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Feb
05

Silk Boxwood Panels In Underground Lounge

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This underground secret urban lounge inspired both by English sculpture gardens and turn of the century brasseries of Paris has been reinvented; entrance to the pub is down the basement steps through the hidden door clad in silk boxwood that is surrounded by adroit graffiti.

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Jan
28

Chalckboard Clocks

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Sometimes having interactive furniture around can really reduce boredom around the house and make things fun.

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Jan
25

Suitcase Chair

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Creator of Extra Ordinary Recycled Furniture, Katie Thompson admits she’s a “hoarder of all things useless, impractical, broken, colorful and shiny”. Thankfully, Thompson’s designs takes the old in a new direction, showing “tell tale signs of her Dadaist leanings.”

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Jan
07

Play Ground Play Table

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The Play Ground Play Table, designed by Jin-woog Koo, director of the Nothing Design Group, functions as either a table or a desk – but getting work done would be nearly impossible.

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Dec
10

Pastil Chair

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An ergonomically designed floating ‘inner tube’ for fishing and an indoor rocking chair for reading, the Pastil Chair is a multi-tasking masterpiece.

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Dec
01

Nastro Collection

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The inscrutable and intricately wrought chandeliers and shades of the Nastro collection, especially, do these multiple assignations every justice.

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Nov
27

Capsule Collection

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Deadgood’s principals Dan Ziglam and Elliot Brook announce themselves in a genial, if confident, manner: “Hello,” says their website’s homepage, “We are deadgood and everything we do is deadgood.”

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Nov
25

Leaf House

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The Leaf House, a tropical beach house was designed by Mareines + Patalano Arquitetura is located in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Nov
05

Kautsch

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The circle does close. In 1895, Johann Bretz created his first legendary, cosy “Kautsches” (couches) in Gensingen,
a German wine village on Rhine river.

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Oct
27

Karim Rashid’s Sphere Bed

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Israel-based company Hollandia International subscribes to the latter philosophy: “Contrary to popular belief, our bodies are not designed to sleep on a completely flat surface. In order to get authentic, restorative sleep, our back needs to be slightly elevated for enhanced breathing and our feet should also be slightly elevated for proper circulation. Most importantly, having our upper and lower body slightly elevated alleviates the pressure we often feel in our lower back.”

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