Lounge chair by Warren Platner, 1966 for Knoll

Atop of an unusually small pedestal base for such a large seating surface, the Platner lounge chair is an impact maker in any environment.    A beautiful mixture of metal rods and soft cushy textile make for a sculptural look and a cozy sit.   Designed in 1966 by Warren Platner, for Knoll, this chair has potential for retro glam and sophisticated modern.  

 When accompanied by its coordinating side table, this chair becomes parent and small tot. 

Platner chair with side table

The side table also features metal rods with a glass disc that perfectly fits inside the circumference of its top.  It is sweet and subtle yet the light bouncing off the torso of this table has the making for a small but sparkly dance party.  The Grandmother of this collection of course is the dining table that allows the dinner guest to gaze inside a tunnel of arched metal stems through its glass top surface while enjoying their meal. 

Platner Dining Table

Platner Dining Collection

 

This table is like a giant piece of elegant jewelry for your home, as is the whole Platner collection. 

On Sale Now until Feb. 7^th 2010.

The Warren Platner Collection

I think everybody and their dog should have a downtown Kitty cat mat for their furry feline friend.

Place it under the food dish to catch all the bits and give your kitty something to look at while they lap up their liquid.

Prrrrrrr!!!!

Do you have a tiny dining area. Increase the visual space using stools rather than dining chairs.

Open the view up

Some low stools can be used either as dining chairs or bar height stools.

Two for the price of One

As a conversation piece, one could use a different stool for each setting or custom make a stool to suit you needs.

To go all out in your dining room, use four Gehry wiggle stools flanked by the wiggle chair at each end

Frank Gehry Wiggle Stool

Frank Ghery Wiggle Chair

The added bonus is that it is also good for your back to sit on a stool

View Gabriel Ross counter height stools, bar height stools, and low stools

The Origo Bowl, designed in 1999 for Finnish company Iittala by Alfredo Haberli. This is a piece that will fit in any modern or contemporary residence adding a splash of color to the kitchen. It is a great size, perfect for a couple scoops of double chocolate ice cream or your favorite tasty treat. Although Orange is spectacular, it comes in many other amazing colours and can be complimented with its family of tableware. Not only do the Iittala products have a lasting design, but they are built so that you may enjoy them for years to come.

Origo Orange Bowl

The Modern Twist Silicone Placemats are an enjoyable departure from the norm! Who’s ever heard of coloring on your placemat while waiting for dinner? Washable markers wipe clean for reusable fun at each meal. Modern Twist’s elegant mats and coasters help us stay stylish even when we’re messy. The FDA-grade hand-silk-screened silicone is designed for optimal functionality with an easy-to-clean surface.

Modern Twist Placemats and Coasters

In the coming months, our blog will be featuring products from Alessi’s list of their 100 best products. Stay tuned!

A couple prefix notes.  One from Alberto Alessi – “Decipher your own Modernity”:

Alberto Alessi - Alessi CEO

Since time immemorial, my family has been firmly established on Lake Orta.  In this poor, narrow valley in the Italian Alps, close to Switzerland, a long-standing tradition in wood and metal handicraft has survived up to this day.

Within the Alessi Company, design in the current sense of the term began to gain a foothold under my father Carlo, who drew on his training aas an industrial designer in order to develop virtually all of the products which appeared in our catalogues bewteen 1935 and 1945.  In the 1950s, my father replaced my grandfather (who fonded the factory in 1921) as corporate general manager, giving up altogether his activity as a designer and increasingly relying on the contributions of freelance designers, in accordance with the practice which was to become typical of all “Ittalian Design Factories”.  To this day, Alessi products are still considered as being handicraft items made with the aid of machines: by this I mean that, even though we rely on contemporary, industurial, technology and processing equipment, at depth of price – the one I beleive we ought to stick to – our inherent attitude is still rooted in handicraft culture.

When speaking about the “Italian Design Factories” I am referring to a historical group of companies for whom design is a mission, an activity which has become a sort of overall philosophy, a “Weltanschauung”, undelying all of these companies’ operational steps: we believe that our true nature comes closser to a “Research Lab in the Applied Arts” than to an industry in the traditional sense of the term: A Research Lab in the Applied Arts, the role of which is to mediate contrinually between the most advanced and stimulating expresions of international creative culture on the one hand, and the public’s requirements and dreams on the other.  A lab that should be as open and dedicated to the world of creation as possible.

The right type of contribution that an industry such as Alessi can make to the cilised devlopment of the consumer society is to be an artistic mediator, attemping to create new ojects, introducing a touch of transcendency, helping us decipher our own modernity.

Alberto Alessi

And one from Francesca Oldrini – “Design Classics”:

Some people have them in their homes and don’t even see them.  Some people find them in the attic, amongst old junk, and out of nostalgia, inpired by fond membories, clean them up and put them in the living room.  We are talking about household goods or to be precise tableware: objects which form an essential part of our daily lives…

Humble, unpretentious, so familiar they have become prosaic.  Yet the Alessi family, who have been producing them since 1921, have managed to transform these jugs and trays into design classics, and some are even beginning to hail them as works of art…

Francesca Oldrini

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Looking for items which are stylish, solid and enduring for your every day products and accessories? One word which comes to the mind of several is stainless steel.

Stainless steel does not rust, is strong and is pleasing to the eye! Our catalog features several stainless products specifically made for outdoors, decors, kitchen, living room, wine bar, bed room, bathroom, and many more.

Some of the best selling Blomus products are stainless steel fireplace set, stainless steel tea set, and stainless steel fire pits.

Pay Gabriel Ross a visit, you might find the stainless steel products you have been looking for.

Blomus Products

It’s a new finish by Cherner Chair Co. and it looks delicious:

The high contrast coloured grain reminds me of the beautiful markings on the back of my cat’s neck… and simililary, I’m also strongly compelled to pet this chair!  purrrrrrrrrrrr.  Complimented by natural beech arms and legs, this wood will be an easy link for homes with varities of wood finishes.  An added bonus… Cherner’s also gone green by reducing VOC’s by switching to water base stains and clear coats.  Yay Cherner! … all around.