Louis Lim’s Round&Round is a Circular Bench Made of Reclaimed NYC Wood

Louis Lim’s Round&Round is a Circular Bench Made of Reclaimed NYC Wood

Louis Lim's Round&Round bench is a circular wooden seat with a fun secret - a discreet drawer tucked away within the design. Unveiled at 12x12 during New York Design Week, the unconventional seat is made of reclaimed wood found in NYC. At first glance, the bench appears to be a singular solid structure, but then a storage unit pulls out from inside to reveal a spacious area to hide away bits and pieces.
 

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Verdant PicNYC Table is Topped with Living Growing Grass

Verdant PicNYC Table is Topped with Living Growing Grass

Who needs Central Park when you've got a grass-topped table that makes every meal a picnic? Okay, we still love Central Park, but on days when you can't go out to play, Haiko Cornelissen's PicNYC Table is a breath of fresh air. Unlike other faux foliage-filled designs we've seen, the PicNYC table features living, growing greenery, and you aren't just limited to growing grass. Spotted at the Wanted Design exhibition during NY Design Week, the clever double-duty piece can be planted with flowers or even herbs to pick and sprinkle right onto your meal.
 

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Takeshi Miyakawa Arrested After His Light Installations Are Mistaken For Bombs During NYDW

Takeshi Miyakawa Arrested After His Light Installations Are Mistaken For Bombs During NYDW

Designers across the city have been attracting furniture and art-lovers with their work during New York Design Week, but a series of sculptural installations by Takeshi Miyakawa caught some rather unwanted attention – the NYPD’s. The I LOVE NY shopping bag-shaped sculptures caused a real stir over the weekend when they were mistaken for bombs by the cops. The ironically very peaceful bags were adapted into glowing sculptures to light up the city’s streets but instead of garnering praise for his thoughtful installation, the Brooklyn-based designer was arrested late Saturday night for “planting false bombs.”


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Fashion Designer Joann Berman Creates Trippy 3D Furniture from Vintage Sofas in Queens

Fashion Designer Joann Berman Creates Trippy 3D Furniture from Vintage Sofas in Queens

Native New Yorker Joann Berman has dressed the likes of Michael Jackson, Diddy, Salt-n-Pepa and Jodeci, but now she's focusing on a client that's a little bit closer to home - your home, that is. The fashion designer's trippy aesthetic and talent for transforming old into new earned her the moniker "the reigning queen of reconstruction," and now she has turned her sights to furniture design with a bevy of bespoke chaises, couches and sidechairs in retina-searing hues. Screened with 3D images that will have you wondering exactly what kind of mushrooms were in your marsala, the custom-made line is made of upcycled vintage furniture that is printed in Long Island City, Queens. We recently visited JoJo at her Bushwick, Brooklyn studios to find out more about these one-of-a-kind treasures.
 

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31 & Change Turns Old Chairs Into Bold Retro Benches

31 & Change Turns Old Chairs Into Bold Retro Benches

Walk down any New York sidewalk and you’re bound to see a broken chair that’s been callously thrown street side. Bastard chairs are a dime a dozen, and we tend to cast them off into dumpster doom without a care, but Brooklyn’s 31 & Change is changing all of that with their Greene Ave. Benches. The design studio is making it their mission to rescue these orphan chairs, upcycling them into a one-of-a-kind benches fit for any space.



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Student Designers Create Eco Furniture for the NEW New York Block Party!

Student Designers Create Eco Furniture for the NEW New York Block Party!

If you want a peak at the future of furniture design, head to the NEW New York block party happening this weekend in North Brooklyn, where six student designers have created original pieces of eco furniture. The pieces will be outfitting GreenHomeNYC's Garden Lounge at the fair, which takes place this Saturday, October 1, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on N. 11th Street between Wythe and Berry Streets in front of the Brooklyn Brewery in Williamsburg. The innovative furniture designs are the product of GreenHomeNYC's Green Design Challenge, and they range from woven benches to a living partition wall to chairs made from recycled security fences. But the best part? They will be auctioned off at the event, so one of them could be yours! Hit the jump to check them out!
 

