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charlesyesuwan — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:30:45 PDT

Last updated by charlesyesuwan on Aug 29, 2006

Picks from the latest Elements of Living Magazine.

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Gracie
The Building Block
F Product: Flat Drops
Amy Helfand
Mansour Modern
Ankasa
Anne Kyyro Quinn
Peace Industry
Customweave
Kasthall
Tracy Kendall
Circa Furniture
Timorous Beasties
Joe Ginsberg
Raleo
loop.pH
Interactive Wallpaper
www.housingworksauctions.com
www.gomod.com
The Furniture of Carlo Mollino
The World of Ornament
Hansgrohe
Ming High Vase
Soul
Emperor's Garden
Jitterbugs Bench
Vélez Valet
Aira Table
Cubist Screen
Helios Dining Table
Veranda Stripe
Avocado
Nuance
Butaka Chair
Ilan Dei Studio: Aquarium
Fedora Design
Michaelian & Kohlberg
Denyse Schmidt Quilts
Calypso Home
Thibaut Wallpaper and Fabrics
Cavern Home
Cho Cho San
Orley & Shabahang Persian Carpets
Janos P. Spitzer Flooring Company, Inc.
Larry Zgoda Studio
Lubna Chowdhary Tiles
E.R. Butler: Butterfly Pulls
Luadi: Theatre Doors
Sensitile
Penn and Fletcher
Loophouse: Plains Collection
Liora Manne: Lamonage Rug
Dualoy Leather: Classico Collection
Helen Amy Murray: Fishscales
Tracy A Franklin
Sicis: The NeoGlass Collection
LiTraCon: Light-Transmitting Concrete
Cora Ginsburg: Antique Textiles
Brodie Neill
Jim Zivic
Based Upon: Stingray
Phillip Jeffries
Luna Textiles: Bubbly Fabric
Laura Lienhard Textiles
Fold Bedding
CLOUD Light by Frank Gehry
William Yeoward Fabrics
Plyboo: Neapolitan Plywood Flooring

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Gracie

charlesyesuwan — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:09:56 PDT

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Founded in 1898, Gracie is a fourth-generation gem of a company specializing in handpainted wallpapers. Beyond the exquisite craftsmanship of these pieces, they can be tailored in subject, color scheme and scale to the intended room. Gracie’s artists, who come mainly from China and Japan where this art originated, work for up to six months to realize a custom commission. (via Elements of Living)

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The Building Block

charlesyesuwan — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:06:36 PDT

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The Building Block is a 25-year-old New York–based millwork facility that specializes in custom doors, cabinetry and moldings. This closely guarded secret has created some of the city’s most gorgeous wood-paneled libraries and kitchens. Recent projects include Julianne Moore’s townhouse renovation. The doors shown here were constructed of American black walnut carved into a grid pattern. (via Elements of Living)

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F Product: Flat Drops

charlesyesuwan — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:04:06 PDT

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Fabrice Covelli began working in construction, then went to art school in Toulouse, France. He graduated a sculptor, and has since transferred his creative energy from the artwork to the substance itself. His resin panels are highly tactile examinations of opposing forces, such as the liquid-solid juxtaposition of Flat Drops, shown. (via Elements of Living)

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Amy Helfand

charlesyesuwan — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 07:58:23 PDT

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Brooklyn-based artist Amy Helfand works in many mediums, but a passion for landscape ties her oeuvre together: Collages of plant life appear in prints, fabrics and carpets. For an exhibition at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, she created a collection inspired by the Wild Garden at Wave Hill. Of the show, the museum notes, “In her exuberant designs Helfand juxtaposes the organic and the manmade, nature and culture, fantasy and reality. The results are imagined wonderlands comprising site plans and unrecognizeable, yet distinctly biomorphic forms.” Not bad for wool! (via Elements of Living)

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Mansour Modern

charlesyesuwan — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 07:53:05 PDT

