Love design: What if Pottery barn sold Dildos?

Another great article from Fast Company on the upcoming Milan Furniture Fair. Full article: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/michael-cannell/cannell/milan-preview-love-design

X-Board: Cool green products made from paper

Ever wonder why IKEA furniture is so light? Want to know what’s inside a hollow core door you might find at Lowe’s or Home Depot? In the production process, many manufacturers of inexpensive furniture will add a structural core of paper or fiberboard support. X-Board is a material which is comes in sheet form employing this construction method. It’s composed of recycled honeycomb material which is sandwiched between two layers of thick paper. When the seemingly flexible and flimsy core material is adhered to the paper surfaces, it gives the material structure and incredible rigidity. For the full article: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/recycled-rigid-board-material-furniture-product-design-architecture-x-board.php

M+D+F 2009: Call for furniture design submissions

Think you might have what it takes to create the next American classic in modern furniture? M+D+F 2009 is a juried exhibition of innovative furniture by emerging designers in the Seattle area. Organized by the DWR Seattle Studio and juried by local creative professionals in the design, architecture, art and fashion worlds, M+D+F provides an opportunity for peer, public and professional recognition for up-and-coming designers and firms. Interested in entering? Submission packages are due by April 3 at 6pm. The winning entries will be presented at the Seattle Studio on May 7.

Visit http://news.dwr.com/rd/9z1zn2lgbh2sdjt3kdn4klkdpg1mtam0j4647mh3n38 for more information about entering M+D+F 2009.

DWR Presents: M+D+F
DWR Seattle Studio
1918 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206.443.9900

Equinox Studios: Home by Hand

Equinox Studios, Georgetown's newest artist collective, is holding its second annual holiday show, "Home by Hand". Over 40 artists and artisans create beautiful things to make your home a work of art. Blacksmithing,steel work, painting, sculpture, furniture, cabinetry, handmade guitars, photography, screen printing, garden sculpture, and more.


Celebrate the season with our artists and if the spirit moves you, buy
a piece of art, or commission one!

Equinox Studios- Fine & Heavy, Arts & Artisans
6-9 p.m. Saturday December 13^th, 2008
6555 5th Ave S Seattle, WA 98108
equinoxstudios.org

Phoenix Contemporary Design Fair

The Phoenix Contemporary Design Fair (PCDF) and kontakt magazine invite independent furniture designers to submit original furniture designs for a design competition.

Conceived as a way to connect talented independent designers with furniture resellers and a design savvy public, finalists’ submissions will be displayed in a special section at PCDF and selected designers will be featured in kontakt magazine.

Designs will be reviewed by a panel consisting of furniture store buyers, interior designers, architects and kontakt magazine editors. The top ten designs selected will be displayed at PCDF, April 18-20, 2008. Awards will be given
for best overall design and people’s choice, based on voting by attendees of PCDF.

Fro more info: http://www.pcdf08.com/