September 20, 2010, 6:20 am
Carlos was the lucky winner of our Love The House You’re In collage last month — that’s his lovely mid mod, above. This month’s contest runs through Sept. 30 — read on for the rules — and for the opportunity to win a custom collage by our collage artist laureate Mel Kolstad featuring you and your house.
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September 20, 2010, 4:37 am
A good looking adjustable table lamp fulfils two important roles. The primary benefit comes from its functional quality in which it provides a clean and bright light for working purposes. The second benefit comes from the aesthetic design and this is especially the case with this beautifully contemporary Glas Adjustable Table Task Lamp from Diesel with Foscarini. A combination of two pre-eminent and widely respected world brands.
The chrome design of this modern table desk light allows the lamp to be an eye-catching accent piece during both the sunlight hours and those after dark.
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September 19, 2010, 6:12 pm
While the go-to green flooring product has recently been bamboo, EcoTimber is going the distance with something even better. Their Strand Poplar Flooring is made up of all the post-industrial scraps of poplar that the furniture industry usually chucks. The company uses their super-eco resin infusion process to bind the scraps into a very durable and beautiful flooring material. The product was recently named one of the Top 20 Green Building Products of 2010 by Sustainable Industries.
September 16, 2010, 10:07 am
We love innovation, and this inflatable paper sofa is the very definition of innovation!
This crazy (and somewhat fragile looking) couch is made from 100% recycled paper dunnage bags and its outfitted with a metal rack and rubber straps. You could bring this inflatable seating with you anywhere while its flat, you just inflate it at your destination! Each section can be personalized with a pen – which might lead to something great, or something awful, depending on your artistic abilities.
September 15, 2010, 6:25 pm
With high-end material selection combined with superb Scandinavian design and appliances from Bulthaup, Gaggenau and Hajom, it’s no surprise that NeXT House delivers some of the first class architect designed prefab homes in the market. We spoke with Thomas Mårtensson, CEO – Global sales of NeXT House, and learned that you can buy a house, designed by an award winning architect, filled with dream products at a price you never thought possible.
What inspired you to get involved in prefab?
Before I started Next House I was previously involved in a project with IKEA, where we renovated apartments for rental in a cost-effective way but still with a high level of design. The
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