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Mansour, reputedly the world’s leading purveyor of antique rugs, carpets and tapestries, has a new project. Owner Ben Soleimani and designer Kerry Joyce launched Mansour Modern earlier this year. Joyce’s designs range from Deco to Hollywood Regency. Furthermore, clients have the option of customizing colors, fibers and dimensions. The Satori pattern featured here juxtaposes the lush glow of silk fibers against the organic texture of wool. (via Elements of Living)

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Ankasa

charlesyesuwan — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 07:50:39 PDT

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After meeting at FIT, embroiderers Sachin and Babi Ahluwalia plied their talents in the world of fashion, creating ornamentation for Armani and Oscar de la Renta. Then, just over a year ago, a house renovation spurred them to try their hand at home decor. They began experimenting with couture techniques to create surface textures for bedding and pillows, and today produce a wide collection that is opulently adorned with shells, beading, and their trademark Indian-influenced embroidery. (via Elements of Living)

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nanimarquina

charlesyesuwan — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 07:47:42 PDT

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Nani Marquina rugs’ vivacious colors and extreme textures make you want to sink your fingers (and toes) into the deep, dense pile that characterizes her designs. If Roses (shown) emulates a field of fallen petals, Cuks resembles a bowlful of pasta. Modernism without the minimalism.
Available through Design Within Reach. (via Elements of Living)

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Anne Kyyro Quinn

charlesyesuwan — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 07:41:50 PDT

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Anne Kyyro Quinn, a London-based Finnish designer, sculpts industrial felt into a stylish array of home accessories, including throws, pillows, wall panels and lighting. While her signature style is raised-relief detailing, she is also known for unconventional material combinations, such as blending sailcloth, fine linen and wool. (via Elements of Living)

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Peace Industry

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:24:38 PDT

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This is the story of a single gift that revived a dying craft. In 1999, Iranian-born Dodd Raissnia visited his homeland after 20 years in the U.S. On the trip, he bought a felt rug for his friend Melina, who then became his wife. Melina, now 35, found that first rug “functional, utilitarian, but at the same time really homey. Felt itself has a healing quality. Instantly the images that come to mind are comfort, nourishment, warmth…It’s an instant connection.”
The couple decided to return to Iran in 2002, to find rug makers who practiced the ancient nomadic tradition of felt production, with the idea of importing their rugs. Instead, they learned that the felt-making skills were not being passed down, so Dodd took it upon himself to carry the torch. “There were no young people doing it,” Melina recalls; Dodd decided to “learn how to do it himself and train people—younger guys that didn’t come from any kind of textile background.”
He started by apprenticing with a rug maker who had perfectly executed one of Melina’s designs (she was enjoying a career as a painter at the time). After completing his extensive apprenticeship, Dodd established a workshop in Shiraz this past October. In a cinder-block factory with 30-foot high ceilings, Dodd’s mentor supervises 15 workers to handle the difficult physical work required for hand felting. “It’s its own set of skills,” Melina says. “When the wool is wet, it is very sculptural. You can actually use tools like a hammer or chisel, and you can make shapes straighter or rounder so all the edges of the rug are hand-shaped.”
Meanwhile, stateside, the couple named their venture Peace Industry, and, in December, they opened a store in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley neighborhood. Now Melina creates her line of simple modern designs, priced at $31–$33 per square foot, and frequently works directly with designers and architects. She also maintains the social philosophy that she has always had: “I had this kind of proletarian relationship to my work, that I wanted to do something that was really contributing to society and the greater good.” Indeed, she and Dodd have done exactly that. Peace Industry still commissions one felt maker to create traditional tribal rugs. Their Iranian employees who are new to the craft enjoy steady pay in a country with typically staggering unemployment. But perhaps more so, “They are proud that people in the West think so much of their tradition. And they know that this is the only workshop of its kind in the world, and it’s in Iran; it’s from Iran,” says Melina. (via Elements of Living)

