"Quilted upholstery continued to be a big trend this year. The Swedish firm Gärsnäs went a step further, introducing a quilted chair that could be easily removed for dry cleaning, encouraging consumers to feel comfortable choosing light colors for everyday furniture."

Earlier this month, we posted about some of the coolest new product launches coming out of the International Furniture Fair in Milan in a post titled "Design Olympics", and the Baltimore Sun has put together a wonderful slideshow recapping some of the most-talked-about designs. Check it out the nearly 40 slides of in "Milan Furniture Fair 2010: The good, the... [Read more...]

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According to avant garde filmmaker John Waters, DIFFA’s Dining By Design is “the Cannes of tabletop”.  The signature fund-raising event for DIFFA Kansas City showcases some of the area’s leading designers’ talent using a set amount of space to create their own dining environment. Dining by Design was founded in Kansas City more than fifteen years... [Read more...]

Design for Sustainability

Posted on February 3, 2010 By eralls (Edit) Leave a Comment

A recent article in the New York Times by design critic Alice Rawsthorn, Debating Sustainability, posed some interesting questions about sustainable design: "What exactly is sustainable design? What constitutes success? And failure? On what criteria? Different designers may well give very different answers to all of those questions, and more." The questions... [Read more...]

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