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Unico: Furniture & Housewares
Japan

I was thrilled to have stumbled upon Japanese housewares store Unico while in Tokyo. This Japanese chain of stores focuses on a relaxed and rustic interpretation of Scandinavian modern (a Japanese o...

Hive: Modern Design for the Home
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Based out of Portland, Hive continues to be a top online pick for design enthusiasts of all kinds, with a carefully edited collection that includes Bauhaus design from Breuer and Gropius, Scandina...

Modernlink
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Combining impeccable taste for vintage modern and their own series of new designs, NoHo's Modernlink is an excellent furniture and design resource. Periodically browsing the showroom is a lesson in ...

Birkiland
All Things Icelandic

We've spent way too much time hanging out on this site lately. We wrote about the beautiful Virtue Blankets earlier this week, but we realized that the whole site deserved a mention. From a well-edi...

Yú Interiors: Accessories for Modern Living

If you exit the C train at Lafayette Avenue, you will see the distinctive Yú sign across from the public park in this trendy little corner of Fort Greene. Yú is downtown Manhattan-sty...

Design House Stockholm: Design Products from Scandinavia

Dorothy, we're not in Ikea anymore. When I just out of college, my mother gave me a beautiful little votive candle holder from a place called Design House Stockholm. It came with a note explaining...

Scandinavian Grace: All Things Scandinavian for the Home

Fredik Larsson and James Anthony opened Scandinavian Grace, in Williamsburg a year and a half ago. Initially their focus was just on Scandinavian glass and housewares. Then six months ago, they exp...

Modernlink Duplex Loft
NYT 4.6.08

The downtown home of William Lee, founder of NoHo's Modernlink, was featured in The New York Times, yesterday. We've always been a fan of Modernlink and it's a great treat to see how someone with an...

Modest Designs: Collectible Vintage

Primarily an online business that caters to professionals designing for clients, Modest Designs is a treasure trove of furniture and decorations from historically important designers. Hans Wegner, P...

Jill's Tour: Klassik Shopping in Copenhagen

Klassik is a haven for all things Scandinavian and Danish in particular. They buy and sell used icons, restore them, and of course, ship all over the world! ...

Danish House Tour: Lis and Torben' Proof that Classic Works

Name: Lis and Torben Location: Frederiksberg (Northwest Copenhagen), Denmark Size: 1,600 square feet Years lived in: 18 years While in Copenhagen, I was lucky enough to gain entry to some extraor...

An Urban Nomad, Professional Photographs, Mokki...
NYT House & Home Roundup 2.21.08

This week, The New York Times Home & Garden section covers the plight of an Urban Nomad, the growing trend of having your home photographed by a professional, living walls (pictured at left), re-potti...

Danish Design Store

Enter Slideshow of Really Nice Product Pics We love finding a new resource. This one is all Danish design, all the time: the Danish Design Store. We don't know where they hell they are located, ...

Bird Clip Lampshades by Hung Ming Chen

We're fond of these clip-on lampshades from designer Hung Ming Chen. What an elegant way to dress up a bare bulb! Available in either silver or gold, the birds are available through the designer's w...

Scandinavian Design Center

Please go to our new link for Scandinavian Design Center. Super-Store. With a mission to "market and sell Scandinavian Design worldwide" we thought it was time to devote a store post to the online...

Modernlink

Please go to our new link for Modernlink Spot-on Vintage Combining impeccable taste for vintage modern and their own series of new designs, NoHo's Modernlink is an excellent furniture and design re...

ABC Carpet & Home

Please go to our new link for ABC Carpet and Home. How could we have forgotten? When we interview clients, we always ask them to name their favorite home store in NYC. About 75% of the time the ans...

UPDATED - Just Scandinavian

Modern Fairy Tale. We were drawn to this two-year-old airy and light-filled shop in Tribeca by a chance encounter with their website. Representing both furniture and accessories from Scandinavian co...

Textile Arts

Easy Art. We've always been huge fans of Marimekko prints. And Textile Arts is an online distributor of the Finish textiles you see in Crate & Barrel. While some of us may be familiar with Unikko and...

Karkula

If you are looking for high end, sexy and modern, John Erik Karkula's Karkula should be on your short list. Located right in the heart of the Meatpacking District, Karkula offers a welcome furniture r...

Bodum - CLOSED

As far as we are aware, this store is now closed. 8/18/08 - CB Sitting smack in the middle of MePa, The Bodum store has quietly been announcing its expanded presence for the past few years. Founded ...

Built Inc.: "Resurgent American Design"

A leading member of what bills itself as the Left Coast, Built is the brainchild of John Sofio, a NY born/LA based architectural designer. We saw Built at ICFF, where we admired the low slung seating...

1st Dibs: Online Shopping for the Donald

Some of the most beautiful antiques can be found by simply clicking onto 1stdibs.com, where every Wednesday a new crop of very hard to find, and exceptionally good quality furniture and accessories ca...

Treadway/Toomey Galleries

To the Trade. A friend is getting help with her apartment and tipped us off to this great resource: Treadway/Toomey Galleries. Two cooperative auction houses with one website, Treadway/Toomey has a...

R 20th Century Design

Mid-century modern mecca. What Moss is for contemporary modern design, R 20th Century is for mid-century modern: a retail store, museum, library and study center all in one. Wander into R 20th and y...

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