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The Inspired Room - Voted Readers' Favorite Top Decorating Blog Better Homes and Gardens, Decorating Ideas, How to Organize, How to Decorate, DIY Decorating, DIY Decor, Home Blog plusMOOD Vladimir Kagan, Designer Whose Furniture Evoked Sensuality, Dies at 88 “I think he was wonderfully sexual,” the designer Tom Ford, a major client of Mr. Kagan’s, said in an interview. “He gave off that kind of energy even in his later years.” Wendy Goodman, the design editor of New York magazine, said Mr. He was even selected to create furniture for the Monsanto House of the Future at Disneyland, a giant block of white fiberglass, which from 1957 to 1967 offered visitors a peek at what life might look like someday, complete with microwave ovens and floor-to-ceiling windows, the kind that have become a mainstay of contemporary architecture. Mr. Rather than being tortured by the creative process, Mr. Mr. Photo In 1937, his mother, Hildegard, emigrated with him and his sister to France, then took them by steam liner to New York, where his father, Illi, had already relocated. After high school the younger Mr. Today, Brad Pitt, Demi Moore, Uma Thurman and Tom Cruise are among the owners of Kagan pieces. Mr. The Park Avenue apartment where Mr. Mr. Mr.

Julika Welge at Designersblock London 2010 | verydesignersblock Julika Weldge is presenting her project growing carpet. This carpet consists of single identical parts that can be stuck together variously. The single parts hold together because of their undercutting form. He can combine the different parts and playfully stick them together – creating his own carpet. Free online registration Bargehouse Oxo Tower Wharf Bargehouse Street South Bank London SE1 9PH Designersblock London 2010 23rd – 26th September The view from the OXO Tower Bargehouse is owned and managed by Coin Street Community Builders Opening times: Designersblock London 2010 23 – 26 September Thursday 23rd – 10am – 8pm Friday 10am 24th – 6pm Saturday 10am 25th – 7pm Sunday 10am 26th – 6pm www.coinstreet.orgThe London Design Festival

CONTEMPORIST A Daily Dose of Architecture Furniture Movable objects intended to support various human activities Etymology[edit] The English word furniture is derived from the French word fourniture,[2] the noun form of fournir, which means to supply or provide.[3] Thus fourniture in French means supplies or provisions.[4] The English usage, referring specifically to household objects, is specific to that language; French and other Romance languages as well as German use variants of the word meubles, which derives from Latin mobilia, meaning "moveable goods". History[edit] Prehistory[edit] The practice of using natural objects as rudimentary pieces of furniture likely dates to the beginning of human civilization. A dresser with shelves furnish a house in Skara Brae, a settlement in what is now Scotland that was occupied from about 3180-2500 BC Cucuteni figurine staying on a miniature chair; 4750-4700 BC; ceramic; discoeved at Târpești (modern-day Romania); Archaeology Museum Piatra Neamț Antiquity[edit] Ancient Egypt[edit] Ancient Greece[edit]

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Remodelista: Sourcebook for Considered Living Eikongraphia Furniture Design History | OnlineDesignTeacher Furniture design has been a part of the human experience since the beginning of history. Evidence of furniture survives from as far back as the Neolithic Period in the form of paintings, wall Murals discovered at Pompeii, in sculpture and examples have also been excavated in Egyptian Pyramids and found in tombs in Ghiordes (modern day Turkey). These notes will track the main advancements, developments, styles and materials in furniture design highlighting the identifying features of each period, the materials used and show images of some of the most significant pieces of furniture ever designed. The furniture design timeline below outlines just some of the different periods of furniture design and gives you a basic overview of the timeline of furniture design history. Neolithic Period Furniture: A excavated site dating from 3100-2500 BC in Skara Brae, Orkney uncovered a range of stone furniture. Ancient Egyptian Furniture: Ancient Greek Furniture: Medieval Furniture: Renaissance Furniture:

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