Sugar Editorial Picks
Mar 12, 2009 -
As I think about warmer weather and less rainy skies, I'm excited to spend more time outside at a sidewalk cafe. However, it's sometimes hard to get to a cafe to lounge at one of their outdoor tables, so I'm hoping to get one for my own house. I adore this Pensi Cafe Table (shown here), but at $692, it's a little out of my budget.
- 6 Comments
Dec 15, 2008 -
What's not to love about the chic Marc Sadler Twiggy Floor Lamp ($2,022)? (OK, besides its price.) This gorgeous, curved-arm floor lamp will gracefully bend toward your favorite novel as you sit on your sofa, and its sleek finish, available in red, black, yellow, or white, will create a great visual statement in your home.
Not quite ready to plunk down two grand on a floor lamp?
- 3 Comments
Sep 09, 2008 -
For the next installment of this game, take a look at each of these leaning floor lamps and see if you can answer my questions about them.
Take the quiz
- 4 Comments
Aug 22, 2008 -
Designed in 1958 by Norman Cherner, the Cherner Armchair ($949) has a dramatic and elegant sloping shape, achieved by molding plywood, that sweeps me off my feet, literally and figuratively. Made of solid beech, it's built to last. This particular chair is a reproduction of the 1958 design, manufactured to the exact original specs by Cherner Chair, a company run by Norman Cherner's sons.
- 2 Comments
Jul 20, 2008 -
"A chair should be more than simply functional. It should be friendly, fun and colorful," asserts designer Pierre Paulin, responsible for the ABCD Two-Seater Sofa ($3,516). While this sofa is available in a variety of fabrics, I kind of like the groovy '60s inspired pattern shown here.
- 20 Comments
Jul 17, 2008 -
You know that I love Hella Jongerius. But, sometimes her designs can be a little kooky. Take, for example, the Worker Chair made by Vitra.
- 1 Comment
Jul 16, 2008 -
When you've got storage like the Vitra Kast Tall Storage ($10,695), even your Encyclopedia Brittanica collection can look sexy — all the way from aardvark to zygote. The modular unit has a shelf and wall cupboard combination with colorful sliding doors. Although there's a lot going on with the color palette (pink, dark green, bronze grey, dark blue, sulphur yellow, and bright white), the clean lines and perfect proportions of the unit give it a restrained look that's elegant and distinguished.
- 7 Comments
Jul 14, 2008 -
Although I've been feeling globe shapes lately, I must say the Michiel van der Kley Globus ($8,775) is one big piece of weird furniture. It is described as a "compact personal mobile workstation," but is basically a desk and and chair on wheels in a big white ball. Its rotating chair and pull-out table top are revealed when you crack open its globe shape, and you can close it up and roll it away if you want to work in another room.
- 5 Comments
Apr 07, 2008 -
Hello, drama! I can't help but think that if you called this bed your own, something edgy would happen in it. Hivemindesign's Rune Bed ($14,000), according to its makers, "creates a dialogue between the geometry of the form, with an implied cube that reflects its ornamentation into itself."
- 8 Comments
Feb 28, 2008 -
I'm a huge fan of Ugly Betty. I've been told that I even have an extra-loud belly laugh during the show. Besides admiring the great writing, acting, and physical comedy on the show, I've also been impressed with the thoughtful set design.
- 3 Comments