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Coffee Tables that Work
Designer Shelly Klein chose an Eames Elliptical table for her living room. Via Design*Sponge Everyone puts their feet on the coffee table – whether we admit it or not! When you’re working from the...
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Two in One
The Washington Post ran an interesting story on the growth of home offices. Michael Gibbs is an illustrator and his wife, Hope Katz Gibbs, owns a public relations firm. They both work from home. So...
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Working Women
Virginia Heffernan has a great column in the New York Times Magazine called The Medium where she explores Internet culture. Her latest column struck a chord as it looks at working from home,...
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Here’s our weekly round up of must-see sites: 1. BBC News You’re wondering why I’ve included a news site? Well they have an excellent section called Day in Pictures that collects really striking images...
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Ideas Worth Spreading
TED just finished up and for all of us who didn’t get to attend (and that was a lot of us) the foundation is slowly rolling the talks out. There’s a lot of talks and I’m always overwhelmed at where to...
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Inspiration: Piers Fawkes of PSFK
Piers Fawkes is the editor-in-chief and founder of PSFK, a trend forecasting company that throws a very broad net. Check out their site and you’ll find stories on everything from design (David...
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Gen Y Changing the Way We all Work
Check out the article in Fast Company by Ariel Schwartz on how Generation Y is driving changes in our worklives. According to Schwartz Gen Y is pushing for more sustainable offices and they also are...
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Take It Outside: Home-Office Garden Sheds
Inspired by this Financial Times article on “the joys of working out of a backyard hideaway,” TreeHugger recently put together a roundup of home-office garden sheds. Here are a few we could spend a...
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Top Ten: Best of the Web This Week
Friday already? Here’s are some smart posts (and a few videos) that kept us zooming through the week. 1. This video by artist Grant Taylor and Daniel Ostroff, editor of the design scholarship resource...
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Shipping Containers as Home Offices
Shipping containers repurposed as a studio or kitted out into livable spaces aren’t a new idea. But Jeff Wardell and Claudia Sagan’s reuse is unique for the fact they converted two shipping containers...
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A Wave of White
When creating last February’s look at Eames molded plastic chairs in offices, we started to notice something: while the chairs are available in a range of 10 different colors, our white shell seats...
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Top Ten: Best of the Web This Week
A look at what’s been on our radar over the past week. 1. The foldaway features in a small apartment found on home-designing.com (check out the drop-away desk/Eames molded plywood lounge chair combo)....
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Must-See Spots During Design Week NYC
Design Week NYC is again upon us — and these seven events are on our radar. Navigate your stay in the city starting with our list, and keep up with the latest on Twitter using #designweeknyc. 1. The...
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Items For Your Workspace from ICFF 2012
It’s an annual showcase for some of the latest designs in the furniture industry, but the International Contemporary Furniture Fair — now back in full swing in New York City — also introduces...
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Telecommuting: The Pros, Cons, & Everything In-Between
“At Work,” a blog from the Wall Street Journal, just reported on a new study by The Conference Board research group about the rise in telecommuting. “The number of employees who work remotely has...
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Dogs in the Office?
Did a bark, woof, or ruff (or perhaps a coo from an excited coworker) fill the halls of your office last week? Friday, June 22, was Take Your Dog to Work Day, a day dedicated to bringing man’s best...
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Studio Tour: Artist & Mobilist Mark Leary
One look at a colorfully sophisticated mobile by artist and writer Mark Leary and you can’t help but smile. Inspired by sculptor and artist Alexander Calder, they’re a modern-day take on an artform...
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Six Ways to Go All-American
Celebrate our forthcoming Independence Day with a little tour of U.S.A-made items that are as all-American as apple pie, baseball, and the Aeron Chair. 1. Aeron Chair, Bill Stumpf & Don Chadwick...
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Olympics at the Office?
The arrival of the Olympics always creates a stir of excitement. But is it just us, or do these summer games in London seem to hold a special sort of spark? Maybe it’s a surge of American spirit — or...
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Studio Tour: Bento Box
Toronto is the home base for the lively workspace of Bento Box, a boutique Web and business development studio that stopped us in our tracks when we saw how many of our SAYL Chairs filled its offices...
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