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Emu Heaven Seating / Italy 2009 / Jean-Marie Massaud |
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Emu Heaven Seating / Italy 2009 / Jean-Marie Massaud |
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Emu Heaven Seating / Italy 2009 / Jean-Marie Massaud |
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| Emu Heaven Seating / Italy 2009 / Jean-Marie Massaud |
Showing posts with label furniture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label furniture. Show all posts
October 3, 2011
Beautiful weather + beautiful furniture
The weather around here has just been phenomenal lately! Sunny, breezy, and mid-70's during the day with cooler, clear nights. What more could ask for?? Makes me want to spend my time outside in some beautiful furniture, like the pieces below from Coalesse.
August 28, 2011
What a trip!
I was lucky enough to end my week with a wonderful trip to the Jasper Group facility in Jasper, Indiana! They were most hospitable there, and the weather and scenery could not have been better! What a beautiful place to make beautiful furniture.
We went on a personal tour through the Community manufacturing facility, where we saw how they create their chairs, from the lumbar yard to the last coat of polyurethane. It was so interesting to see how everything works, especially how they bend the wood to make those elegant curved legs.
We also went on a tour through the JSI casegood manufacturing facility. Again, really interesting! They make a really good quality product, and that makes it easy to want to partner with them.
By far, my favorite thing I saw was Community's new product line, Finn.
They actually have a solid piece of aluminum between two pieces of wood! I know in this economy, some other furniture manufacturers might just paint a silver stripe, or just put a very thin piece of aluminum on top of the wood, but not at Community. This is the real deal. And the product is so good looking!
We went on a personal tour through the Community manufacturing facility, where we saw how they create their chairs, from the lumbar yard to the last coat of polyurethane. It was so interesting to see how everything works, especially how they bend the wood to make those elegant curved legs.
We also went on a tour through the JSI casegood manufacturing facility. Again, really interesting! They make a really good quality product, and that makes it easy to want to partner with them.
By far, my favorite thing I saw was Community's new product line, Finn.
They actually have a solid piece of aluminum between two pieces of wood! I know in this economy, some other furniture manufacturers might just paint a silver stripe, or just put a very thin piece of aluminum on top of the wood, but not at Community. This is the real deal. And the product is so good looking!
August 17, 2011
My Dream Kitchen
Well, we are house shopping. I'm currently (and embarrassed to admit) living in my parents house... it's not a dream, that's for sure. So, as we are house shopping, my designer brain is running wild!!!
Today, we found a house that had a good head start on my dream kitchen. What is my dream kitchen you ask? See below.
How much do I love this kitchen? Let me count the ways. First off, I love the natural light! Wow, wouldn't that be a dream to cook and entertain in?! Second, I love the island. I want an island that is not more cabinets and countertops, but more of a furniture piece. I like how this one has open shelving. It just seems more familiar and comfortable to me, like being at the dining table. I also love the cabinetry. Classy and a little modern with a small hint of country. And I love the lighting... and...
PS - I think this kitchen is half the size of the houses we are looking at... what can I say? My parents taught me to dream BIG :)
August 16, 2011
Neotini 2011
Every year the St. Louis part of the IIDA Mid America Chapter hosts a Neotini event. They rent out a venue and vendors and manufacturers set up for a Neocon-esque day with their latest and greatest. Last Thursday was this years event, held at the beautiful Kemp Auto Museum in Chesterfield. There was such a great turnout (I think the cars drew people in) and all of the vendors had wonderful products to show. It really was a great event, especially since I won a $25 Visa gift card (thanks IIDA).
Some of my favorite products were:
LiquidMotion Floor Tiles from Hirshfield's
Halina Stripe window treatment fabric from Carnegie
SW_1 Lounge Seating from Coalesse
February 1, 2010
IDEC Design Competition
It's the start of a new semester, and my last semester (as an undergrad)!!
Before the semester had a chance to get busy, I chose to do a design competition outside of class for the chance to win a little extra cash. The competition was sponsored by the Interior Designers Educators Council (IDEC) and was a group project that was time-sensitive. You only had 14 days from start to finish and the project had to be recieved to Regionals by February 1st. It was a busy two weeks...
I chose to do this project with two of my good friends (and classmates) Rachel and Ashley. The project was to design a learning commons (about 4000 s.f.) for a university. We were supposed to combine technology with sustainability.
This was a really great project for me to do for several reasons. 1) We have not done any projects concerning educational spaces, and won't do any before I graduate and put my portfolio together. 2) It was a learning experience! My team interviewed two of the Library Professionals that work at my University's library and I learned so much about our library! I can text message and Instant Message my library and they will answer questions for you! (How cool is that?!) 3) This project really helped me get familiar with systems furniture (particularly Herman Miller) which is perfect timing because one of my classes for this semester is Corporate & Institutional Design and we have to use systems furniture for our project.
We sent in our project last Friday. We don't find out if we go to Nationals until the end of February. It is going to be a long wait!
Before the semester had a chance to get busy, I chose to do a design competition outside of class for the chance to win a little extra cash. The competition was sponsored by the Interior Designers Educators Council (IDEC) and was a group project that was time-sensitive. You only had 14 days from start to finish and the project had to be recieved to Regionals by February 1st. It was a busy two weeks...
I chose to do this project with two of my good friends (and classmates) Rachel and Ashley. The project was to design a learning commons (about 4000 s.f.) for a university. We were supposed to combine technology with sustainability.
This was a really great project for me to do for several reasons. 1) We have not done any projects concerning educational spaces, and won't do any before I graduate and put my portfolio together. 2) It was a learning experience! My team interviewed two of the Library Professionals that work at my University's library and I learned so much about our library! I can text message and Instant Message my library and they will answer questions for you! (How cool is that?!) 3) This project really helped me get familiar with systems furniture (particularly Herman Miller) which is perfect timing because one of my classes for this semester is Corporate & Institutional Design and we have to use systems furniture for our project.
We sent in our project last Friday. We don't find out if we go to Nationals until the end of February. It is going to be a long wait!
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