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...DESIGN TOUCHSTONE Seo's creations evoke a Zen-like simplicity, and he is resourceful, making chair covers out of old cashmere sweaters and picking rocks from his garden for dinner-party place cards. But it all looks sophisticated, and that is the rule. "If you don't have a stylish home, you're going to be disappointed," he says. "You won't care how green it is, because it's all about style...
...DESIGN TOUCHSTONE "We try to boil our designs down to be as simple as possible, with fewer parts and less material," King says. The company's Freedom chair, for example, has 132 parts. A comparable chair from the competition has 275. King is lobbying to bring to his industry the kind of regulation that exists in the food business. He would like to see chairs labeled with sustainability scores based on their content. Humanscale would fare well: about 62% of the material in its Freedom chair is recycled. That's not material that is recyclable (although it's that...
Getting into the Groove Stew Design Workshop's Strata chair, crafted from 38 unique pieces of laminated plywood and inspired by geologic formations in the American Southwest, $4,400 (stewdesignworkshop.com) Opposite page: Peonies painting by Stephen Courbois made from pieces of old wallpaper, price upon request (518-321-6517); Esque's Water Drop jug, handmade from recycled glass and processed using wind power, $368 (branchhome.com) Chista's Tamarin slice table by Alon Langotsky, $2,600 (chista.net...
...recycled aluminum Bark candlesticks, two for $159 (vivaterra.com) FLOR Heartfelt recyclable modular tile, made of natural face fibers, wool and the African plant kenaf, $14.99 (interfaceflor.com) Opposite page: Fresh Fat bowl by Tom Dixon, woven with eco-friendly Provista plastic, $565 (propertyfurniture.com) cardboard BeeBoard desk by Piet Boon for Design Within Reach, $678 (dwr.com...
...insist on a green house are people who care about nature and who want something more appealing to the eye than a tract house with a few solar panels slapped on top. That would describe the couple who commissioned Nathan Good, an architect based in Salem, Ore., to design their weekend home in Cannon Beach, a small town on that state's northern coast. The clients, who prefer not to be identified by name, have a long history as advocates for environmental awareness. After losing their weekend cabin in a fire, they began to envision a new house...