Ready Assembled Furniture Vs Flat Pack Furniture

September 25th, 2011 No comments

In recent years with the growth of many online retailers, our culture has become accustomed to purchasing furniture online.

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To make in Britain?

September 25th, 2011 No comments

Left to right: Vicky Richardson, Marek Reichman, James Woudhuysen and Tom Dixon

This year’s London Design Festival is well under way and involves hundreds of events across the capital, but it hasn’t all been about Champagne-fueled parties: LDF has also been educational. For me, the most interesting and informative event so far has been a discussion called To Make in Britain?, which took place yesterday morning at Portobello Dock, the canal-side HQ of designer and entrepreneur Tom Dixon.

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Hot Property: Her basic instinct? Sell

September 24th, 2011 No comments

Actress Sharon Stone has listed her Beverly Hills area compound for sale at $8,995,000.

The walled and gated Mediterranean estate sits at the end of a private road on five acres with pathways, bridges, waterfalls, fruit trees, a meditation garden, a swimming pool and a tennis court with viewing pavilion.

The main house, built in 1991, includes a paneled library with a fireplace and an oversized living room with a wet bar. The master suite has a fireplace, dual bathrooms, dual dressing rooms and a terrace. The guest house contains a media room, a gym and two bedrooms, for a total of seven bedrooms and 71/2 bathrooms.

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Whimsical Shoe Armoire, Unique Furniture design by PoshTots

September 23rd, 2011 No comments

This is the amazing kids furniture for your little one, unique yet exquisite armoire designed by PoshTots, a famous children furnishings company from Virginia,USA. Called the Whimsical Shoe Armoire, this beautiful custom furniture was constructed from solid foam cast with hard shell, while the windows and doors constructed from wood inserts. The armoire is more perfect with a cedar roof, large lower level door storage, two sliding window drawers and one window nightlight.

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How Do You Solve A Problem Like GM, Mary?

September 22nd, 2011 No comments
 

Barra, with Detroit’s old GM building behind her, is the highest-ranking female executive in the company’s history. | Photo by Joe Vaughn

How Do You Solve A Problem Like GM, Mary?

By Jon Gertner

Mary Barra does not consider herself a designer.

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