interacts with the public in this shop. Nestled next to the entrance of the Art Deco Macleay Regis apartment building, Dearing’s 1920s–1950s antiques seem right at home here. Only eagle eyes will notice that some of the pieces aren’t really antiques—Dearing manufactures his own line of reproduction furniture to exacting historical standards. (via Elements of Living)

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Society of Arts & Crafts of NSW

Updated Apr 10, 2006

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The Society of Arts & Crafts of New South Wales is a cooperative of local craftspeople who display their work together, and who take turns working the sales floor two days each month. (via Elements of Living)

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Schamburg + Alvisse

Updated Apr 10, 2006

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Return to native Australian works at the studio of Schamburg + Alvisse. The duo’s work, like the trim Stretch Series spun-fiberglass stools, could be mistaken for Italian design. It is also New York high-concept, as seen in the interactive, linked-tetrahedron modular sofa that the firm launched in 2005. But the furniture is all made in Australia. The same goes at more mainstream Schiavello, which manufactures its entire inventory on shore to the tune of a recent $40 million facilities upgrade. (via Elements of Living)

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Schiavello

Updated Apr 10, 2006

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Schiavello is one of Australia's leading international designers and manufacturers of furniture products and interiors for advanced work environments. Their project-based solutions support professional businesses around the globe. (via Elements of Living)

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Customweave

Updated Apr 10, 2006

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The Australian wool pieces of Customweave are available in an array of natural dyes and sizes. Designed by Sophie Ellis and Jo Philipson, the rugs are equally visual and tactile: Hanging near the store’s entrance, for example, wood butterflies dance across a chocolate-colored alpaca field, punctuated by leather-tassle dewdrops. (via Elements of Living)

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Planet Furniture

Updated Apr 10, 2006

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At Planet Furniture, designer Ross Longmuir both minds the shop and creates some of the striking pieces available for purchase. Longmuir’s streamlined chests, nightstands and stereo storage units are constructed of spotted gum, a local hardwood, that is peeled into 3-millimeter layers and crossbanded into boards. The technique combines the strength and weather-resistance of MDF but not its crumbly veneer; the resulting caramel-colored furniture is as sturdy as solid wood and will develop a rich patina over time. Planet Furniture lovingly showcases its wares with artwork, ceramics and even stuffed animals in studied vignettes. (via Elements of Living)

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Koskela

Updated Apr 10, 2006

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For a pure experience in Australian design, try Koskela. Owners Russel Koskela and Sasha Titchkosky left the finance world in 2000 to open a platform for local talents. Koskela himself designs the long, low furniture, which is merchandised compellingly alongside the personal accessories, kids’ stuff and lighting that together form a realistic picture of a stylish home. Koskela is located up a flight of steps, which heightens the sense that you’re just removed from the madding crowd. It also means less of a sidewalk presence in a quiet area of converted warehouses, so search for it carefully. (via Elements of Living)

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Lyric Tile Company

Updated Apr 10, 2006

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In the Philippines, says Sarah Cox, "shells provide a real livelihood. Locals will dive for the shells, eat the animals and then use the discarded shells to make all sorts of things." Once small factory transforms them into dazzling, if delicate, mosaic accent tiles that Cox sells, through her company, Lyric Tile. The tile colors are in the natural range and come in a variety of patterns including checkerboard, herringbone and hexagonal, which further enhance the iridescence of the tiles. Lyric Tile also carries a line of semi-precious gemstone tiles. (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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Zuzu's Petals

Updated Apr 6, 2006

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Leah Holman shapes the sinuous metal frames of each of Zuzu’s Petals chandeliers in a rural workshop outside Seattle. She outlines each curve with a succession of sparkles drawn from her trove of antique European, Czech and Austrian crystals, rosettes and beads. The creations are frothy, delicate and delightful. (via Elements of Living)

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Studio Steel

Updated Apr 6, 2006

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At Brian Gill and Spencer Hardy’s Studio Steel, consistency is king. A single artisan is assigned to the creation of each hand-wrought fixture from start to finish; if six chandeliers are required, the same craftsman will make them all. Many of the studio’s chandeliers bear slender arms, like the triple-tiered confection shown here; sconces and glass-paneled lanterns have a similar refinement. Finishes are divided into traditional, distressed and premium categories; all items may be electrified or fitted for candles. (via Elements of Living)

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Plug Lighting

Updated Apr 6, 2006

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Since hanging Plug Lighting’s shingle in 1998, Lori Bush and Pia DeLeon have accumulated a star-studded following (Brad Pitt, Kanye West and Carmen Electra) by scouring the globe for new designs previously unheard of stateside. They also bring on local talents, such as Angeleno Alison Berger, as long as the work is equal parts jaw-dropping and impeccable—qualities that make this showroom a standout in every category from light sculpture to sconce to outdoor fixture. The pair gladly fields requests that go beyond the inventory, and while they don’t sell to the public, their showroom is open to the autodidactic layperson. (via Elements of Living)

