Urban Gardens

I’m smitten by Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek’s imaginative use of salvaged pipes upcycled into chairs and benches. They could be fabulous out in the garden or in the right indoor space.

The tube chairs and benches are made from … Read More...

Alexia Michel de Chabannes weaves foam rubber tubes for Goom Chair.

So you may have already heard that Tangerine Tango has been singled out as the 2012 color of the year–the one color expected in the next 12 months … Read More...

Designer Robert Cannon, whose Terraform gardens we featured a while back, has designed some cool terraformed furniture made using a metal mesh armature covered with layers of stucco cement. The resulting furniture is strong, comfortable and weatherproof.

Cannon designed and … Read More...

For fine feathered friends who wish to entertain on the their rooftops…a little design humor from Canadian designer Judson Beaumont of Straight Lines Designs.

We’re back with more sustainable indoor-outdoor furniture from the Plateau line of furniture from Brooklyn-based Desu Design and Material Process Systems.

Inspired in part by military aircraft, the interplay of angled lines and beveled edges creates, according to the designers, … Read More...

Kirv is a line of ergonomically designed tubular steel outdoor low-maintenance furniture intended to be left outside all year. Handmade in the UK, the colorful collection is built with 304-grade stainless steel with a bit of added chromium and nickel … Read More...

We’re talking opulent, glamourous, ultimate sophistication here and not for everyone’s space or pocketbook. However when I spotted this one, it reminded me of staring for a while at a pair of fabulous, way beyond my budget not-s0-practical shoes, wondering … Read More...

The scored, cross-axial lines of the Quadrant table from Brooklyn, NY company, Material Process Systems, can be used to orient the axis of your garden. At the same time, the center basin can be filled with plants, stones, or … Read More...