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Customweave

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:20:25 PDT

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Gentle and soft like cashmere. Fine and clean like linen. A less expensive alternative to silk. Related to edamame.
The Australian design house Customweave employs a sophisticated soy yarn for its Soy Luxe line of custom hand-tufted rugs. A Soy Luxe rug is “therapeutic to walk on and evokes the senses,” says Katherine Power, Customweave’s in-house designer. Besides its calming effects, the rugs are hypoallergenic. They also provide a balm for the soul, since the yarn comes from what remains after a soybean’s meal and oil is extracted, which would be wasted otherwise; the fiber that wraps around the soybean’s husk is processed into yarn.
It took a Chinese scientist well over a decade to turn raw soy byproduct into usable form; Customweave’s Frank Ricco spent another year making the soy yarn suitable for rugs. The company now custom-manufactures the fiber, which is stronger than wool and possesses an eerily lustrous quality, as the Soy Luxe line. Purchasers choose unique combinations of weight, pile height (from 12 millimeters to deep shag), thickness, density, and shearing. Designs frequently blend textures and include contrasting materials, such as leather cut pile or leather stitching. One especially interesting combination: Power fastens rods, made by Sydney glass artist Benjamin Edols, onto rugs to magnify the soy fiber’s texture; the glass also exaggerates the glossy patterns endemic to the fiber. The Soy Luxe line will expand to include a less expensive machine-made carpet range in the future. (via Elements of Living)

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Kasthall

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:17:28 PDT

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Founded in 1889, Kasthall produces floor coverings rooted in Scandinavian tradition. Recent woven collections, though still refined in form and proportion, have wandered into colorful and conceptual territory: Inspirations for recent woven collections include themes as diverse as coat and furniture fabrics from the ’50s and ’60s, and the heathers of the British highlands. The company exports 70 percent of its product, mostly to Italy, the U.S. and Germany.
Thanks to the company’s extensive archives, Kasthall also offers clients the possibility of recreating prior custom orders. One archive consists of wall-to-wall carpets and includes samples of everything made from 1962 onward (as well as a smattering of 1950s designs). The collection was recently restored by Peter Otell; he also interfaces between the design and production departments, translating creative sketches into technical details. A second archive catalogs the hand-tufted rugs the company began making in 1972. Each rug is individually numbered, and the archive currently holds approximately 35,000 records.
The archives contain small samples of patterns, color tufts, designer sketches and photographs as well as technical and client information. Although Kasthall’s designers can refer to the archives for inspiration, they are used mainly for reproductions, or revisions: Clients frequently want new rugs that, if not exact copies, deploy the same colors and patterns as their previous treasures. (via Elements of Living)

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Tracy Kendall

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:07:17 PDT

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If you want your walls to say something, Tracy Kendall’s line of graphics and dimensional wallpapers speak loud and clear. Her signatures include abstracted flowers, dimensional sequins and stripes comprising strips of paper. A more recent series of three-dimensional wallpapers is crafted using a stitch-and-cut technique, like the one seen here, cleverly named In The White Room . (via Elements of Living)

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Circa Furniture

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:04:01 PDT

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Circa Furniture revamps motifs from the 1940s through the ’70s to create stunning wall imagery. Its newest wallpaper designs, including Hollywood Garden, Diva and Superstar (pictured here), aim for maximum glamour. (via Elements of Living)

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Timorous Beasties

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:00:30 PDT

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“I suppose we’ve always been maximalists,” says Alstair McAuley of Timorous Beasties, the Glasgow-based company known for its exquisite oversize-pattern wallpapers and fabrics. McAuley and partner Paul Simmons have a flair for the subversive, too: Glasgow Toile substitutes an urban milieu with drug addicts, homeless and working prostitutes for traditional Toile de Jouy scenery—which comes in either wallcoverings or textiles, as shown on the armchair. (via Elements of Living)

