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WantedDesign Outshines ICFF in New York Design Week

12:50 pm in design by Lloyd Alter

It wasn't exactly counterculture, but Wanted Design was just a bit edgier.

Owl Smartlight Lets You Adjust Everything From Intensity to Color Temperature

10:17 am in design by Lloyd Alter

Fishtnk designs a lamp that you control with your smartphone or tablet.

A Growing Trend: Vertical Gardens For Your Home

8:46 am in design by Lloyd Alter

They vary from the very clever but simple, like the Urbio, to hydroponic systems like the Live Screen

Perennial Wood Lasts At Least 25 Years Without Toxic Chemical Treatment

2:46 pm in design by Lloyd Alter

The answer to the problem of pressure treated lumber is vinegar.

Blueair Makes The Usually Utilitarian Air Purifier Beautiful

1:23 pm in design by Lloyd Alter

These kinds of things don't have to be ugly.

It’s Palletpalooza at New York Design Week and ICFF

12:43 pm in design by Lloyd Alter

Goodbye shipping containers, hello pallets as the design meme of the moment.

There is ICFF, There is Wanted Design, and Then There Was the Salon des Refusés

3:46 pm in design by Lloyd Alter

These designers didn't make it into the big show, but that didn't stop them from doing a great bit of guerrilla design theatre

Prefabricated Cantilevered Stairs Are "The Maximum In Minimalism"

2:58 pm in design by Lloyd Alter

Now anyone can have those gorgeous cantilevered stairs that break every building code.

Pratt Institute’s Exhibit Shows How Furniture Can Balance Body and Mind

1:41 pm in design by Lloyd Alter

In collaboration with Herman Miller, students design furniture that promotes physical and mental well-being.

Amazing Folditure Chair Flattens In A Second, Hangs In Closet

1:02 pm in design by Lloyd Alter

It's funny looking, but this chair folds to less than an inch in thickness in no time flat.