CB2 has been carving a path for itself as being affordable, hip and sophisticated, AND many of its designs lately seem drawn from other sources, where they usually cost a great deal more. Here is a short list of some nice new designs and the ones that seem to have inspired them. Design imitation is a big issue in the design community, but I'm not choosing sides, just mapping the territory.








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This is one of those great little finds that I like more for knowing less. Ancient Industries is an online store, founded by unknown individuals, which sells "traditional household goods and clothing," meaning those things that have been in production for "decades, centuries and millenia..." 



