Every year it publishes 500, 000 copies of a furniture design book that it distributes free to carpenters.
He said MIT's example of easy-access digital manufacturing could transform clothes making, furniture design -- whatever people wanted.
And lastly, I asked Georgia Howe, an interior designer and co-founder of the furniture design and textile company Carolina George.
WSJ: Annette Tapert on Nan Kempner, Josephine Premice and More: Always Dress to Impress
The technology--along with UPS and FedEx--allows someone with a clever furniture design or a novel toy to reach, economically, a national audience.
Living in such small spaces is going to push people to furnish their own living spaces without an inherent sense of clutter or visual noise, says Theo Richardson, an industrial designer and co-founder of Rich Brilliant Willing (RBW), a Brooklyn-based contemporary lighting and furniture design manufacturer.
Or you can fire up the computer and surf over to online furniture outlet Design Within Reach, and shop for one of the graceful chairs designed by the Finnish genius Eero Saarinen--he died in 1961--that are crudely echoed on the Jetsons.
Or you can fire up the computer and surf over to online furniture outlet Design Within Reach (nasdaq: DWRI - news - people ), and shop for one of the graceful chairs designed by the Finnish genius Eero Saarinen--he died in 1961--that are crudely echoed on the Jetsons.
And London-based architect Andy Martin teamed up with furniture company Thonet to design a gorgeous bentwood fixed-gear bike.
Teams of craftsmen, furniture makers and interior design experts will restore the interior of the Grade I listed house to reflect its long history.
Office furniture maker Steelcase asked RWD to design a system that could help even computer-illiterate salesmen configure and price a suite of office furniture using a laptop.
Most of the operations, management of the stores, design and manufacture of furniture is run by a trust, INGKA Holding, headquartered in Delft, Holland.
The sharp design lines and bespoke furniture are mirrored in the equally stylish and creative cooking of French head chef Benjamin Launay, with dishes such as steamed trout paired with buckwheat and boletus mushrooms or ravioli filled with beef on a bed of creamed leeks.
Edwards says there are no federal standards regulating the design and use of office furniture and related equipment.
CNN: Get comfortable -- computing ergonomics efforts pay off
In other news, this week marked the start of the world's largest design event -- the Milan Furniture Fair.
Collectors of the Linley Helix Furniture Collection will notice that carryover of the design motif in the picnic table and waist-rails.
FORBES: Limited Edition Linley x Bentley Continental Flying Spur
Or, have you ever wondered if you could design and visualize a room using furniture models that are superimposed on images?
The flexibility to design your room and arrange your furniture to suit your style, since the TV is no longer tied to the TV outlet.
ENGADGET: AT&T U-verse set-tops go wireless, free you to herniate yourself moving your HDTV around
Design Week in New York has been synonymous, until recently, with the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, which, while dynamic in its own right, is hardly inclusive of the New York design community.
FORBES: After Tech Boost, Design Begins to Pique Interest in New York
Shang Xia sells furniture, homeware, apparel and jewelry based on Asian design.
The creator of the lobster case is an Australian named Elliot Gorham who, with his design company Noddy Boffin, specializes in contemporary furniture and lighting.
Denmark's Kvadrat, whose colorful woolen fabric often has a rich textural quality, can be found upholstering furniture of Fritz Hansen, the country's prestige design label, and decorating the windows of Noma, the celebrated Copenhagen restaurant.
Another Potterish touch: Much of the hotel furniture and decoration is an exact replica of an original design from a European castle or manor house, including the full suit of armor and two massive Italian leather chests that bedeck Mt.
Personally, some of my worst design collaborations were with various famous European architects and furniture designers.
He may no longer weld the furniture himself the process that first brought him to the design world's attention but he visits every factory he uses and familiarizes himself with every stage of production.
Furniture-making has begun to reverse its long decline by emphasising stylish design.
Mr. Okada, who was previously a furniture designer, moved from Tokyo to Kyoto about a decade ago to teach product design at the Kyoto Institute of Technology.
Showpiece closets are also an answer to a minimalist design aesthetic found in contemporary homes, becoming a practical space to house bulky furniture and other items.
As I wrote in a recent profile, Fab has taken off as a quirky site for design products that provides a curated selection across a range of categories, from furniture to T-shirts.
Artistic director and hotel design guru Jacques Garcia decorated the 56 rooms and suites with Moorish tiles, stuffed furniture and stylish fabrics.
Top-quality luxury materials (a signature Holly Hunt element) were a main focus of the design the rooms feature thick linens, cotton velvet and leather in the furniture and window coverings, darkened bronze for the door hardware, and bleached and stained oak and walnut wood used around the fireplaces.
应用推荐