From the monthly archives:
How much time do you spend in your office, sitting? Think you’ve got the best looking, most ergonomic, greenest chair around? If you’re like me, you sit on what they gave you, which isn’t much. Allsteel’s new Acuity chair, recently introduced at NeoCon, is a combination of ergonomics, thoughtful design, and environmental consciousness. I can [...]
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Dwell has long been a champion of green design. Now, they’re giving you a chance to show them how green you are. And they’re going to give away prizes for the best green projects. The contest is a chance for people to show off their green home projects, and to win prizes for it! Anyone [...]
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Like what you see at Vessel, but waiting for a deal? Well, you’re in luck. This weekend, Vessel is having it’s first-ever Sample Sale. This Saturday, from 11 to 6, get up to 60% off production samples, prototypes, discontinued pieces, and scratch and dents. The whole thing is going down at their main location on [...]
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Looking for something to do tonight? Head across the river to DWR in Cambridge, where they will be showing the Films of Charles & Ray Eames. I wrote about the films a couple years ago, and here’s a bit of what I said then: With topics ranging from the intricacies of a box of nails, [...]
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You know how you see the “coming soon” signs on new design stores and wonder what kind of treasures it holds? Well, now you’ll have an idea of what to expect. Everyone, meet Kimberly. Kimbery, meet everyone. Kimberly runs the function key, a blog where she writes about all sorts of great and interesting design [...]
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Local artist Eli Cedrone (who I wrote about back in January) let me know about a new painting that is on display. “Amuse Bouche” show’s Eli’s view of a certain restaurant on Newbury St. Guess who the waiter serving the Cosmo is? Yep, you got it. This is the coolest way one of my jobs [...]
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