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Sawhorse Worktable from West Elm

It's at once industrial and sleek. This new Sawhorse Worktable from West Elm has a base of two sawhorses (in a black nickel finish, mind you) and a top of glass. Not just for using around the shop.....

Outdoor Office

Oh, a summertime office like this one would make work a lot more fun. As far as home offices go, this one's a mix of fun and function... ...

Two Beautiful Task Lamps by Dick Van Hoff
Email from 7.2.08

I don't know where I first saw this lamp, but I instantly liked it. It was sort of quirky beautiful, with a retro look, but an obviously contemporary mix of elements in ceramic and wood. I finally ...

Star Wars Inspired Furniture: AT-AT Desk by Tomoko Azumi

The AT-AT desk from TNA Design Studio shares its shape and name with the popular All Terrain Armored Transport from The Empire Strikes Back. The lid of the pear wood desk folds down to reveal a spac...

Cognita Storage Bench from Blu Dot & Herman Miller

Last month at ICFF, we were excited about the new Lifework collection of home-office furniture from Herman Miller. Specifically, the Airia desk and media cabinet. Our enthusiasm for these attractive...

Look!: A Great Modern Desk Design

This past weekend I visited a lovely small art gallery in Berkeley and, aside from the art, my New Yorker's eye was taken with the owner's desk. A really really simple design, with two custom "boxes...

House Among Rocks
The New York Times 4.24.08

A New York sculptor who works with stone, Elyn Zimmerman built a new home and studio among the rocks in Oaji, California. The New York Times gives us a peek inside the modern and "disciplined interi...

Hester Street Synagogue Studio
New York Magazine 4.21.08

We've recently seen homes in spaces that were formerly a Firehouse and a Bank. The newest New York Magazine has a great little peek into the studio and living space of artists Thomas Nozkowski and ...

AT Email: Best Home Phones, Philips Cordless - 3.28.08

March 28, 2008 We've had many occasions to buy telephones for clients as well as for ourselves and have always been disappointed in the choices. After you spend so much time and money on...

Riki Desk Clock by Riki Watanabe

We will always love the design of George Nelson's Desk Clocks but we might have to make room for a new addition in our Top 10: Bedside Clocks for this yellow orange and white beauty from Japanese desi...

Therapist's Furniture, Hugo Franca, Kitchen Updates...
NYT House & Home Roundup 3.6.08

We've had posts in the past about Dr. Melfi's furniture in The Sopranos, but this week's Home & Garden section of The New York Times devotes a lot of space to What's in a Chair? and explores the dee...

House Tour: Industrial Work / Live Space
NYT 3.2.08

Reinventing space takes great vision. Sometimes the simplicity of raw materials like cement, concrete block, white subway tiles and even rusting metal panels can be used to elevate a space. A former...

Room & Board: Furniture & Home Furnishings

In the depths of our furniture hunting depressions, we have been touched by the many words of encouragement and suggestions. More than once, the name "Room & Board" came up, with links. Clicking th...

An Urban Nomad, Professional Photographs, Mokki...
NYT House & Home Roundup 2.21.08

This week, The New York Times Home & Garden section covers the plight of an Urban Nomad, the growing trend of having your home photographed by a professional, living walls (pictured at left), re-potti...

Big Bend Table by Jeff Miller

Last week, we posted Jeff Miller's LittleBig Chairs (also pictured above) that use bent plywood to beautiful affect. When researching the design, we became enamored with the designer's Big Bend Tabl...

Coupe Lamp Series by Joe Colombo

Just last week, Joe Colombo's wall-mounted Coupe Lamp showed up in the 1968 Shopping Guide from New York Magazine. The Coupe series of lamps turned forty last year, and while the floor and wall-moun...

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NYT House & Home Roundup 2.14.08

The New York Times gives us a peak at the over-the-top law offices of Miami firm Alters, Boldt, Brown, Rash, Culmo. Designed by Briggs Edwards Design, the un-stuffy and uber-Modern space features a ...

Look! New X-Rubberbands at MUJI

We're a big fan of office supplies and creative tools for organization. While we've always loved the traditional X-Bands, they can be difficult to find and only come in the basic pinkish-red rubber. ...

Markee Dry-Erase Paint

We're fans of blackboard paint here at AT. And we've seen it quite a bit lately. But this is a new one: it's Markee Dry-Erase Paint......

Wentworth Desk from Crate & Barrel

Last week, SarahC in Chicago posted 5 Pieces That Double as a Desk and 5 Alternative Uses for a Desk. In her roundup she included a great selection of workspace surfaces that work well when incorporat...

Smith by Jonathan Olivares

The charm of Smith is its simple structure and wide range of uses. Smith works as a stool or storage, but can also be stacked and hung from a desk or tabletop. This multi-functional cart is perfect ...

OneLessDesk by Heckler Design

This sleek and slim stainless steel desk is Dean Heckler's response to the bulky desks of our recent past (and even present). Heckler believes that with flat screen monitors and wireless keyboards, th...

Robot 619 Chest by Mario Botta

In a small space, it's important that furniture has multiple uses. The Robot 619 Chest, designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta functions as sleek tower of drawers and a small writing desk. In addit...

Pixelated Decor
Slinks: n. (slingks) Surreptitious web links to other good sites

Digital Design. The design studio WAT Design pixelated the headquarters of the Dutch company ILSE Media the first Dutch search engine. So this is the Netherlands' answer to Google? Cool. Via: NotC...

Sean Dix's Giulia Media Credenza

Design in the Details. While this credenza initially appears rather old-fashioned, it's an all-purpose modern credenza. Designed exclusively for Design Within Reach by Sean Dix, the Giulia Media Cre...

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