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Knock-Off Report: How to Get a Mid-Century Look With Ikea

By Ty Wenzel • Oct 22nd, 2008 • Category: Featured, Interiors Exteriors, Product & Merch, Retro Modern

Have you figured out yet that I’m obsessed with Mid-Century modern design? Even so, alas, I don’t have the income to go the *authentic* route, what with a child and his future at stake (i.e. I’d rather save for his ivy-league education), so I usually go the knock-off or “inspired-by” route. I like [...]



Knock-Off Report: Overstock.com and Mid-Century Modern Design

By Ty Wenzel • Aug 30th, 2008 • Category: Featured, Interiors Exteriors, Product & Merch, Retro Modern

I am a big fan of knock-offs, particularly since I (a) am always on a budget, and (b) I have a 6 year old that likes to destroy furniture during his adventures throughout the house.  I cannot put a $550 Eames chair in the living room simply because it will be probably be nicked, ridden [...]



DESIGN FROM HELL (AND HEAVEN)

By Ty Wenzel • Jul 22nd, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Retro Modern

Just what is design, really? It’s been a mysterious science since Day One.

As the saying goes ‘it’s all in the details’. Every aspect, no matter how big or small, makes or breaks a design, or for that matter the beauty of an object. We can’t explain why we perceive something as better looking - among [...]



Flickr Files: The Lounger, Past and Present

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 3rd, 2008 • Category: Flickr Files, Interiors Exteriors, Retro Modern, Style Trend Forcasting

The famous Corbustier lounge chair above.

WESTFIELD, RIPLEY, BARCELONA, NEW YORK 1898 TOPO MAP
US $6.97

End Date: Thursday Jan-08-2009 6:46:36 PST

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