Furniture | The First Few

Old Faithful Shop | Vancouver B.C.

Written by Andrew Payne on January 17, 2011
Architecture, Art, Design, Furniture, Housewares, Travel, Vintage

I now have one more to add to my list of places to visit on my next trip out West (and a bit North to Vancouver, to be exact). I used to travel a couple times a year to Vancouver for work and really found it to be a great place. A perfect mix of [...]

Alphabet Chest

Written by Andrew Payne on August 27, 2010
Design, Furniture

For someone who loves old printer’s blocks and letterpress, I found this chest of drawers of particular interest. A little loud, yes, but I feel like it could find a happy home in a comfortably cluttered room. As the maker’s Kent and London state on their site, “it’s the perfect place to file everything from [...]

Transglass | Sustainable Design

Written by Andrew Payne on August 20, 2010
Art, Design, Furniture, Housewares

Transglass is the love child of the product design team of Tord Boontje & Emma Woffenden. Dutch-born and based in London, the pair design using reclaimed and reused base materials to create glassware, lighting and furniture.

Whit McLeod Furniture

Written by Andrew Payne on August 9, 2010
Furniture, USA

It’s difficult to categorize a piece of furniture that’s modern in design, vintage in composition, utilizes recycled materials and looks appropriate both inside and out. Nonetheless, I want one of these and I’ll just have to figure out the details later…

Pinch | London Interior Design Studio

Written by Andrew Payne on June 7, 2010
Architecture, Design, Furniture

I came across the below folding stool one evening while perusing the many wishes and wants on Materialicious and kept the bookmark for later wishing. I just thought it was so well done- nice lines and color, and clearly well-designed and manufactured with care. Well, looking further into the people behind the stool was really [...]

Ponoko | Laser-Cut Design Manufacturing

Written by Andrew Payne on May 28, 2010
Architecture, Art, Computers, Design, Furniture

Wooden bank by WoodMarvels Hailed by some as the future of manufacturing, laser-cut manufacturing is being made accessible to the masses by the guys at Ponoko via the convenience of your own computer. Although Ponoko is based in Wellington New Zealand (with an outpost in California), by uploading one’s own product designs to the Ponoko [...]

Nightwood Studio

Written by Andrew Payne on March 2, 2010
Architecture, Design, Furniture, NYC, USA, Vintage

Miner Chair For Brooklyn-based furniture and interior design studio Nightwood, everything old is wonderfully new again. Co-designers and owners Myriah Scruggs and Nadia Yaron create one-of-a-kind, all natural, hand-built, furniture and textiles. But this work is not just designed and created. Each piece is built from salvaged, dismantled, and reconstructed vintage furniture and found items.