An Alternative To Throw Away Furniture
Since the Arts and Crafts Movement of the late 1800’s, there has been an uneasy relationship between good design and mass-production. In recent years, another concern has crept into the dialogue: sustainability. And for most buyers, inexpensive, easily-obtained and disposable furniture seems to carry the day.
But Seattle-based furniture design company Meyer Wells is interested in [...]
Furniture Designers Push To Make Products Out Of Urban Trees
With the rampant spread of the emerald ash borer, a beetle that destroys trees, millions of trees nationwide in urban areas could end up being turned into woodchips and firewood. But there are some furniture designers who believe those urban trees that are infected by the emerald ash borer don’t have to have such a [...]
Arboretum to display furniture from fallen ash trees
Our first house was a cute little 1920s English cottage, complete with slate roof, copper gutters and a glorious old elm tree. That was about it in the way of a garden. The tiny lawn could support just this wonderful old elm tree that had somehow survived the ravages of Dutch elm disease in the [...]
Furniture Gift Gladdens Designer
Shakila Hafeez, renowned interior and furniture designer feels great pleasure gifting quality furniture to her daughter as dowry. She considers her daughter’s wedding the best achievement of her life.
She started her construction business in 1993, which gave her an opportunity to enter in different business because after construction business she started selling furnished and decorated [...]
Fake goods and lax laws cost furniture business dear
A Manchester-based furniture supplier claims it is losing tens of thousands of pounds of business to cheap imports because of lax copyright laws.
Castlefield-based Ralph Capper Interiors Ltd is calling on the government to increase protection for designers to stop copies of design classics being sold in the UK.
It is so determined to have its voice [...]
Add style and comfort to your garden with the right furniture
I love to lounge about, lie down, spread out, get comfortable and relax in my garden with friends in the evenings and at the weekend. Of course, the main purpose of garden furniture is for sitting or dining on, but furniture can also help to style a garden, give it a destination point and bring [...]
Furniture designers give back with Blank Canvas Project
These days, it’s fashionable to give back. You can sport a red cell phone to support fighting AIDS in Africa, wear a yellow bracelet to show solidarity with cancer victims or make a donation during the “American Idol†telethon to help kids around the world.
But what kind of furniture can you buy to show you [...]
Eco Franken Furniture: Jetske De Groot Multiple Family
We never thought the Frankenstein approach would work for eco-design, but Dutch designer Jetske de Groot shows that it works beautifully. A refreshing change to all the super-slick design at the Milan Furniture Fair, de Groot’s chairs and tables are as sustainable as they are appealing.
The project, entitled ‘Multiple Family’, is driven by a brilliant, [...]