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GreenHomeNYC’s Eco Furniture Design Contest Ends Monday – Enter Now!

GreenHomeNYC’s Eco Furniture Design Contest Ends Monday – Enter Now!

Here at Inhabitat, we are well aware of the budding designers in New York City — after all the Big Apple in home to some the best design schools and design shows around. So what better way to show your design chops than by entering GreenHomeNYC’s Green Design Challenge? Inhabitat, along with our friends at Film Biz Recycling and Build it Green! NYC, is proud to sponsor the contest, which is searching for innovative design students to create sustainable furniture for GreenHomeNYC‘s public lounge space at this fall’s NEW New York block party. Submissions are due this Monday, August 22, so hit the jump to find out how to enter!

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EDUN’s Loft-Like New York Showroom & Offices Are Awash With Reclaimed Materials

EDUN’s Loft-Like New York Showroom & Offices Are Awash With Reclaimed Materials

Eco fashion brand, EDUN, launched by Ali Hewson and Bono, has an amazing new office space in SOHO full of reclaimed materials. Designed by New York-firm, Spacesmith, the 8,600 sq ft loft like office space and showroom embraces EDUN’s commitment to sustainability. White-washed reclaimed wood walls and locally handcrafted reclaimed furniture reflect the company's ideals and also show off their fashions in the best light.
 

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Students Showcase the Future of Sustainable Design at 2011 Pratt Show!

Students Showcase the Future of Sustainable Design at 2011 Pratt Show!

During New York Design Week, major exhibits that feature innovative professional design work like theInternational Contemporary Furniture Fairand the Model Citizens show sometimes overshadow smaller and less publicized events. But some of the most creative minds in design can be found in the up-and-coming ranks of design schools and their annual end of year student exhibitions. Pratt Show 2011, a comprehensive sampling of the best student work at Pratt Institute's Design School, provides the perfect opportunity to take a peek at the exciting emerging designers of tomorrow. From floating LED lights made of upcycled bottle caps to a sleek compost bin, this year's show leaves a clear message that sustainability is not just the trend of the day, but the future of design.
 

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BKLYN Designs Brings the Best Brooklyn-Grown Green Furniture to ICFF

BKLYN Designs Brings the Best Brooklyn-Grown Green Furniture to ICFF

It was no sleep 'til BKLYN for the Inhabitat editors at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair this New York Design week. This year, our favorite Brooklyn-grown design show set up shop at ICFF, and we were on the scene to scope out the fresh crop of locally-made furniture. From luxury chicken coops for the urban hen to beetle-eaten reclaimed tabletops, check out our roundup of the best of BKLYN Designs from the show.
 

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War Craft Collection: Uhuru Design Upcycles Battleship Wood into Beautiful Furniture

War Craft Collection: Uhuru Design Upcycles Battleship Wood into Beautiful Furniture

There’s little that we like more than awesome eco-friendly products made by local designers right here in New York City, so you can imagine our delight when we discovered the War Craft Collection by Uhuru, a line of furniture created with used deck wood from the USS North Carolina. We fell in love the Brooklyn design studio long ago, thanks to their gorgeous sustainable designs and knack for weaving local history into their pieces, like in the Coney Island Line, which they created from worn boardwalk planks. This time, Uhuru used wood from a decorated WWII battleship that was constructed in the Brooklyn Navy Yard to create a limited addition line of furniture that pays homage to its source material with clean lines and industrial shapes.



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11 New York Designers Create Children’s Desks to Raise Money for Nepal Orphanage

11 New York Designers Create Children’s Desks to Raise Money for Nepal Orphanage

Kids of Kathmandu, a non-profit organization that uses photography, art, and design to raise awareness about the need of orphan kids in Nepal, will auction off 11 desks designed by New York woodworkers, architects, designers and artists at their inaugural gala on May 12. The star designers include Eric Manigian, Made, Taible, Uhuru, Workshop Design Build, 9 stories, Strear Built, Daniel Moyer Design, Wadaly, Cambium Studio, and Brian DeRosia. The custom designed children’s desks will be on display along with photographs of each of the 41 children from the Nepal orphanage. All of the money raised will go directly to the charity.






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