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Would You Buy an Eames Replica?
When a truly amazing product is released, chances are there will eventually be a similar product manufactured that looks almost identical to the original, albeit with slight variations to try and avoid legal headaches. Husband and wife team Charles and Ray Eames created numerous pieces that moved the modern design furniture industry forward and sure enough, the couple’s work is being potentiall...
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IKEA and Tom Dixon Join Forces
Swedish furniture company IKEA has become well known for its modern furniture that is inexpensively priced, attractive, environmentally conscious, and ready to assemble. Today it is the world’s largest furniture retailer and operates nearly 350 stores around the world. The furniture giant is now joining forces with modern design furniture pioneer and lighting designer Tom Dixon in a new collabo...
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A Little More on Ross Lovegrove
Today we’re focusing our attention on another current designer contributing to modern design furniture: Welsh industrial designer Ross Lovegrove’s work is defined by his seamless fusion of technology, intelligent organic form, and materials science, collectively earning him numerous accolades and praise as the new aesthetic expression for the 21st Century. His work has been featured at the Gugg...
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Vitra Prepares to Debut the Schaudepot
Swiss furniture company Vitra has become one of the many important companies that are responsible for their contributions to modern design furniture and it has manufactured works by a number of important designers like Jean Prouvé, George Nelson, and of course, Charles and Ray Eames.
Vitra’s campus is well-known for its architecture and it will soon be joined by the 17,200-square-foot Schaudepo...
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The Expressive Work of Ettore Sottsass
The body of work of Italian modern design furniture designer and architect Ettore Sottsass was as unique and intriguing as his name. Besides furniture, his work also extended into jewelry, lighting, office machine design, and glass.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck, Austria on September 14, 1917 but was raised in Milan where his father worked as an architect. Sottsass followed in his fathe...
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Our CA Modern Home Lighting Guide
A home comes to vivid life with the proper illumination. To help you find just the right lighting for your home, we’ve got an informative lighting buying guide discussing a few of the various types of lighting available to help you make some sense of those terms you may not be familiar with.
We’ll begin with Ambient Lighting which provides a nice substitute for natural lighting thanks to items...
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