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Posts tagged “sustainable design”

Revisiting a Classic: The Cherner Armchair

Never has plywood made me weak in the knees like the Cherner Armchair, designed by Norman Cherner in 1958. The popularity of the chairs has grown since 1999 when the Cherner Chair Company began usin...

Form + Function = Felt
Style Roundup

Plain and simple wool felt is no longer taking a backseat to its industrial relatives like steel and rubber. In the hands of some forward-thinking designers this common material has stepped to the fo...

Trends in Sustainable Design: The Late Show Gardens

Gardeners relate to our planet more intimately than most, with their hands in the dirt and their eyes on the weather. So who better to speak to environmental concerns like climate change? The Late Sho...

H House by Group 41

click thumbnails for larger picsThe San Francisco architecture that we are used to is very different from the design of the H House by Group 41. The front of this modern home is in perfect balance wi...

Store-in-a-Store: Branch Home at Eco Citizen

We’ve never heard of an online-only retailer setting up a temporary in-the-flesh location, but for the month of April only, San Francisco-based sustainable design shop Branch Home has done it. Partn...

Roundup: Sustainable Furniture at Branch

What's not to love about San Francisco-based home design company Branch? Their selection of unique, well-designed products always please, and everything they carry is made from sustainable resources. ...