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Van Gogh of ski furniture |
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Written by Planwood
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Thursday, 05 October 2006 22:26 |
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 WOLCOTT - Bill Mounsey lives in a trailer in a sheep field near Wolcott USA. His trailer, insulated with hay and barely, holds a bed and a TV. On a chilly September morning, a large fire beside the trailer kept him warm. He is a self-proclaimed starving artist, and his works - chairs made of skis - sit around his outdoor workshop next to his trailer. He truly is an artist, he said, not simply a furniture maker. Skis, which are lined up around the trailer, are his brushstrokes, he said. "I can't get it out of the mind," he said. "This is all I think about. This is how I'm wired." His work is quite unconventional - he said he's the only person in the world who makes furniture completely out of skis - but fitting for Eagle County. Mounsey, 33, has been making the chairs for more than a decade. You can find them scattered around the valley, at Shop 'N' Hop in Eagle-Vail, at Venture Sports in Avon and at Vail Ski Tech in Lionshead.
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50th Anniversary - Eames lounge chair gets a museum show |
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Written by Planwood
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Tuesday, 30 May 2006 18:15 |
 NEW YORK An elegant yet comfy piece of furniture developed 50 years ago is hitting the road in a museum show called, "The Eames Lounge Chair, an Icon of Modern Design." The chair's stuffed, leather cushion sits on a laminated wooden seat atop a five-legged metal base. It also has an ottoman. Manufacturer Herman Miller in Zeeland has sold more than 100-thousand of the lounge model since it was introduced on T-V in March 1956. The museum show illustrates how the chair was developed. Included are laminated wood splints that Charles Eames designed for the Navy. There are also various sketches and doodles by Eames' wife. And there's a prototype that was never manufactured. The exhibition will make stops at museums in Grand Rapids and Dearborn. Admission to the Museum of Arts and Design is $9 for adults and $7 for children; it's pay-what-you-wish on Thursday evenings from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The show runs there until Sept. 3. It will be at the Grand Rapids museum from Oct 6 to Dec. 31 and at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., on Feb. 3-April 29, 2007. |
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The Practical Side of Style |
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Written by Planwood
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Tuesday, 30 May 2006 17:42 |
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"TWO, three, four, five," said Nolen Niu, counting the thousands on what will be the probable retail price for Zero, the lipstick-red lounge chair he showed at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York last weekend. "My target market is the younger, upcoming, new generation — the loft generation," said Mr. Niu, a 31-year-old Los Angeles designer who got his start with shoes and sunglasses, and is also working on a house for Joseph Hahn, the D.J. for the rap-rock band Linkin Park. "They have a little bit more disposable income. They want to get something that individualizes their space." |
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Big furniture in small spaces |
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Written by Planwood
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Sunday, 14 May 2006 21:24 |
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Here's the premise: You have a comfortable, but not grandiose, house/condo/ apartment. And, yes, you have regular 8-foot ceilings -- when most new construction seems to be going 9 feet or higher. And most furniture in stores today (even the mattresses) seems to be going the same voluminous route. How do you decorate without overpowering? How do you make your spaces feel bigger and taller?Tips for big furniture in small spaces |
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Indoor style is making the outdoors greater |
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Written by Planwood
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Monday, 01 May 2006 09:56 |
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There are few wallflowers among this year's most fashion-forward furnishings for "outdoor rooms." The hottest look in alfresco seating is contemporary, and these pieces - often with sculptural profiles - are practically upstaging lush landscaping and fancy barbecues. They are edgy but not at the expense of comfort. They are bold but not overpowering. Understated yet sometimes daring, they complement many architectural styles. |
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Heavy Load in Living Rooms |
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Written by Planwood
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Monday, 09 August 2004 16:30 |
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It seems our living rooms and dens are overstuffed with furniture too wide, too deep and too heavy for the surroundings, and it has some designers ready to put homeowners on a decorating diet. "The most important thing in a room is scale and proportion, and if you don't get that right, no matter how beautiful the furnishings are it's not going to work," laments Carol Swetman, ASID, of Swetman Design in Atlanta. "It's not easy these days when some of the rooms are so large and the ceilings so high." |
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