Trying to find quality furniture can be incredibly difficult, especially if you are trying to stay within a reasonable budget. Anymore, most furniture that may seem affordable is made of plywood and covered with a veneer finish, or has been constructed of solid wood but lacks the craftsmanship you crave.

Your furniture should make a statement, and should also be long lasting. In essence, furniture – whether it be a kitchen table or a rocking chair for your nursery – is an investment. It may not provide you with a cash return on investment like stocks or a mutual fund would, but a great piece of furniture will be the centerpiece for all the memories shared between friends and family members, and will be able to withstand the abuse experienced over the years.
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Made of plexiglas and neon light. Light art object or cosy sedan chair? Get two features in one. Once put in the lobby, in the hall or in your shop – the interlux (or plexi-tube) chair will be the perfect eyecatcher. You can also change the light tubes easily – so you can change the colours and enjoy different atmospheres. Try a fresh green in spring, a warm orange in autumn and a golden shine at Christmas!

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For this collection, nendo wanted to explore new possibilities for expression by using carbon fiber in a supporting role to emphasize and accentuate the main material, rather than as the star in its own right. They arrived at this idea after thinking about carbon fiber’s use as a supporting building material, a technique developed after the Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. Wrapped around pillars or bridge girders, carbon fiber cladding can provide additional seismic resistance for civil engineering works that would be difficult to reinforce against earthquakes through traditional methods.
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nendo designed this chair as part of the Institute’s Yii series, a new project with art direction by Gijs Bakker, co-founder of Droog Design.

Their task was to discover sources for new designs through research into Taiwan’s traditional bamboo handicrafts and furniture. They were fascinated by bamboo-working techniques, and decided to draw their inspiration from these, rather than to work with the material itself. they applied bamboo-working techniques to tubular steel pipes, which can be easily mass-produced with standard levels of quality. Borrowing bamboo handicraft techniques like weaving together thinly sliced sections and joining parts by wrapping them around each other allowed them to give the hard metal a sense of pliancy.
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LAVA was chosen by Wallpaper* magazine to create a light in collaboration with Philips, the global leader in lighting. The lamp, EVOLUTION, is on display at Handmade during the Milano Fair.
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Pacific Yurts introduced its unique Custom Curve window system. Custom Curve is the first glass window system with a structurally engineered framework that follows the curved wall of the yurt. It thereby avoids the “flat panel” appearance of other systems and creates the most aesthetically appealing window available in a yurt today. The Custom Curve design utilizes a Low-E thermal glass window for maximum energy efficiency, and integrates a fabric flange into the window system to assure a weather-tight seal.

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From Stone Designs Team:

Hi everyone!!

We start this new year 2011 with a lot of projects and with more energy than ever!! And there is no better way to begin the year than exhibiting in Paris, in particular in Maison & Objet, where RS will show a great number of pieces designed by us.

Sunset, Sake, Spongy or By Yourshelf are only some of the collections that will be exhibited for the first time in our neighbour country.

For those who will have the opportunity to visit the fair, from 21st to 25th January, do not forget to visit RS, in Hall 8 (Now!), stand C34.

Stone Designs Team

Pedro Castro has designed W, a meeting room made in CompactTop and metal structure for AGland. For more information please visit www.agland14.com.
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