Modern Rock

Vintage modern, boomerang style rocking chair- so spare with just enough curves. Available at TC Donobedian in San Fran for $1,200. 

Perfect Studio Desk

Studio Desk is a clutter free workspace that easily stores cords and plugs ingeniously beneath the sliding desktop.  Just one cord sticks out from the back, an little reminder that you're still totally connected. It's a simple, modern design stressing function even from before the buyer receives it -  Studio Desk ships flat packed in a single box, the buyer simply attaches the legs. Available through BlueLounge for $599.  

Ready, set, grill

New from Atlantis Outdoor Kitchens -- bamboo doors and drawer heads for exterior kitchens!

"Bamboo is the perfect selection for outdoor living, due to its density and remarkable strength," says Patrick Byrne, Executive Vice President of Atlantis Outdoor Kitchens. "And even more importantly, as a rapidly renewable resource," he adds.

Atlantis chose bamboo as a high quality, socially responsible product for their designs. The bamboo used for Atlantis doors and drawer heads is selected at the peak of maturity and strength for ultimate longevity and trouble-free maintenance.

Available in nine styles and 10 colors.

 

-- allie

Tags: modern bath, Asian design, Stone Forest, bamboo+furniture, sustainable design

Pre-fabulous

Today, Dwell unveiled the next phase of the Dwell Homes Collection, the newest addition in the world of modern prefab construction. By teaming with architects and prefab factories, the Dwell Homes Collection is a series of sustainable and standardized modern prefab homes. Partnering with Lindal Cedar Homes and Marmol Radziner Prefab, Dwell is offering a cost-effective and sustainable modern nest.

-- allie

Tags: modern prefab homes, Dwell, prefab, green design, sustainable design

Bubble Chandelier

jGoodDesign says its pieces are "Living light. Fluently formed." It's so rare that a company really embodies its tagline  (with most of the drivel out there, it's usually a good thing), but I think jGood captures it. Check out the Bubble chandelier for proof...

Bubble is hand made in NYC from eco friendly materials and can be customized to your wishes.

Mod, Modular Lighting

Meet Bud, Australian designer Brad Stebbing's modular, green lighting. As you can tell from the image, Bud can be adjusted to different shapes (great for making look right in any setting, and for a smaller shipping package). It also comes in natural and green color options, is made from sustainable raw materials and supports energy efficient bulbs. No wonder Bud won the honor, from among 80 entrants, of being the next product produced by Hive. 

TOUCH gets InDisposed

TOUCH specializes in innovative eco-aware products for the home, so it's no surprise that they are hosting InDisposed. Originally an off-site exhibit at this year's ICFF, InDisposed is a collection of new works by design luminaries that address the notions at war in modern design: sustainability vs. wastefulness, and preciousness vs. mass production. The curators of InDisposed, Jen Renzi and Dan Rubenstein, challenged designers to create pieces that are environmentally sustainable, portable, easily disposed of, and easily mass-produced. The results range from trash bags to a bird feeder made of bread dough and paper plates made of food-grade recycled paper. A favorite in the furniture category though, is the Auto Cannibalistic Table. Check it out... and see InDisposed at TOUCH LA June24 - July 10.

Modern Chic Beach House

Perfect for a modern chic beach house and green to boot, these geometric bamboo nightstands stand on restraint loosened up with organic texture. These are vintage pieces made in the 1970's and kept clean and functional with glass tops, not shown in the image. What we do see is a relaxed approach to minimalism, which is just about perfect. 

This set is at Century Design Ltd in St. Louis and available online. $1,100 for the pair.

Fu Tung Cheng Modern Kitchen Cabinets

 

Fu Tung Cheng’s new kitchen cabinetry as displayed at Jenn-Air's KBIS booth this year. They're functional, attractive and, best of all, eco-friendly. The cabinets are low VOC and urea-formaldehyde-free. The bamboo is Forest Steward Council certified Plyboo(tm), which is the only FSC certified bamboo product on the market.

LED? Try OLED

Just as LED lighting is hitting its stride, a new version is catching up. Check out OLED, from WAC lighting. Used here in its OLED Chandelier, WAC 's design uses eight colorful, transparent, one-inch OLEDs, including a panel that depicted the WAC Lighting logo. (We forgive the logo stunt only because this version was used as a tradeshow display.)

But what is OLED?

An OLED (Organic Light Emitting Device or Organic Light Emitting Diode) features a thin film display technology that began to appear in cell phones and other small-screen applications in early 2000. OLED screens consist of a series of organic layers between two electrical contacts (electrodes). OLEDs are monolithic, with each layer deposited on the other, creating a single unit. Commonly constructed on glass, OLEDs can also be fabricated on plastic and other flexible films.

They offer bright, colorful images with a wide viewing angle, low power, and high contrast ratio. They can also be made transparent, enabling them to function in heads-up displays and even as window shades that react to sunlight. OLEDs do not need backlights, and screens can be made ultra thin. OLED's color, speed, thinness, transparency and flexibility make it a very versatile display technology.

We must mentio too, that the power consumption is only 0.18-watt for each OLED. Not bad. Now if they could just drop the logo from the chandelier display.