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By Joel Moskowitz - Dec 12
Tools & Craft #119: The Future of Furniture, Part 1
As certain rooms in our house become obsolete, will furniture keep suit?
Here are four links to articles in the New York Times that set me pondering. The first says the antique furniture market is collapsing because nobody wants the old stuff, but the article gives hope for modern makers. How Low Will Market for Antiques Actually Go?. The second says nobody
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By Rain Noe - Dec 11
Freezing Cold Shop Space? Here's How to Create a Heated Shop Chair
Laura Kampf raids an auto junkyard to salvage a heated car seat
Here's a fantastic project where Laura Kampf demonstrates what we consider solid design thinking: A combination of analysis, problem-solving and outside-of-the-box thinking. Here's the problem she faced, and how a more conventional thinker would have solved them: Problem: Laura works in an unheated shop. The shop is massive,
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By Emily Engle - Dec 07
Sang Hoon Kim Uses Materials & Processes From His Family's Foam Factory to Create Colorful Furniture
The collection is currently on view at DesignMiami
This year, we've watched the foam-as-furniture trend emerge and develop at shows during Milan Design Week and NYCxDesign. The use of foam blocks is intriguing from an artistic choice standpoint, but within the white hallways lined with brightly colored furniture at this year's DesignMiami lied something even more intriguing—a furniture
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By Rain Noe - Dec 06
How to Refinish & Repair Mid Century and Other Vintage Furniture for Profit and Edification
Dashner Design & Restoration has documented their numerous step-by-step fixes
Whether you're an industrial designer, an ID student or a homeowner with a less-than-perfect house, learning how things are put together is of paramount importance. One way to learn this is by taking things apart. Disassembling something, then successfully reassembling it, will sear construction methods into your brain in a
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By Rain Noe - Dec 05
Timothy Wilmots, Designer/Builder of That Incredible Transforming Shop Cart, is Quitting Furniture Making
He's going into a different...field
Well, this just stinks. Furniture designer/builder Timothy Wilmots is the guy who invented the incredible transforming shop cart we looked at last year. He maintains a YouTube channel in which he reveals both his creations and his workshop efficiency tips. Shortly after posting the videos on the shop
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By Rain Noe - Dec 05
Space Saving for Urban Living: Ori's Mechanized, Collapsible Walk-In Closet and Disappearing Bed
Sadly, a safety feature prevents you from "accidentally" smushing your annoying roommate
Remember Ori, the mechanized transforming apartment system designed in a collaboration between Yves Béhar and MIT Media Lab? It caused a stir (okay, a design blog stir) when the concept debuted in 2016, and we gave them a Core77 Design Award in 2017. But selling an entire apartment system is
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By Rain Noe - Dec 03
Flotspotting: Leslie Montes' Minimalist Kumiki Furniture Collection
A winning combination: Minimalist aesthetics, fastener-free knockdown design, honest use of materials
Two furniture trends we've been seeing: 1) Mid-century modern knockoffs, 2) Upstart designers attempting to make things that are different, just for the sake of being different. So it's a breath of fresh air to see industrial designer Leslie Montes' back-to-basics Kumiki furniture collection. Here's why we
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By Rain Noe - Nov 27
New Ergonomic Chair Design Based on Horse Saddles
A chiropractor's Workhorse Saddle Chair aims to fix your posture
As you read this, you're probably sitting in a chair. And the general consensus appears to be that, for the sake of your back, you oughtn't. This consensus led to the standing desk craze. More recently acupuncturist Esther Gokhale conducted and compiled research showing that folks from developing nations who
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By Rain Noe - Nov 21
Here's a Cheap, Rickety Card Table to Seat Your Unliked Relatives at on Thanksgiving
You can't go full Hunger Games, but you can make them uncomfortable
Looks like it's your turn to get into the barrel this year, and you've been selected as the unlucky host for your family's 2018 Thanksgiving gathering. It's a burden, a hassle and an imposition. But luckily for you, we've got a great, passive-aggressive way in which you can unhealthily vent
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By Rain Noe - Nov 16
Innovative Old School Furniture Designs: Combination Chair-Tables
Transforming furniture from centuries past
Here's an innovative vernacular piece of furniture popular in past centuries: A chair that doubled as a table. It speaks of thrift, ingenuity, and a scarcity of materials or space. While the ruling classes undoubtedly had both the room and budget for separate tables and chairs, a commoner family
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By Rain Noe - Nov 16
Innovative Old-School Furniture Design: A Hygienic Hog Slaughtering Table
Pop the handles
At a local antiques market I spotted this table. While the design initially appears unremarkable, something that jumps out at you is that the top appears to be in much worse shape than the base. While the latter is clean and with straight components, the former is both battered and
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By Emily Engle - Nov 14
Tuft + Paw is Not Your Grandma's Cat Furniture
The brand offers luxury, modern furniture for cats, including a wooden litter box credenza and a wall-mounted scratching post
One of the main reasons why I don't want a cat (besides being allergic, which is a pretty big reason) is the ugly furniture cats require. I'd rather not invade my apartment with fragrant litter boxes, tan carpeted climbing posts and whatever else cats need so stay content with their
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By Emily Engle - Nov 07
Can Furniture Design Make Breastfeeding in Public a More Pleasant Experience?
