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May

A milk crate-based storage stool
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, Newark-based Combo Colab returns to the Designboom Mart at ICFF with a clever, milk crate-based stackable storage stool dubbed XTOOL.

A milk crate-based storage stool

Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, Newark-based Combo Colab returns to the Designboom Mart at ICFF with a clever, milk crate-based stackable storage stool dubbed XTOOL.

17

May

7 examples of living furniture

10

May

treehugger:

Build your own log lounge chair for $30 

03

Apr

Cat-Library: A feline-friendly shelving system
Does Madame Fluff wreak havoc every time she attempts to scale a bookcase? Make things a bit easier for her — while staying organized — with the Cat-Library, a modular shelving system with a kitty staircase.

Cat-Library: A feline-friendly shelving system

Does Madame Fluff wreak havoc every time she attempts to scale a bookcase? Make things a bit easier for her — while staying organized — with the Cat-Library, a modular shelving system with a kitty staircase.

27

Jan


 9 pieces of furniture made from shipping pallets 



Reclaimed wood shipping pallets work well for desks, tables and even a tiki bar.

Reclaimed wood shipping pallets work well for desks, tables and even a tiki bar.

15

Dec


 Furniture with a taste for flesh 



British design team Auger-Loizeau creates a line of robotic home furnishings powered by organic matter — the dead bodies of household pests like insects and rodents.

British design team Auger-Loizeau creates a line of robotic home furnishings powered by organic matter — the dead bodies of household pests like insects and rodents.

28

Sep

Peter Cook got the idea for growing his own furniture in 1986. Nowadays he’s a regular master at the refined art of tree shaping — guiding trees into desirable designs as they grow. Perhaps his most notable piece is the Pooktre chair, an ideal resting place for a gardener. Each chair requires painstaking attention for seven to eight years while it forms, but the effort is part of what makes relaxing in one so rewarding.7 examples of living furniture

Peter Cook got the idea for growing his own furniture in 1986. Nowadays he’s a regular master at the refined art of tree shaping — guiding trees into desirable designs as they grow. Perhaps his most notable piece is the Pooktre chair, an ideal resting place for a gardener. Each chair requires painstaking attention for seven to eight years while it forms, but the effort is part of what makes relaxing in one so rewarding.
7 examples of living furniture

24

Jul

Dutch trees get a second life as tablesFelled trees in Utrecht are getting a second life as one-of-a-kind tables, each with a booklet of stories by people who saw them grow.

Dutch trees get a second life as tables
Felled trees in Utrecht are getting a second life as one-of-a-kind tables, each with a booklet of stories by people who saw them grow.

10

Mar

Shelving to die forLove them or hate them, William Warren’s Shelves for Life give the ecobalance phrase cradle-to-grave a whole new meaning.

Shelving to die for
Love them or hate them, William Warren’s Shelves for Life give the ecobalance phrase cradle-to-grave a whole new meaning.

24

Feb

Time to break out the disinfectant: NYC subway benches for saleOn the hunt for furniture that’s been used, abused and splattered with a delightful array of bodily fluids? You’re in luck as New York’s dysfunctional public transit overlords plan to sell off obsolete wooden subway benches.

Time to break out the disinfectant: NYC subway benches for sale
On the hunt for furniture that’s been used, abused and splattered with a delightful array of bodily fluids? You’re in luck as New York’s dysfunctional public transit overlords plan to sell off obsolete wooden subway benches.