This modern furniture set comes from Austrian furniture designers Perludi. CASPAR is an ergonomic table for children with height-adjustable design. The design is intended to follow the children’s growth, so that when the children get older, the table is able to grow in height as well. The idea that results in this CASPAR table is that the designer seeks the philosophy of ergonomic, versatile and environment-friendly children’s furniture. Light-weight,... 

Asia influences craft and sculpture as well as painting. Careen Stoll uses celadon glazes and the simple, elegant shapes of some Asian functional ceramics. Wendy Dunder’s lighted paper sculptures have roots in Isamu Noguchi’s 1950s paper lamps. Basketmaker Nanette Davis dyes fabric using Japanese shibori techniques and laminates the fabric so it is stiff enough to use in her craft. Wendy Dunder creates lighted sculptures that are made with a... 

Here is a fun and completely different chair that has endured the test of time. The Pastil chair from Eero Aarnio was designed in 1967 as an after thought of the famous Ball Chair. According to Aarnio ” a lot of empty space is sent to the other side of the world inside the Ball Chair. A new round chair would fit in this space, and so the diameter of the Pastil chair is the same as the opening of the Ball Chair”. Upon its release the Pastil... 

Desiron Lap Table Just as the name implies, this clever Lap Table is light enough to be pulled up to the side of a sofa or chair and to be used as a laptop or reading table. With a macasser ebony veneer top and stainless steel base, this table is as durable as it is stylish. Features: -Available in Macasser Ebony finish -Walnut veneer top -High gloss finish -Matte stainless steel base -Made in the USA -Overall Dimensions: 25″ H x 20″... 

Christopher Hume’s piece with accompanying pictures was a useful reminder of the way our traditional, masculine, Euclidian-dominated, architecture has overwhelmed the primal, curve-focused lines that characterize the natural world. (There was a song, long ago, that made fun of our geometric habitations: “Little boxes; little boxes; little boxes made of ticky tack!”)Continue Read More