The designers behind the heer bench believe it can
All of the problems with breastfeeding in public can be summed up to one word: discomfort. Discomfort in the physical sense is obvious, but the mental discomfort brought on by others watching, and potentially judging, can be just as prevalent. Whether you believe breast feeding should be done in private
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By Rain Noe - Nov 06
Unusual Vintage Furniture Designs: What was This Funky Bi-Level Desk Used For?
End users of a certain type
Currently for sale at antiques dealer 1st Dibs is this funky, bi-level desktop, built circa 1910 by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company. This is no luxury piece; you can see that the lower worksurface is composed of narrow boards, edge-laminated together. The choice of oak indicates durability is desired. There is
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By Rain Noe - Oct 31
How to Make Solid Wood Bed Frames Affordable: Use Cut-Offs from Other Furniture Businesses
Tuft & Needle's Wood Frame Bed may have superhero roots
Speaking of making things out of cut-offs: For many of us, the ideal material for a bed frame is solid wood. But solid wood beds, with their long rails and headboards, are expensive, requiring long, wide, defect-free pieces of wood to build them out of. Hence Tuft & Needle
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By Rain Noe - Oct 22
Task Lamp with a Difference: The Herston Self-Balancing Desk Lamp
Elegant, minimal, functional, and made from desirable materials
In last week's "Currently Crowdfunding: Notable Campaigns of the Week" we printed a brief mention of the Herston self-balancing desk lamp, but it's such a kick-ass design that we want to take a closer look at it here. A task lamp is one of the most important things you can
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By Michael Cooper - Sep 28
Highlights from London Design Fair, Design Junction and Biodesign 2018
Good design isn't child's play. Or is it? Here's another fresh bunch of festival favorites from London Design Festival
Having handpicked the heroes from the show floor at 100% Design, we now turn our attention to looking back on a handful of highlights from London Design Fair, Design Junction and Biodesign at London Design Festival 2018. So come with us on a whistle-stop tour, and don't forget your toothbrush.
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By Michael Cooper - Sep 25
100% Design Brought Coffee-Flavored Furniture and Huggable Lighting to London Design Festival 2018
A recap of one of LDF's most exciting exhibitions
100% Design is one of the biggest jewels in the crown of London Design Festival, and this year's show floor was generously encrusted with some proper gems from emerging talent. Fresh twists on traditional furniture forms and use of materials resulted in must-see highlights that surfed a rainbow of traits
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By Rain Noe - Sep 24
Studio 7.5 on the Design of Herman Miller's New Cosm Chair
"We think a chair should be designed more like a bicycle, not a car"
Herman Miller looks like they may have knocked it out of the seating park again, this time with their new Cosm chair: The Cosm was designed by the Berlin-based design firm Studio 7.5, the same firm behind previous Herman Miller hits the Setu, the Mirra and the Mirra 2. Studio
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By Rain Noe - Sep 19
How to Properly, Safely and Affordably Crate a Chair for Shipping
Christopher Schwarz shares his time-tested method
For those of you designer/builders new to the game, selling your first chair will be a wildly satisfying accomplishment. But if your client isn't local, preparing the piece for shipping presents a new challenge--one that, if done half-assed, can completely undo your success with creating and selling the furniture piece
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By Rain Noe - Sep 19
"Re-Thinking an Outdated Wearable:" BioLite's New Ergonomic LED HeadLamp
Inexpensive, comfortable and rechargeable
BioLite's a company that knows about outdoor illumination, and thus far their lighting products have been limited to handheld or hanging items. But now, with their new LED HeadLamp, they're expanding into wearables. This being BioLite, the $49, 330-lumen HeadLamp is of course rechargeable, by means of either solar panel
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By Emily Engle - Sep 17
A Closer Look at the Collaborative Design Process Behind IDEO & Swarovski's Infinite Aura Chandelier
We're revisiting this project to dissect the collaboration process with designers from IDEO and the Senior VP of Swarovski Lighting
What do you get when you combine design teams from a company that masters in crystal innovation and one of the leading design firms out there? The Infinite Aura chandelier by IDEO and Swarovski. To bring Infinite Aura to life, the two powerhouse companies joined forces to reimagine the traditional chandelier. The result is a head-turning, functional light, paired with an app that provides connectivity, customization and personal creativity.
