Tag: Handmade

ICFF Preview: Assembly Design + New Friends’ US Chair

Two NYC studios' styles collide for a striking, limited-edition furniture collaboration

Posted by
Posted on
Read — Design

In anticipation of the second official NYCxDesign week and this weekend’s opening of ICFF, New York-based furniture studio Assembly Design paired up with textile innovators New Friends for a beautiful, limited-edition piece. The “US Chair” perfectly balances and combines the strengths of each studio. Drawing on Assembly’s penchant for traditional designs and methods reinterpreted through a modern perspective, founders Peter Oyler and Nora Mattingly started …

ICFF 2014 Preview: Wintercheck Factory

Furniture and lighting from the Brooklyn-based design-and-build brand

Posted by
Posted on
Read — Design

Since 2010 Brooklyn’s Wintercheck Factory has routinely rolled out new designs across apparel and homeware, to furniture and lighting. While the urge to design across all platforms is still alive and well, founder Kristen Wentrcek seems to be currently focusing on furniture, which will be on display at ICFF as part of NYCxDesign, running 17-20 May 2014. Divided into two sections—furniture designed by Wentrcek and …

Orée Pebble 2 Wireless Charger and Speaker

Boost your phone's battery and make hands-free calls with a solid piece of wood or stone

Posted by
Posted on
Read — Tech

As what may very well be the first product to combine a bluetooth speaker and microphone with a wireless smartphone charging station, French maker of wood- and stone-based technology products, Orée, introduces the Pebble 2. Made in southern France using high-quality solid wood and hand-finished stone, the Pebble 2 uses bluetooth and standard Qi technology to connect with and wirelessly power most Android devices. iPhones …