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Stack by Shay Alaklay and Raw Edges for Established & Sons

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:23:22 +0000

I remember back in college the first time I ever saw a Rem Koolhaas house. I cannot remember the name of the house, now, but it was built for a wheelchair bound man and his wife. The house seemed simple enough at first glance, but it always seemed odd to me. Much later, I realized why: the house defied gravity. There was no simple explanation at to how this structure stood up. And this is the same feeling I got when I first viewed Stack. Initially, it didn’t blow my mind until I realized just how strong its illusion took hold of your imagination. Now, I find myself staring at this shelving for hours in awe. Okay, maybe not hours, but this furniture from Established & Sons‘ collection and the design house of Raw Edges garners, at least, minutes of deep pondering.

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Thomas Wold Block Party Book Case - Hello Color

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:41:48 +0000

Thomas Wold Block Party Book Case - Hello Color

Eliminate visual clutter and put a bold stamp on storage with the interactive Block Party bookcase and credenza, created by custom furniture designer and fabricator Thomas Wold.”Open bookcases can look messy when you fill them, but the Block Party pieces are designed to look better with your objects on the shelves,” says Wold.Simply slide Block Party’s moving panels to re-frame your belongings and change the graphic composition again and again. The Block Party series features custom-quality casework and a deluxe mix of solid woods, fine laminates, and precision hardware, as well as innovative cable-management for electronics, LP-height storage in the credenza, and other unique details.Each piece is hand-built to order by Thomas Wold’s Bay Area studio, with the same attention to detail found in Wold’s one-of-a-kind commission-based projects. The Block Party bookcase and credenza ship complete, with no assembly required.

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Thomas Wold Block Party Credenza - Hello Color

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:40:04 +0000

Thomas Wold Block Party Credenza - Hello Color

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juxtaposed: religion by mike & maaike

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:30:23 +0000

Juxtaposed: religion is called by blankblank, the producers of this shelf, a curated bookshelf. They have brought together the most important religious texts and displayed the in perfect balance and harmony. This is the perfect gift for those family members who are wearing a pink sheet one day and a yarmulka the next. Unfortunately, at $2500, your encouragement of religious experimentation can only be possible if your trust fund allows.
blankblank // design collection // juxtaposed: religion by mike & maaike

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Tubes by Tsunami Glassworks

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Wed, 28 May 2008 04:14:31 +0000

Tubes by Tsunami Glassworks was one of the highlights of ICFF for me. I’m a sucker for contemporary glass design, and this work surpassed all others in my opinion. Each piece in Tubes is hand blown and finished, and each piece has its own character and hue. When all pieces are assembled to make a forest of glass vases a perfect poem is created, but one that can change and evolved to suit the owner’s mood. Also, if you’re so inclined, these green glass vases will make the perfect vessel for the longest of long stemmed flowers. Crazy idea, I know, but why not?

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BKLYN Designs: UM

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:09:56 +0000

I wanted to get this post out quickly because the BKLYN Designs Expo has just past, and yet I have not talked about the most prolific and possibly the most fun design collective: UM. Their work is just so damn clever. As my cop out, I’ll let them speak for themselves:

At the core we are designers and makers, sometimes designing, sometimes fabricating, most often doing both. We rely on one process to inform the other — often exploring new ways to realize projects.

We are regularly called to work beyond the built world. To date we have developed identities for our clients, mapped experiences for their customers and designed TV sets.

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