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Joe Ginsberg

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:58:12 PDT

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If you’re looking for an interior designer who can tint and gild the walls, create acid-etched detailing and build custom furniture with hand-forged iron fixtures and cast-glass insets, Joe Ginsberg is your man. A true master of materials, he cites nature as the influence for the distinctive organic curves and patinas in his line of finishes. Those pictured above, from left to right, are: acid-etched, hammered brass; acid-etched copper; three-layer, dyed, fused and sandblasted glass. Using a combination of classic techniques and authentic materials, Ginsberg creates hand-tinted cement, Venetian plaster, fresco, glass treatments, metal treatments, hand-carved wood panels and custom walls. (via Elements of Living)

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Raleo

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:55:38 PDT

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Ecologically friendly design and tropical hardwood surfaces do not typically go hand in hand. Decadent tree-huggers can now thank Raleo for developing a sustainable system of planting and harvesting tropical hardwood trees for its handcrafted, customizable surfaces. Even the wood shavings are used—to mulch the next crop. Whether shaped of beautiful cultured hardwoods or natural composites like the Cafe Rojizo pictured opposite, Raleo’s surfaces add a certain refinement to the environmentally aware space. (via Elements of Living)

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loop.pH

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:52:53 PDT

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Rachel Wingfield and artist Mathias Gmachl combine nature and technology to develop new structures. Among their work as Loop.pH, they’ve created Blumen Wallpaper. The product disguises an electrical circuit within a traditional botanical pattern, like the Botanical Scan pictured here, transforming the surface into a luminous display. Blumen is fabricated as sliding panels that can be cut into smaller sections and reassembled. Brilliant. (via Elements of Living)

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Interactive Wallpaper

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:51:21 PDT

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With the concept of personalization in mind, Rachel Kelly has designed a range of transfers to accompany her “Sex and the City”–inspired wallpaper, called New Shoes, as well as other designs. Decorative stickers are available in a range of solids, patterns and transparencies, and affix to walls, or windows and other surfaces. Kelly also offers a bespoke service. Long Flower Panel is seen here. (via Elements of Living)

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www.housingworksauctions.com

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:00:22 PDT

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Only in an extreme metropolis like Manhattan can you find vintage stores that contain more treasures than bores. “We never know what will show up—an Andy Warhol print, a beautiful Deco vanity, or a huge bust of Elvis Presley,” says Emily Hull-Martin, director of visuals for Housing Works, Inc., the nation’s largest minority-controlled AIDS service non-profit.
Housing Works Thrift Stores may be Manhattanites’ most beloved vintage chain. Proceeds go to the organization’s good cause, sure, but hipsters truly love the store windows, which are some of the most creative in the city. The components of these vignettes are auctioned off, and now, with housingworksauctions.com, you can do your guilt-free bidding from home.
Once logged on to the site, click a scene and the contents are broken down individually. Each item has several alternate photos, a detailed description (including an honest assessment of abnormalities) and the current bid status. If you’re looking for a certain something, you also have the option to shop by category. All shipping costs are the buyer’s expense, and out-of-towners beware—items must be removed from the store within 48 hours of sale. (via Elements of Living)

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www.gomod.com

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:58:34 PDT

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bursting with vibrant mid-century colors and shapes, gomod.com is an entertaining, near-endless resource for buying modern design. The clickthrough “Mod Picks” directs you to sites selling top-of-the-line furnishing and accessories. Or select “Go Shop” and end up at themagazine.info, one of the Internet’s leading modern furniture stores.
But the site is more than a mere fill-your-cart conundrum. “Mod Bytes” is a curious section filled with trivia bits, and “Mod Haps” keeps you up to date with a monthly calendar of events and their links. You can even search for your dream home via “Mod Homes,” which lists an assortment of websites, properties and real estate agents. Browse the site’s bookshop, which reviews publications and links to Amazon.com for purchases. “Shops” provides an alphabetical listing of online stores with links for instant purchase power. And if you actually feel like stepping away from the computer, enter your zip code under “Store Locator” and a list of nearby stores and addresses is at your disposal. (via Elements of Living)

