Urban Gardens

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...

picNYC table is a grass-topped table that, according to its designer “brings the rural picnic into the urban residence.”

Haiko Cornelissen, a Dutch architect with offices in Amsterdam and New York, cultivated the idea to bring one step … Read More...

Justin Beaumont’s TreeRing Stools: beetle pine, mirrored Plexiglas, cool fluorescent lights.

Fee-Fi-Faux-Fun…it’s winter and cold here on the east coast so, you got it, I’m thinking about how to bring nature inside. Indoor plants will certainly do the … Read More...

At the intersection of architecture and art, architects Cheung and Vogl have designed a concept for a two-story concrete combination parking lot, street art museum, and public green space.

Shinjuku Gardens, in Tokyo, would feature layered soft-clad grass walls to … Read More...

We love multi-functional designs that do double duty! From Australian designer Kristian Aus, the colorful Splash stool’s design is inspired by a raindrop touching earth.

Made from rotomolded polyethylene, it’s great for small spaces as it’s got a comfortable … Read More...

As bringing the garden indoors is always on my mind, I had to share this adorable pewter faux bois sugar and creamer set. Sugar goes in the bucket, cream in the watering can, and they both sit on a … Read More...

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