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By Rain Noe - Sep 06
Fritz Hansen Will Produce Previously Unreleased Arne Jacobsen Chair Design
Jacobsen's Mid-Century Modern Little Giraffe will go into production
Arne Jacobsen is perhaps best known for his Egg or Swan chairs: Another of his chair designs, the Giraffe, is perhaps well-known only among design geeks. The Giraffe was designed in 1959 specifically for the SAS Royal Hotel's restaurant and had, as the name suggests, a rather high back. As
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By Emily Engle - Aug 31
Michael Graves Teams Up With Landscape Forms to Create New US Open Courtside Furniture
An excuse to watch tennis
If you've been watching the US Open, you may have noticed a couple of new courtside additions: For the 50th anniversary of the US Open, Michael Graves Architecture & Design and outdoor furniture specialists Landscape Forms were tasked with reimagining and designing the courtside furniture at the USTA Billie Jean
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By Rain Noe - Aug 31
A History of Furniture, Condensed Into Easy-to-Digest GIFs
Too easy, we know. So sue us
As Christopher Schwarz wisely pointed out in our interview with him, it is generally rich people who determine our furniture design cues. In other words, if you go to a museum and see a chair from ancient Egypt, or the Renaissance, or the Art Deco period, it's a piece of
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By Sam Dunne - Aug 22
Public Transport Patina: Are Danish Train Seats Designed for Wear?
Intentional or not, this thread-bear backrest got us wondering—what would it take for public furniture to age gracefully?
When it comes to chairs—let's face it—few do things better than the Danes. As a visitor to Copenhagen, you could be forgiven for developing a nagging resentment as you inevitably begin to compare the aesthetics of your homeland to the unassumingly stylish public spaces—tripping over the many furniture design classics
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By Emily Engle - Aug 22
Floyd's Alex O'Dell and Kyle Hoff on Innovating Within the Longstanding Furniture Industry
"We don't want it to be a question when you go to move whether or not you should leave our products behind."
Detroit-based furniture company Floyd gained momentum almost instantly through their initial Kickstarter campaign, but what they were pitching to the world wasn't a full piece of furniture. Instead, founders Kyle Hoff and Alex O'Dell focused on developing legs that could be fixed to any flat surface. After raising a quarter of a million dollars for the Floyd Legs, Kyle and Alex understood they were onto something. Following their Kickstarter success, Floyd has launched a bed frame, a table, a de
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By Emily Engle - Aug 20
Foscarini and Studio Natural Introduce Versatile Wireless, Rechargeable Lamp
Glamping must-have
Foscarini recently introduced CRI CRI, a wireless lamp with an internal rechargeable battery designed in partnership with Studio Natural. The more casual, functional addition to Foscarini's product lineup is made to thrive both indoors and outdoors, ideal for 'glamping' or dinner on the backyard patio. CRI CRI's handle allows easy
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By Rain Noe - Aug 17
Anglepoise Releases "Mini Mini" Version of Their Iconic Task Lamp
Tiny, tote-able, powered by USB
By now you've surely absorbed our must-read series on the Angelpoise, the classic task lamp invented by a 1920s freelance car designer. The iconic design has been put into service by everyone from architects to Pixar, and now the company's producing a half-size version that can be toted around--and plugged
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By Rain Noe - Aug 14
An Over-the-Top Puzzle Cabinet by Craig Thibodeau
This Wisteria design features tons of secret compartments and hidden mechanisms
To us, nothing can beat the elegant complexity of cabinetmaker David Roentgen's ingenious pieces from the 18th Century. But that doesn't stop people from trying. Here, San-Diego-based furnituremaker Craig Thibodeau tries to out-Roentgen Roentgen, with this incredibly complex Wisteria Puzzle Cabinet, created in collaboration with puzzle designer Robert Yarger:
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By Rain Noe - Aug 13
Yeti's Durable, Comfortable Folding Outdoor Chair
The Hondo Base Camp Chair looks to be an uncompromising design
Yeti, manufacturer of high-end coolers, has applied their fastidious design skills to outdoor furniture. "With a reputation to uphold for durability," the company writes, "we looked to wilderness-tested gear – from climbing harness fabric to downhill mountain bike frames – to create a nearly-indestructible, incredibly comfortable place to park yourself."
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By Rain Noe - Aug 03
Ikea Bringing Back Vintage Furniture from the '50s, '70s and '90s
To celebrate their 75th anniversary, they're going digging in the crates
Ikea Bringing Back Vintage Furniture from the '50s, '70s and '90s To celebrate their 75th anniversary, they're going digging in the crates This year marks Ikea's 75th year in business, and to celebrate the company is dusting off old blueprints and reviving some designs from the past. The plan is
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By Emily Engle - Aug 02
The Pack Horse Chair Wants You to Focus On Analogue Activities (And Eat More Snacks)
Handy storage compartments make this an ideal place to sit for extended periods of time
Here's an interesting piece of furniture: Michael Cooper's Pack Horse chair not only features a built-in bookshelf, but it also has straps to hold down a blanket and side compartments to keep various objects in place. Even though books are pictured, I'm already contemplating which snacks I could fit around
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