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BeiMoDian

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Opened in 2002, Beimodian (pronounced bay-more-dean) claims title of the only forum in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to high-style Asian contemporary furniture, lighting and accessories. Designs are distinguished by soul-calming minimalism, fine construction and innovative applications of traditional craft. The lighting collection is small but memorable: narrow, low-slung table lamps with satin and rosewood bases (another series effectively enshrines the lamp wire in an open-sided box), and a remarkable Ping floor lantern with full-height shade. (via Elements of Living)

Updated Apr 5, 2006

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Nicholas Furrow

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Nicholas Furrow was a freelance designer in Milan before opening his Brooklyn lighting studio in 2002. Nowadays, his engagingly eccentric designs "provoke materials with lighting." His Alchemist floor lamps, for example, "borrow" laboratory funnels, kitchen strainers and traffic cones in their cast bases. The Red Light District collection shown here first took shape when a basement full of red and amber glass shades were left at Furrow’s disposal. The morphic shapes and intense colors were created by stacking and gluing the shades and inserting an LED of the same color down the center. Clever, and even a little sexy. (via Elements of Living)

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La Murrina

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Started 40 years ago on the island of Murano, La Murrina represents the perfect marriage of traditional and contemporary. The lighting and design company’s glassblowing masters combine bold, innovative designs with time-honored Venician techniques, helping them appeal to those in both the classic and cutting-edge camps. Indeed, La Murrina’s flexibility and striking designs have attracted some of most renowned designers in the world. No less a modernist than Philippe Starck used this black Veneziano chandelier in his YooD4 residential building in Boston. In addition to their fine artistry, La Murrina custom-sizes each piece. (via Elements of Living)

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Speke Klein

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Run by Robin Speke and Thomas Klein, graduates of the now-defunct design school Parnham College, Speke Klein offers full customization of its furniture line and accepts new commissions. The partners apply time-tested furniture-building techniques to contemporary designs, and their rigor earned them this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair’s Editor’s Craftsmanship award--no small feat for a company that just turned five. All products are built in Speke Klein’s Ontario, Canada, facility and are available through its showroom and website, as well as 10 US retailers. (via Elements of Living)

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Richard Wrightman

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Richard Wrightman learned his craft while working for an architectural fabrications firm. Two years ago, he introduced a line of furniture inspired by the classic British colonial officer’s chair, a utilitarian piece of furniture with elegance to spare. The collection now consists of 12 pieces, and he continues to add to it. Wrightman makes each piece to order in his Long Island City, NY, workshop, and offers full customization. His other, equally impressive line of furniture (inspired by mid-twentieth-century modern designs) can also be customized. (via Elements of Living)

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Ventry

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Legendary designer Billy Baldwin designed one retail line of timeless upholstered furniture and tables during his career, the rights to which now belong to Ventry, a custom-furniture shop in Locust, NJ. Both the Baldwin line and the others carried by Ventry are made to order. "We are a fully custom shop," says owner Susan Dempsey. "If it can be done, we will do it." Ventry’s products are sold through showrooms across the US and through the company website. (via Elements of Living)

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Sills-Huniford

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Credited with popularizing eclectic design in New York in the mid 1980s, interior designers Stephen Sills and James Huniford are known for successfully blending classic and contemporary styles. The partners’ design sensibilities are reflected in the furniture collection, Dwellings, which debuted this year. Its 30 pieces are familiar in form but refreshingly novel. All pieces can be completely customized. Sills-Huniford furniture is sold though the Dwellings showroom and website. (via Elements of Living)

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Barclay Butera

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Interior designer Barclay Butera has been designing furniture for over 15 years. His eponymous store, which he opened in 1993, offers classically designed upholstered pieces that can be completely customized. Butera offers about 100 frames and 300 fabrics and also accepts customers’ own material. All products are hand-made in-house and available through his three showrooms and at 300 retailers across the country. (via Elements of Living)

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Suzanne Allen

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Suzanne Allen’s work shows the influence of the notable European eighteenth- and nineteenth-century antiques she has encountered on her many travels. A practicing interior designer for over 20 years, Allen started her own line of furniture in 1997. The Athens, GA, company offers complete customization of its product line and will create new pieces for designers. All furniture is handmade and hand finished. Specialties such as horsehair filling are available. Her designs are sold through Christopher Norman’s showrooms and her own office. Trade only. (via Elements of Living)

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Barton~Sharpe

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Known for its distinctive period- style American and English furniture, Barton-Sharpe was founded in 1991 by two antique collectors, Marcos Delgado and Dale Turnipseed. Its eighteenth-century reproductions are favorites of designers. All pieces are made to order by hand in small workshops in the US and England and can be completely customized. They are sold through the company showroom and website. (via Elements of Living)

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