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It's Great Design

It's Great Design featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Heartland Table

The Heartland Table is a multipurpose heirloom quality piece of furniture. It was designed with a modern aesthetic and with sustainable manufacturing processes at the heart of its essence. It’s aptly named as its design, materials, and manufacturing all occurs in the Midwest, USA. The Heartland Table is manufactured using urban reclaimed lumber as opposed to standard lumber sourcing. Urban reclaimed lumber is wood from trees in urban settings that are diseased, a nuisance, or that have fallen. This wood typically left to the incinerator or landfill, is instead reclaimed and finished.

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Solbooth

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Bamboo Credenza

Making the Credenza's Gestalt memorable through both material (Bamboo vs Polished Stainless Steel Steel) and formal (Volumeteric vs Linear) contrasts, the credenza is able to absorb the typical haphazard collection of disparate electronic components (remotes, DVD players, cable boxes, game stations and components) surrounding home entertainment while remaining domestic and not overtly 'electronic'. The 'box', which merely sits on its tripod, is made of laminated bamboo plywood, an easily replenishable material, the details take the opportunity to amplify the intrinsic beauty of the laminations

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YO

YO follows the ergonomic principles of comfortable seating and pure geometric lines that abstractly form the letters “YO”. It creates a contrast between a massive, “male” wooden construction and a light, transparent “female” composite cloth of the seat and back, made of 100% recycled material. The tension of the cloth is achieved by the interweaving of fibres (the so-called “corset”). The lounge chair is complemented by a stool that becomes a side table when rotated 90°. A range of colour choices allows them both to easily fit into interiors of various styles.

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AGT

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Lemma Lah

This contemporary seating ‘lemmalah’ was inspired by the very basic form of Arabic script; Kofi writing. The passion for the written script, the art of ‘khat’ constitutes a fundamental trait of Arabic culture that is so powerful, it elevates every living experience. The Kofi letters and script were used to configure this contemporary seating. Written in Kofi script the word “lemma Lah” (why not), flows in the space with its intimate proportions and sinuous curves. So we ask Why not? “Some men see things as they are and say why, I dream things that never were and say why not.” G.B.S.

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