I found the chromed legs of two Mies Van der Rohe chairs at a garage sale years ago and instantly bought them, figuring I could buy the black leather, tufted seats and back from some secondary marketer at a reasonable price. I was wrong. They were available, but at a huge cost. The legs sat [...]

As you know, I’m a huge fan of art chairs, accent chairs and furniture art.   I’m proud of my chairs.  But check out this chair I just found on internet.  It’s clever, isn’t it? There are a million things I like about this chair.  But the basic concept that the artist took is that chairs [...]

The Barcelona chair was designed in 1929 for the German Pavilion at the American Exposition in Barcelona Spain, by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe the father of modern architecture. An icon of modernism an furniture art the chair design was inspired by the campaign and folding chairs of ancient times. The chair was shown off [...]

I admire Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture, and the look of his art chairs, and notice the variation and extreme creativity. Many are comfortable except for the very straight-backed ones which are unsittable, as far as I’m concerned. Beautiful furniture, but hardly functional. Take a look: Technorati Tags: furniture art, chair art, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chair,chairs, [...]

“I really got interested in furniture art when I was a student at the Chicago Art Institute. The idea that something as functional as a chair or sofa could have class, style and even be comfortable, hit me one day as I prowled the design section of the museum. One of the first chairs to [...]

As the digital age came upon us, Large Format graphics came of age, advertising agencies took notice and took advantage of this for there clients.  People started to Metro buses completely covered with large format graphics called “bus wraps,” advertising everything from toothpaste to casinos. In Chicago, there is a 40 story building with a [...]