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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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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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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 <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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Niche Modern

Updated May 26, 2006

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The art of lighting first inspired Jeremy Pyles as a photography student. “I learned that you can make or destroy an object with light,” he says. Ten years later, Pyles, cofounder of Niche Modern, creates the illuminating objects that make spaces exquisite. The company’s eight pendants, as well as its Trumpette table lamp, can be ordered on Niche’s website, where precisely shot images show off each piece’s warm modernism, text conveys the inspiration behind the merchandise and web surfers get to choose the color of their purchases. Just one forewarning: Part of the appeal of these hand-blown glass lighting fixtures is the uniqueness of hand-blowing, so what you see online is not exactly what you get. (via Elements of Living)

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The Soniat House

Updated Apr 12, 2006

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Zip code by zip code, the merchants of New Orleans are returning to the Big unEasy. Amazingly, the antiques district, which lies in the city’s highest elevation, sustained no flooding, no damage and, by and large, no looting. “People were looting who were hungry and thirsty,” says Rodney Smith, owner of Soniat House Antiques Galleries in the French Quarter, who was on a buying trip in Paris when Katrina struck. Fortunately, his inventory and staff are both safe, as he explained by telephone from his Paris flat.
Smith is the leading dealer for painted French antiques in New Orleans, and even now, in the aftermath of the hurricane, he can’t stop selling. His first sale after Katrina—an early- eighteenth-century painted tray—came from a dealer who had ordered from his website after having visited his gallery. But soniatantiques.com is as popular among designers who have never been to New Orleans as to those who have.
Until she discovered Smith’s virtual shop, Laurie Steichen, a Los Angeles designer and lover of eighteenth-century French antiques, found working in contemporary-leaning Southern California frustrating, to say the least. A Louis XVI sofa shown on Soniat House’s website satisfied her recent quest for the right piece to round out the sitting room of an art collector. “The finish had the perfect amount of worn gilt, and the carving on the legs was meticulous,” says Steichen. “And it was photographed meticulously from every angle. If Soniat carries it, you know it’s going to be very special.”
Soniat will be open again for business by mid-October, says Smith, and will start shipping in November (via Elements of Living)

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Rugman.com

Updated Apr 12, 2006

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Kashmar persian, Indo-Tibetan, Gabbeh tribal. Rugman.com features more than 12,000 examples of braided, fringed and weft-faced woven floor coverings representing a full range of traditional and modern styles and construction techniques. Besides its meticulous attention to detailing a product’s features, the site includes a visualization tool for consumers to better understand how a potential purchase would show against slate, marble, wood or other materials. Presenting multiple flooring options is just one advantage the seven-year-old website has over bricks-and-mortar shops. The other? As much as an 80 percent discount off full retail. (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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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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Remains Lighting

Updated Apr 6, 2006

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Since 1996, Remains Lighting has been a premiere source of restored antique lighting fixtures to New York’s residential and commercial designers. After an innumerable amount of requests, owner David Calligeros launched an exclusive collection in 2003. In the same year, Holly Hunt introduced the line to her showrooms. The collection’s handsome, formal designs are based on antique fixtures shorn of “fussy ornamentations,” and are precisely re-engineered and hand-finished using Old World techniques. Calligeros hopes for each fixture to become a coveted antique in its own right. (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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Interiology

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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This Manhattan retailer carries a number of Italian brands including Porada, Arketipo, Orizzonti and Covo. Interiology was founded in 2004 by French interior designer Valerie Mendelson, who decided to set up shop in the US after running two successful contemporary home furnishing stores in the Cote d’Azur. Mendelson’s goal with Interiology was to carry European brands that are valued for their luxury, quality and ingenuity but are not yet well known in the States. (via Elements of Living)

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Cornelio Cappellini

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Based in Como, Cornelio Cappellini recreates pieces popular in Italy, France and England during the 1700s, and features Louis the XV and XVI, Empire and Neoclassical styles. What’s more, the 50 artisans who staff the workshop today use the same trusted handcarving, assembly and finishing techniques and products--including the identical shellac recipe--that the founders used in the 1850s. Available in 10 US stores. (via Elements of Living)

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Decorative Crafts

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Founded in 1887 by the Sacchetto family, the namesake company produces fine, handcrafted reproduction furniture. All pieces are made from solid beech, walnut, cherry and mahogany to client specifications, then hand painted and gilded by a team of eight artisans. Based in Cerea, Sacchetto sells its products in a number of US stores, including Decorative Crafts, and seven trade showrooms. (via Elements of Living)

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Decorative Crafts

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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If you’re looking for traditional reproduction furniture, Greenwich, CT-based Decorative Crafts offers a wide variety of tables, chairs, sofas and cabinets. Handmade by Italian artisans, the company’s imported goods are inspired by historic periods dating back to the 1600s. Sacchetto is one Italian furniture workshop featured here that produces several pieces especially for Decorative Crafts. The company has seven trade-only showrooms across the country. (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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Edra

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Besides its serpentine, mirrored screens, Edra is known for its modular, adjustable sofas and cheerful stringy chairs. Run by businessman Valerio Mazzei and architect/furniture designer Massimo Morozzi, Edra commissions top architects--including Zaha Hadid and Roberto Semprini--to create its furnishings. The company also produces flower-shaped chairs and multicolored, modular cabinets. Edra was launched in 1987 in Perignano; its collection is sold in 10 US stores. (via Elements of Living)

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Vittorio Bonacina

Updated Jun 1, 2006

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Vittorio Bonacina is one of Italy’s premier producers of handmade rattan furniture. The company got its start in 1889 as a basket-weaving concern, but after several important furniture commissions--including one for the Grand Hotel Villa d’Este in Como--its reputation for finely crafted furnishings was set. Vittorio Bonacina produces two collections: the Designer collection, which features collaborations with award-winning architects such as Gae Aulenti and Franco Albini; and the Contemporanei collection, which is designed in-house. The pieces range from rattan and glass side-tables to rattan and metal beds. Vittorio Bonacina is based in Lurago d’Erba, and its lines are sold in 10 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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M2L

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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M2L, a small chain with stores in Manhattan and Washington, DC. The retail store was founded in 1992 by Michael Manes who wanted to sell licensed versions of midcentury modernists’ designs (including the work of Alvar Aalto and Eileen Gray). M2L also carries contemporary furniture created by architects such as Antonio Citterio and Patricia Urquiola. (via Elements of Living)

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