Home Inspiration With Julie Carlson
A new wave of entrepreneurs is taking on Ikea, cutting out the middlemen and offering locally made flat pack furniture direct to consumers and, in some cases, at below-Ikea prices.
Artifox
Sarah Carpenter and Dan Mirth, the St. Louis-based founders of Artifox, are "devoted to rethinking home and office products; our mission is to merge technology with the art of handcrafted goods." The idea for the company came about after the two found themselves frustrated with the choices in office furniture; "the new mobile lifestyle requires products with multiple functions."
Above: The Desk01 in maple is made in the US from solid maple hardwood and includes a built-in mobile charging station, a storage cabinet for cables and drives, a removable powder-coated writing surface, and aircraft-grade aluminum hardware; $1,800 (it's also available in walnut for $2,000).
Above: The Standing Desk01 in maple is $2,000 (in walnut it's $2,200). The company also offers an elegant wall-mounted Bicycle Rack in maple or walnut for $250.
Biggs & Quail
London-based Will Biggs and Sean Quail met at school and have been friends and collaborators ever since. In 2013, "dissatisfied with poor design of mainstream furniture," they launched Biggs & Quail, a furniture company with "a focus on enduring quality, practicality, and elegant simplicity."
Above: The full range, available from Biggs & Quail. Prices start at £175 for the Pyramid Table and Stool and go up to £1,250 for the walnut Chest of Drawers.
Above: The Midcentury Modern Coffee Table with hairpin legs is £250.
Campaign Living
What happens when an Apple engineer who's worked on the design of the iPhone goes furniture shopping? Brad Sewell, the founder of just-launched furniture company Campaign, was a student at the Harvard Business School when he discovered how grim the marketplace is for midpriced furniture. Sewell left B-School to found Campaign, a flatpack upstart offering a three-piece suite of slipcovered furniture, with prices starting at $495. "We make furniture that lives, moves, and grows with you" is his company's mantra. "Clean lines, classic proportions."
Above: Campaign offers an Armchair for $495, a two-seater Loveseat for $745, and a three-seater Sofa for $995. Pre-orders will ship in November 2015; go to Campaign to reserve.
Above: The packaging can be reused when you move.
Greycork
Founded by an earnest group of RISD grads and a product designer, Greycork aims to provide you with a "living room shipped in a box," with pieces made of solid ash wood with foam cushions covered in polyester. The Greycork Living Room Set includes a sofa ($450) and chaise ($300), coffee table ($125), side table ($75), and bookshelf ($180).
Above: The team describes the aesthetics as "Japanese American"; the pieces are constructed from ash and fiberboard, with polyester upholstery. To preorder, go to Greycork (deliveries are projected for December 2015).
Whackpack Furniture
Bucks New University design graduate Brendan Magennis founded Whackpack Furniture in response to the "nomadic lifestyles and shrinking apartment sizes" of his generation. The furniture requires no screws or glue and can be assembled with "just a few hearty whacks of a mallet," he says. The project is still in Kickstarter mode but looks poised to take off.
Above: Using a Japanese woodworking technique called a "hell joint," Magennis designed a small line of tables and stools that be easily assembled (and disassembled).
For more next-generation interiors companies, see Bedding Disrupters: Luxury Linens for Less, and Mattress Disrupters: 7 Upstart Companies.
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Living Rooms With Margot Guralnick
How to better package today's big black screens? Design duo Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec say it's time to consider making televisions part of the furniture again, "something you can look at in the round." The French brothers told Wallpaper that they turn down 90 to 95 percent of the commissions that come their way, but when Samsung asked them to redesign its existing TV, they couldn't resist. That was nearly three years ago, and the result, Samsung's new Serif TV collection, is being unveiled this week as part of the London Design Festival. We say: Finally, a television we'd like to look at.
Photography via Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, except where noted.
Above: "Serif is a TV that moves away from a preoccupation with ultra-flat screens," say the Bouroullecs. "What we were looking for was a solid presence that would sit naturally in various environments, just like an object or a piece of furniture." Photograph via Samsung.