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The Furniture of Carlo Mollino

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:55:20 PDT

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Carlo Mollino was one of the most inspired architects and designers of the 20th century, but never the subject of a solo monograph. Until now. The Furniture of Carlo Mollino features 400 sketches, drawings and photographs, many never before published. In the first of three sections, the authors examine influences on Mollino’s work: For example, he sidelined in aeronautics, automobile design, photography, set design and women’s fashion. Next, 150 glossy pages of lightly captioned images speak for themselves. A reference guide concludes with an extensive chronology of his interiors and furniture, as well as a bibliography for further exploration. Not for the lighthearted, this compre-hensive book is reserved for readers with a serious interest in the history of design and the making of a legend. (via Elements of Living)

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The World of Ornament

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:54:04 PDT

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The striking cover of David Batterham’s World of Ornament is sure to improve the appearance of any dwelling. And this book pairs beauty with brains: It dips into two of the greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament (Auguste Racinet’s L’Ornement and M. Dupont-Auberville’s L’Ornement des tissus) to chronicle the history of embellishment. Batterham spans design through the 19th century, offering brief but substantive text to introduce each motif, then dissecting interior photographs by the ornaments they display. He is culturally inclusive, too, featuring works that range from primitive African carvings to Spanish embroidery and sacred Arab inscription paintings. To further prove that this 528-page tome is smarter than the typical coffee-table filler, it includes a DVD-ROM containing high-resolution scans of all ornaments for unrestricted use. (via Elements of Living)

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Hansgrohe

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:51:37 PDT

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“My wife gets really mad at me for changing the faucet every couple weeks,” says Philppe Grohe, Axor Brand Manager. “We have a huge department that deals with the testing, but I like to do a lot of it at home. I like to know what we are selling, and refine it.”
For Grohe, good design stands the test of time—both functionally and aesthetically. It’s a green point of view: using one faucet for decades is more environmentally correct than switching it out every few years.
Grohe describes some exacting company standards: “In an average home, we use the shower approximately five to 10 times per day. We need a product that can withstand this for 20 years. Our materials are durable as well as recyclable. We put care into choosing our materials, and meet or exceed requirements for environmental certification. Our objectives are to reduce waste and to minimize any adverse impact on the environnment.” While changing a faucet every couple of weeks may sound wasteful, Grohe’s at-home R&D is just one personal exercise that ensures longevity.
Other facts that will make Hansgrohe clients feel good about themselves: The company has the largest roof-integrated photovoltaic power plant in Germany, and it trains employees in environmental management and ecological issues.
Water conservation technologies define Hansgrohe systems. The American prototype AquaCycle is a cabinet-size device whose ultraviolet lights and fine filters cleanse graywater; it can capture and recycle between 238–3,300 gallons of bath water for doing laundry, flushing the toilet or watering the garden. A shower temperature-control cartridge achieves a perfect temperature so users don’t waste water in finding the right fit. Also in the shower realm, an Ecostop button limits maximum water flow. And mixers blend air and water to give the feeling of outstanding flow, without using as much of the wet stuff.
Any more water problems for Hansgrohe to solve? How about a hand shower with interior antibacterial coating (currently being designed) that will prevent the release of nickel particles. Allergy sufferers will flock to it, proving that Hansgrohe’s outlook sustains not only the planet Earth, but the individual. (via Elements of Living)

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Ming High Vase

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:02:57 PDT

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Ming High, designed by Rodolfo Dordoni and sold through The Terence Conran Shop, is synonymous with the brilliant colors and simple expressive shapes of Italian design. Ming High’s sleek body and innovative orange lacquer finish is sure to give an outdoor or indoor setting a warm glow—though it’s also available in black. (39”H x 27.5”D). (via Elements of Living)

