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Found It! Ben Affleck's Red Lounge Chair

CasaSugar — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:00:30 -0700

Ben Affleck graced the April cover of Esquire looking a little worked up. But, in the pages of the men's glossy, he exuded super sex appeal lounging in business attire in a fire engine red chair. While the man does have the looks, it was that hot piece of furniture that I couldn't take my eyes off of! I'd seen the chair before - many times, actually. Find out where when you read more.

The chair is the Eames La Chaise ($9,475). It was designed in 1948 by Charles and Ray Eames for a Museum of Modern Art competition called "Organic Design in Home Furnishings." As you can see, it has quite the voluptuous organic form. In fact, it was inspired by a female sculpture called "Floating Figure" by Gaston Lachaise. It's made of fiberglass, steel supports, and an oak base, and has been manufactured for the public by Vitra since 1991. Unfortunately, Vitra does not manufacture Affleck clones.
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Cool Idea: Retractable Footboard Flatscreen

CasaSugar — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:30:16 -0800

Esquire magazine recently unveiled this year's Esquire house, a modern Los Angeles man-sion designed as the ultimate gentleman's pad. Though some of the features are a tad over-the-top (like the lime-green-lit tequila bar), there is plenty here to covet.

I especially love this idea from the bedroom: the bed's wooden footboard conceals a flatscreen TV (fig. 3 in the photo), which stays tucked away until you're ready to watch it. I'm always looking for clever ways to keep my electronics out of sight, so what could be better than a retractable television with its own pocket?

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Would You Want to Stay at the "Hotel of Doom"?

CasaSugar — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:30:34 -0700

Located in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, the Ryugyong Hotel is also known as The Hotel of Doom and The Phantom Hotel, since construction on the hotel had been abandoned for over 16 years. Recently, however, construction started again, and there are rumors that it may be finished by 2012. This three-sided pyramid was named "The Worst Building in the History of Mankind" by Esquire magazine, but don't let that description stop you. Tell me: if this building was ever finished, and if you ever had reason to travel to North Korea, would you stay in it?

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Great Art Online: Yee-Haw Industries

CasaSugar — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:00:00 -0700

Yee-Haw Industries was established by partners Kevin Bradley & Julie Belcher, who opened up shop from a back-40 barn in Corbin, Kentucky, with salvaged, antique equipment. Their vibrant, folk art, wood cut prints of country music's classic stars, such as Hank Williams, Sr. and Loretta Lynn, caught eyes and told stories. Soon, modern music acts, including Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, and Southern Culture on the Skids began commissioning promotional posters and album art. In 1998, having outgrown the bluegrass barn, Yee-Haw moved to Knoxville, where they offer tours of the Yee-Haw studio in action and maintain a store to sell their wares.

To see more of Yee-Haw's beautiful work, and to find out how to win some of it, just read more

Yee-Haw's work has been honored by selection to PRINT Magazine's Regional Design Annual for seven years running and has been reviewed and featured by The Washington Post, AIGA Journal, Fortune Small Business, Southern Living, Esquire, American Illustration 21, and was recently published in The Art of Modern Rock, the Poster Explosion. Yee-Haw has done fine illustration, as well as design and letterpress, for clients such as RRL-Ralph Lauren, The American Visionary Art Museum, MTV2, and the Cartoon Network. The studio has recently collaborated with the National Gallery of Art to design & produce a unique line of Dada merchandise, available exclusively at the National Gallery for the duration of the 2006 Dada exhibition.

Check back later today when we'll be giving away some gorgeous Yee-Haw Industries products to one lucky winner!

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