Above: In profile, the design is shaped like a serif capital I, hence the name, and the top can serve as a shelf. The Bouroullecs also designed a "curtain mode" screen that can be "pulled across" during ads giving "an abstract impression of what is going on."
Above: The collection comes in three colors and sizes: white, dark blue, and red, and 24, 32, and 40 inches. The medium and large sizes are equipped with optional screw-in legs. A back panel of fabric held in place with magnets (shown in black, bottom left) hides the sockets and cables, enabling the TV to be presentable from all angles.
Above: The 24-inch model is sized for bookshelves.
Above: The Bouroullecs work in a converted shoe factory in Paris, where they say they dismantled several Samsung TVs. They've collaborated with a number of prominent companies, including Vitra and Artek, but this is their first electronics venture. See an interview with the brothers about the Serif on Dezeen.
Above: Prototype remotes and other parts carved from wood and plastic. "The final product was designed in a shape that is almost identical to the first mock-up," says Samsung. Photograph via Samsung.
Above: The remote looks reassuringly simple. Photograph via Samsung.
Above: The Serif will be in stores November 2 in the UK, France, Sweden, and Denmark, starting at £600 ($930). Samsung informed us that there are no plans yet to introduce it to the American market. Here's hoping that changes—and that the Serif is a sign of things to come.
Stuck with a TV you don't want to look at? Go to 12 Elegant Solutions for Hiding a Flat-Screen TV. And read Michelle's Domestic Dispatch Will I Ever Master the Remote?
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Bathrooms With Alexa Hotz
This week as summer moves into fall, we find ourselves drawn to a slightly darker palette, which is why this stylish bath from Copenhagen-based design studio Frama is so appealing. Plus, it has two of the 15 interiors trends that we recently called out: mossy green walls and black tapware in the bath (not to mention the trendy bucket sink). Mix and match in your own bath with some of the key elements we've rounded up below.
Above: A block of large slate tiles surrounds the bath, and a mossy green wall sets the tone for a moody bathroom. Photograph by Petra Bindel and styling by Emma Persson Lagerberg (see her kitchen here) for Frama.
Above: A wall-mounted sink and rustic side chair. Photograph by Petra Bindel and styling by Emma Persson Lagerberg for Frama.
Key Elements
Above: Farrow & Ball's Card Room Green paint can be applied with a textured sponge or tool for a similar look. The paint is $97 a gallon at Farrow & Ball.
Above: The 2-by-12-inch Montauk Black Natural Cleft Slate is from the company's Complete Tile Collection; they also have large slabs of slate available. Inquire about pricing.
Above: A perennial favorite in the realm of black faucets is the Tara Faucet from Dornbracht, the Three-Hole Basin Mixer and the Wall-Mounted Basin Mixer. Visit Dornbracht for an authorized dealer and see our post Trend Alert: Black Tapware Roundup.
Above: Waterworks' Garret Freestanding Oval Cast Iron Bathtub with Metal Feet is $5,500. For more, see our posts 10 Easy Pieces: Modern Bathtubs and 10 Easy Pieces: Classic Freestanding Bathtubs.
Above: The Alape Bucket Sink is made of glazed steel with a blue trim; $249 at Rejuvenation. See our post Design Sleuth: The Alape Bucket Sink from Germany for more ideas.
Above: The Ercol Chiltern Dining Chair in solid oak and beech is £199 ($308) at John Lewis.
Linens & Accessories
Above: The Walnut Bathtub Tray Caddy is $138 from Whiskey Ginger on Etsy.
Above: West Elm's Enamel Bath Accessories are currently on sale and range from $11 for the soap dish to $31 for the waste bin.
Above: Malin + Goetz's Sage Body Wash for bath and shower is $20 at Malin + Goetz.
Above: From Åhlens, a black plastic Woven Storage Basket is 149 SEK ($18).
Above: We like the way Emma Persson Lagerberg stacked a mixed palette of towels. Restoration Hardware's Garment-Washed Turkish Terry Bath Towel is $34, shown here in Stone and also available in White and Ivory.
Above: Ikea's simple Ljusnan Box with Lid is $5.99 for a set of three.
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