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Soul

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:00:40 PDT

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High style meets primitive art in these new bowls from Armani Casa. Black glass is molded to perfection and sold individually as a small bowl, large or small salad bowl and plate. (via Elements of Living)

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Emperor's Garden

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:58:46 PDT

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Michael Sieger, a German designer for Dornbracht and Duravit, makes a solo American debut with My China!, a porcelain collection designed for versatility and transformability. The simplified Asian motif of Emperor’s Garden, one title in the collection, is hand-gilded and hand-painted in vivid colors. (via Elements of Living)

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Jitterbugs Bench

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:53:28 PDT

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The woven fabric of the Jitterbugs Bench, by Hollywood-based Stephen Tomar, imparts a sense of motion to an otherwise classic form. The base matches Tomar’s Martini Table. To the trade. (via Elements of Living)

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Vélez Valet

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:49:51 PDT

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Vélez Valet, designed by Bill Sofield for Baker, features a solid walnut frame decorated with walnut veneers. It is masked to look like an Art Deco original with hand-hammered copper doors finished in antique silver. To the trade. (via Elements of Living)

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Aira Table

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:47:01 PDT

Recommended by charlesyesuwan on Jun 6, 2006

This new spa table by Clodagh, available through Boden, mines imagination for function. Its middle pulls out to make a serving tray; the box that’s left behind can be used for floating flowers, piling river rock or planting grass plants—whatever your own creativity can concoct. Available in seven different finishes such as red, drift, blond and cherry. To the trade. (via Elements of Living)

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Cubist Screen

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:39:03 PDT

Recommended by charlesyesuwan on Jun 6, 2006

This addition to the Niedermaier collection uses satin-lacquered MDF and brushed stainless-steel spacers and caps to approximate a sculptural form that could have been created by Eileen Grey. (80 x 12 x 82 inches with custom sizes and finishes available). To the trade. (via Elements of Living)

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Helios Dining Table

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:35:04 PDT

Recommended by charlesyesuwan on Jun 6, 2006

Carefully laid veneer creates a sunburst pattern in the Helios table, by Los Angeles company Berman Rosetti. The round or square top is available in maple, oak, walnut, cherry or mahogany; the tabletop lazy susan, in aluminum, is also available in a variety of finishes (shown here: bronzed). To the trade. (via Elements of Living)

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Tags: aluminum, bronze, cherry, contemporary design, dining table, furniture, mahogany, maple, oak, walnut

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Veranda Stripe

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:32:27 PDT

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New York designer Sina Pearson provides a new rendition of traditional outdoor textiles with Veranda Stripe, which is made of Sunbrella, a color-fast fabric that is resistant to sun, wind and rain, and easily washable with soap. Available in 11 spicy colorways. (via Elements of Living)

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Tags: cloth, contemporary design, fabric, outdoor, Sunbrella, surfaces, textiles, Veranda Stripe

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Avocado

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:29:25 PDT

Recommended by charlesyesuwan on Jun 6, 2006

A kitsch-loving student at the Royal College of Art designed Graham & Brown’s new wallpaper, Avocado. The cleanable vinyl surface makes this pattern doubly appropriate for the kitchen. (via Elements of Living)

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Nuance

charlesyesuwan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:26:25 PDT

Recommended by charlesyesuwan on Jun 6, 2006

Suited to its Santa Barbara lifestyle, the indoor/outdoor furniture company Giati recently released the Nuance Collection. The seven pieces are inspired by the early modern movements and constructed of powder-coated stainless steel. To prepare this chaise longue for exposure to the elements, Giati wrapped it in all-weather nylon mesh, which is available in a variety of colors and textures. To the trade. (via Elements of Living)

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Tags: chaise, contemporary design, furniture, lounge, Nuance, outdoor, stainless steel, studio

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