Schooled
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Vintage locker storage from Twenty Gauage, image via homeportfolio.com
Sure, it's feeling more and more like summer... but let's not forget all the people, young and old, who are still sitting in rows, and absorbing salient points about the history of this, the reason for that, and why who did what to whom and when. And let's also not forget about the stylish side of school. Schools? Stylish?! Yup, and Rural Modern... Read More >>
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The More Things Change...
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Photographs from dearphotograph.com
... the more they stay the same... Or is it, Change is the only constant? Or that the absence of change is what underlies all existence? Then again, our lives may reflect the broad spectrum of such truisms. There is sameness. There is difference. And there are refracted, nuanced truths, neither new nor old. Infrastructure and environment may... Read More >>
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On Balance
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Ball Foot Altered Ego Chair by Leslie Oschmann for Swarm, via Anthropologie
Since the get-go, Furniturea has been a fan and model of asymmetry. Our fondness for the slightly-off only grows as we continue to intuit new designs. In the design realm of difference - where makers and buyers (like us) live into subtle-skewedness - there's always room for 1 (3, 5, 7, and so on) more. As a group, asymmetrists are appreciative... Read More >>
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Get Out!
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Lago Chairs, and image, from Loll, Modern Outdoor Furniture
With increasingly more opportunities to be outside, now is a good time to think about how you want to be seated under the warmth of spring and summer sun. Of course, there is Loll, leader of the modern, outdoor furniture pack. Lago Chairs, shown above, are certainly lounge and style worthy. There are, too, other options for consideration... Like... Read More >>
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Not Prickly
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Cactus Seating by Maurizio Galante for Cerruti Baleri, via Apartment Therapy
Cacti in Maine are few and far between, as the requisite arid conditions are hard to come by in New England. That said, we do have plenty of Cacti-Allies - those quietly fierce plants that thrive when others wilt, pass, or succumb to deprivation. Evergreens and Succulents are two such friends that survive cold winters, as well as times of... Read More >>
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