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Ironware International

Updated Apr 6, 2006

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The forger Pierre Picard was apprenticed to a Romanian blacksmith in 1956 while still a boy. He established his atelier in Normandy a decade later and the French government bestowed him the title Maitre Artisan in 1989. His son-in-law (and former apprentice), after taking over Picard Atelier, now runs the offspring design-manufacture company Ironware International. The atelier produces, in addition to lyrical sconces and chandeliers, attenuated bedsteads and side tables in a variety of trés-French styles. Showrooms nationwide. (via Elements of Living)

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Tom Dixon

Updated Apr 6, 2006

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Born in Tunisia, raised in England, this art school drop-out, laid up by two motorcycle accidents, took up welding and became a master. “I was immediately hooked,” Tom Dixon says. “[Welding] had none of the seriousness of craft and none of the pomposity of design: it was industry. Even today, I think of myself as an industrialist.” In 1989, his legless S Chair for Cappellini created a following. In 1994, he launched Eurolounge, a special production method that resulted in stackable Jack lamps. It won the world over. Appointed head of the Habitat design studio in 1998, he guided the company’s hugely successful makeover. The Queen awarded him the OBE in 2000, and recently he introduced the acclaimed mirrored Ball, which belongs to an effervescent collection of chrome-finished lamps and fixtures blown like bubble gum into molds. Available at select retailers in New York, St. Louis, San Francisco and Los Angeles. (via Elements of Living)

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Pol74

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Pol 74 is famous for its fresh take on the classic convertible sofa. Many pieces in the collection easily convert from sofa to bed without so much as displacing a pillow. One design, Flores, is ideal for studio apartments. By incorporating a movable upholstered desk into the design, the sofabed provides a flat surface on which to work or sup. Pol 74’s products are available in both transitional and contemporary styles. Though the company was founded in 1962 in Seregno, it is new to the US market; the line is carried by only one US retailer, New York’s Interiology. (via Elements of Living)

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Annibale Colombo

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Founded 200 years ago, Annibale Colombo makes fine reproductions as well as updated versions of antiques. Many of the traditional pieces are designed in antique English and French styles; the more transitional designs are simplified versions of neoclassical pieces. Regardless of style, all of Annibale Colombo’s furniture is made from solid wood using traditional techniques, then decorated with veneer. (Sixty different wood species are used for veneering.) The company, which is based in Novedrate, produces a complete line of furniture, ranging from beds and sofas to shelving units. The collection is sold in a handful of US stores. (via Elements of Living)

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YDF

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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YDF, which stands for Young Designers Factory, was launched in Como in 1997 by Alberto Basaglia and Andrea Marani. The children of the owners of Grassi & Corbetta, a company that has been supplying metal furnishings to industry greats such as B&B Italia for the past 30 years, Basaglia and Marani were inspired to create their own contemporary product line, which includes shelves, chairs, tables, beds and accessories made from metal, often paired with leather, glass, laminates or wood. Located in Como, YDF’s collection is available in five stores in the US. (via Elements of Living)

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Former

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Launched in 1967 in Como by the Fumagallis, a family of furniture-makers, Former is best known for its modular wall systems and hanging cabinets. The company’s collections merge fine craftsmanship with inventive design, and are often made from combinations of metal, wood and glass. Former’s current art director is famed industrial designer Pinuccio Borgonovo. In addition to cabinets, Former produces tables, beds and chairs, found in 10 US stores. (via Elements of Living)

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Porro

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Porro’s art director is the prolific Italian architect and designer Piero Lissoni, whose stylish take on contemporary design marries natural and man-made materials. This aesthetic also informs the designs of other Porro collaborators, including Werner Aisslinger and Wolfgang Tolk. Porro’s collection falls into three categories: furniture, built-ins and wardrobes. Founded in 1925, the company is based in Como; its lines can be found in over 30 US stores. (via Elements of Living)

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Casa Milano

Updated Jun 1, 2006

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Started in Milan in 1998, Casa Milano produces transitional yet classically designed pieces that successfully pair modern lines with traditional materials. The furniture is built from oak, steel or aluminum, then upholstered in natural fibers and animal skins. Casa Milano’s art director is Anna Turati, who partners with leading Italian designers such as Rodolfo Dordoni and Laboratorio Avallone to create a full line of furnishings and accessories. Available in 10 US stores. (via Elements of Living)

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Arketipo

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Arketipo is known for its innovative, multifunctional modular sofas conceived by industrial designer Carlo Bimbi and sculptor Adriano Piazzesi. Their designs include stunning pieces such as Loft, which can be easily transformed into a day bed by simply adjusting the sofa’s arms and back pillows. Arketipo’s collection also includes upholstered chairs and chaises. Based in Florence, the company was launched in 1982. The line is available in 30 US stores. (via Elements of Living)

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