apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time


Posts tagged “Vitra”

Chairs for Prouvé Gueridon Table?
Good Questions

Q - What chairs would go best with the Prouvé Gueridon Table? I live in a 600 square feet open square studio and my furniture is modern but I am not a student of modern design — what I know ...

Best Small Toilets 2009

I rounded up some usual suspects for this list last year and not a lot has changed for 2009. Toto and Duravit still lead the pack. However, I got a lot of great comments to fill in during the past ...

Vegetal Chair by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

click thumbnails for larger pics Following last year's critical success of their Steelwood chair for Magis, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have continued to add new and unique designs to their ever-expandi...

Workbay Task Chair by the Bouroullec Brothers

We've been obsessed with good quality task chairs lately — this is due to sitting on $40 $199 PATRIK chairs from IKEA all day. Our latest infatuation? The Workbay chair. A follow up to their W...

Olivia Lee's "Stream Of Light" Sofa

Stream of Light is a conceptual sofa by Olivia Lee and Alienor de Chambrier made from four separate items of furniture wrapped and bound in silk, wool and horse hair. Created as a response to a chal...

Good Questions: Identify Jack's Wall Organizer?

I love Jack's tiny apartment in NY House Tour: Jack Makes Micro Changes. Can you tell me where Jack purchased the wall organizer from? I love it!!!! Thank you, Rhonda (Note: Include a pic of your ...

Art? Furniture? Both? Algues by the Bouroullecs

Today I have something that is the design equivalent of Monkeys in a Barrel: Algues by the Bouroullec brothers. One part room screen and two parts art installation, this stuff continues to amaze me...

The Slow Chair by The Bouroullec Brothers: My Favorite Armchair of 2008

Here's a comfy old man's chair for anyone under 40. A good chair is easy to love, hard to find, and I don't crave many. Last week, we were walking by the Vitra shop over in MePa, and I s...

Rotterdam Stackable Chair by Hella Jongerius

The recent debut of the Bouroullec Brothers' Steelwood chair for Magis has overshadowed a similar design by Dutch designer Hella Jongerius for Vitra... ...

Pretzel Chair by George Nelson

To celebrate designer George Nelson's 100th birthday, Vitra is re-issuing a special edition of George Nelson's Laminated Plywood Chair — commonly known as the "Pretzel Chair." Designed in 1952, t...

ICFF 2008: Chairs Worth Waiting For

Part of the fun of ICFF is finally getting to see/touch/experience furniture that we only know through pictures.We were thrilled to check out a number of designs for the first time. In addition to u...

Slow Chair & Ottoman by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

The new Womb Chair? We got excited when we spied this lounge chair by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Produced by Vitra, the Slow Chair was designed to be a modern homage to Eero Saarinen's classic Womb...

George Nelson's Desk Clocks

Time(less) Design. Many of us are familiar with George Nelson's iconic (and much copied) wall clocks (including the Zootimers), but far less know of his desk clocks......

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec's Worknest Task Chair

Swivel Seat. Does the world need another task chair? What if it was designed by the Bouroullec Brothers? Produced by Vitra, the Worknest is most notable for its vast color palette and hidden "ergono...

Josef Albers' Nesting Tables

Nesting Classic. One time furnture director of the Bauhaus workshop, Josef Albers has very little in production outside of his Nesting Tables made by Vitra. The set of 4 tables have a solid oak fram...

Feeds

RSS icon New York

+ City Feeds