Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 9:45am
If there's one thing I hate to do without the aid of technology, it's scratch my own back. That's why I am pretty pumped about the itch chair, which is a chair with a built in mechanical back scratcher. Yep,...
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Friday, July 24, 2009 - 6:36am
I hear the new style for interior decorators is "Garage Chic." You know, making your living room look like a place where greasemonkeys work on engines all day. All the celebs are doing it to their Beverly Hills mansions, I...
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 10:14am
If you've ever lived in an apartment the size of a closet (read: living in NYC), then sometimes you look at your sofa or your twin bed or the dining room table and wish you could just fold it up...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 2:27pm
This is not your grandpappy's rocking chair. In fact, he'd wonder if "Ruby" wasn't some kind of weird torture device, but we know better than that, and so does designer Pouyan Mokhtarani. He has his Ruby design concept all figured...
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 8:00am
Ladies and gentlemen, get your posteriors ready, because there's a fancy new chair in town from Herman Miller, called the Embody. Its brandmate, the iconic Aeron Chair that was so popular in the dot-com days, might have to step aside...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 10:07am
Designer Frederic Sofia put together his 35H Relaxation Armchair with cast aluminum, adding high-tech pneumatic springs to coordinate the seat, back and headrest for ultimate comfort. Somehow, all these fine adjustments are controlled from the arms. Choose leather or...
Monday, October 6, 2008 - 10:04am
If you thought the Herman Miller Aeron chair was the top-dog place to park your posterior, take a look at this. Now it's 14 years after that ultra-comfortable chair's debut, desk jockeys — time for Herman Miller to top...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 11:30am
Who knew a New York City “Walk/Don’t Walk” sign could function as a chair in your living room? Like some other chairs we’ve seen lately, this one doesn’t look too comfortable, but it’s unquestionably unique. Its stern lit-up admonitions...
Monday, April 14, 2008 - 9:13am
Now this is just weird. The “How High the Moon” chair, named after that classic Duke Ellington song, is made of expanded nickel-plated steel mesh and covered with epoxy (hopefully to make it more comfy than it looks). The...
