A Different Kind of Board Room
If you thought IKEA was the krill of the furniture food chain, you’d be wrong. Rather than wasting energy coating particle board to become modern furniture for the every man, Karton simply uses heavy duty cardboard to achieve the same end (sort of). According to the website, the Australian company was born after leaving “a [...]
Pegs & Legs
In a world of IKEA and other discount furniture, companies like Thos. Moser are a true rarity. Increasingly far and few between, Moser is an establishments that earns its right to use overly used declarations like legacy, craftsmanship and heritage. To say that painstaking work is underway at their workshop is an understatement. Their nearly [...]
Mobile Office
The Bugatti Grand Prix Desk by Luzzo Bespoke brings the the driving commute all the way into your office. Birthed from over 3000 hours of CAD, the desk is meticulously crafted to reflect Bugatti’s heritage by the UK interior design firm. The design neatly adopts a larger version of the Winfield carburetor synchronization quadrants from [...]
Chair Apparent
Not unlike wearing a digital watch with a bespoke suit, a folding chair has a way of making everything else look cheap. The Flux Chair is different. Designed by two Hollanders, Douwe Jacobs and Tom Schouten, the Flux chair was inspired by the need for flat folding and innovative furniture that’s both practical and stylish. [...]
For Un-stressing
Maybe you’re looking for that perfect chair for your outdoor space that you like to call the summer office. Maybe you’re not. Either way, the lines of a classic Adirondack rarely go wrong. Made of reclaimed wood, this distressed Adirondack ($595) chair fits in like you’ve read the entire Clive Cussler series 10 times over [...]
Neat Seat
If Slam gets their way, “Chool” will one day enter our vocabulary next to the terms, bench, seat and stool. Essentially their concept centers on a stool-like base that can be transformed into a chair by pulling up a nifty slidable backrest. Realizing that there were plenty of ways to iterate on this form, the [...]
Funnel Cake Friendly
Uhuru Design has created this beautifully contoured Coney Island Cyclone Lounger as a tribute piece to one of the last remaining rides at New York’s iconic park. Using reclaimed Ipe wood from the now demolished original boardwalk, the years of weather, salt water and wear show up wonderfully on a piece of furniture that is [...]
Blackhawk (for your) Down
The antithesis to your flat-packed chest of drawers, the hand-made aircraft-inspired Blackhawk Chest ($1,495-$1,995) supplants an otherwise staid piece of furniture into an instant centerpiece. Bedecked in matte patchwork aluminum panels with rounded corners the 2 or 3 drawer chest features exposed steel screws, inset drawer pulls and black cotton canvas lined drawers. Can a [...]
Well-Tooled
Putting a literal spin on industrial design, this Pipe Wrench Coffee Table ($2,250) 16″ tall table is made from six bolted and welded plumbers pipe wrenches. Combined with the 24″ x 36″ 3/8-inch glass top the table weighs a hefty 80 pounds, so there’s no need to worry about a misdirected leg stretch moving this [...]
Argh, thar' she... ooh, booze!
What happens when you combine a wine rack and a treasure chest? You get the Wine Bar Treasure Trunk ($499). Each unique piece is handcrafted from sustainable, plantation-grown sheesham wood and includes hand-forged iron hardware. Inside you’ll find three separate compartments and removable dividers capable of holding up to 12 bottles of wine. The small [...]
Hang (out for) Ten
Designed by Paul McClelland, the principle designer for one-man shop PM Custom based in Miami, Florida, the PM Custom Love Seat ($2,500) offers a board sports inspired design. The straight-out-of-Laird-Hamilton’s-home design features a cold-molded plywood seat and back which are mounted to rubber bushings that move around as you do. The metal frame is made [...]
Jetsons meets Eames
In another passion-turned-company, Kurt Dexel decided to take his self-taught woodworking craftsmanship and engineering knowledge to create a line of mid-century, Danish-inspired furniture: Dexel Crafted. Melding highly angular lines with Dexel’s creations vary from coffee table to seating, but nothing better embodies his work (to us) than the Boomerang Chair (~$4,000). Inspired by a triangular [...]
Go Go Gadget Desk
Naming your product Geek Desk ($800) is a good way to dissuade impulse buying from the image-conscious. If you can get past that though, this utilitarian desk is pretty nifty. Its surface area measures 78.75 inches wide by 31.5 inches deep, providing plenty of room for even the messiest of workaholics. Thanks to an integrated [...]
Know Your Woods
Naef’s definition of toy may need some adjustment, but this Wood Collection ($140) is still a great way to expand your appreciation for a material that man has worked with for centuries. The set contains 21 different wood samples, ranging from pale linden wood to dark shaded walnut. On one side of each sample the [...]
First Class
Consider this. If you’re one of the lucky men who aren’t “assigned” a desk by some faceless human resources minion (work from home) then heaven forbid you relegate yourself to IKEA furniture. This antique French postal desk from Restoration Hardware isn’t a desk for the faint wallet. The design is simple yet effective. A broad [...]
