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New. Eco. Modern: Bruce Marsh Designs
Email from 6.11.08

I met Bruce Marsh last week at our monthly meetup (note: coming to the meetup often leads to good exposure). He was the one person in the crowd who jumped up to help me remove a chandelier that was...

C10 Design Fabrication: Custom Furniture

Think it, build it. John Seetin, the founder of C10 Design Fabrication, is a graduate of Parson and has 15 years experience designing and fabricating for both residential and retail......

Jay East: Chinese Imports

Eastern Influence. We had a good time browsing through the DUMBO location of Jay East this past weekend. Imported Chinese furniture, artwork and decorative items fill the garage-like space. Stocking...

Spring Design & Art

As if Brooklyn wasn't cool enough, along comes Spring Design & Art, the brainchild of Anna Consentino and Steve Butcher. Imagine a design shop more approachable than Moss, but just as experimental an...

WONK

"Inspired, thoughtfully designed, and reasonably priced." That's the furniture mission behind Wonk, one Brooklyn's growing sources for original design. They're also opening a new store in Williamsburg...

Wonk

Among DUMBO's many furniture stores, Wonk shines as a great place to go for well-designed, functional and modern pieces. We especially like the Mod Quad table shown above, which is part table surfac...

Prague Kolektiv: Vintage Mid-Century Czech Furniture

Old friend, Barton Quillen, and his business partner, Giovanni, opened Prague Kolektiv last night in DUMBO, and when we got there we recieved a triple surprise: the place was Packed, the furniture ...

From The Source

It's not much of a name, but... Susie, our roving reporter stumbled upon From The Source, a new store in Dumbo that imports Dutch inspired wood furniture from Indonesia: We went to the Dumbo open st...

Eric Manigian Studio

We can't remember were we heard about Eric Manigian, but we consider him a great resource for all-natural, beautiful, no muss wood design. Sticking to chairs, benches, cabinets and tables, he takes r...

From the Source

There's a back story.... Normally we look askance at inexpensive wooden furniture imported from Asia. Who needs a big lacquered hutch anyway? But on our recent DUMBO junket, we were very pleasantly su...

West Elm: Furniture & Accessories

Country mouse gives birth to city mouse. West Elm was born a few years ago by the people at Pottery Barn, which is in turn owned by the people at Williams-Sonoma. The reason for the birth? No one had ...