Furniture Fashion received this submission featuring a modern seating solution. It is a two person accent chair designed to accommodate flexibility for group seating or as individually setup chairs. By placing the three chairs together, one can create a group seating configuration such as what you may find in a public place like an office lobby. The accent chairs can also be placed separately to create more private seating. As you can see the Panta Rhei offers great flexibility in its seating configuration possibilities. Panta Rhei is currently available in Dubai, Spain, and the U.S.A. More information at: Gypser.
Often size is an issue, and sometimes really cool contemporary "small space" furniture is hard to find. BDI USA is definitely not a new name when it comes to great looking contemporary furniture geared for a small scale home interior. The Aspect flat panel tv stand makes the best of a small space while offering a very useful touch of class. The Aspect is perfect for a 32 inch flat panel and takes up a miserly 47"H x 26"W x 22.5"D space in your living room or bedroom. There is even a 26 x 18 inch tempered glass shelf capable of supporting 35 lbs. of your favorite electronic device. BDI has included all the hardware necessary to mount the television with ease, and its central steel tube features a universal mounting bracket that fits most flat screen TVs. In addition it swivels at the base so the screen can be viewed from anywhere in the room. Available in Black or Silver. Appx. $599 - $699
There is always the question as to what to do with all those magazines and catalogs that seem to pile up around the home. Usually there is not a great place to store them and keep them out of the way. Offi makes a simple plywood magazine rack or magazine stand that offers a quality place for storage. Magazine racks seem to be one of those products that are hard to find when shopping, but so helpful in home organizing and decluttering. The one featured here is made of birch veneer. Available at: YLighting. Price: $119. Dimensions: 13"d x 15"w x 16"h. For more organizing solutions from Offi see this great article on Apartment Therapy.
Where do interior designers go to find the newest trends in home design on an international or domestic level?
Design trends are funny things, inspiration comes from everywhere. Interior designers learn about design trends through trade shows like NeoCon and KBIS, as well as looking through magazines and reading trade articles. If you want to learn about trends coming to the U.S. ahead of time, you can look for international magazines at specialty news stands or magazine shops. If you are looking for a certain kind of cultural trend, say Parisan or Indian, this is the best option. Fortunately for everyone, the internet now makes everything accessible, so the trends you see are sure to come to the U.S. soon. As far as color trends, fashion and art are major influencers, for more on this topic please click this link: Color trends for 2008.
Posted by J. Chandelle, in General.
Furniture Fashion received this submission of a cool modern wall clock from industrial designer, Christos Vittoratos. This modern wall clock, called Uhrzahl, is produced by Heintze & Blanckertz a small manufacturer of arts and crafts, which was founded in 1842. It cooperated in early 20th century with famous graphic designers like Rudolf Koch, Paul Renner and Edward Johnston, so Christos tried to design a product on the interface between graphic and product design. The watch hands are the same like on old German station clocks (but the smaller size). Designer: Christos Vittoratos.
