Urban Gardens

Photo: Future Growing

After traveling a lot for the majority of my career, airport delays are usually not something I get excited about. However, a recent (canceled) trip from Columbus, Ohio to my home in Chicago (and a resulting wait … Read More...

Only a single Lodge Chair, above, has been produced.

We love wire these days. Salvadorian artist Baltasar Portillo sculpts together powder coated wrought iron to form this collection of indoor-outdoor “art” furniture.

Portillo’s series of Armadillo and Lodge chairs are … Read More...

Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S.
Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy … Read More...

A large ceramic vase form the base of this table–or is it a planter–or a lamp? Perhaps all three…

Vasolo’s large vase-base can be fitted with a lamp, a shelf, a vase of flowers, a potted plant…use your imagination.

The … Read More...

Nope, it just looks like upholstery. In a whimsical nod to upholstered furniture, Italian design company Skitch offers its FildeFer polyester coated iron collection of indoor/outdoor chairs, sofa, table, and coffee table.

Fil de Fer is French for iron wire–the … Read More...

The multifunctional Stoll 50 by Borja & Jordi Veciana for Wildspirit is ready to roll whenever you are, indoors or out. Stoll’s multifupurpose design offers a portable solution that works all in one as a stool, side table. storage unit … Read More...

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.