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Happy 4th Of July! A Patriotic Promotion From DWR

Happy 4th Of July! A Patriotic Promotion From DWR

To remind potential buyers of their holiday promotion (free shipping through July 4th) Design Within Reach e-mailed out this patriotic email...

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Design Within Reach's Clever Patriotic Email: Old Glory Fashioned From Modern Chairs

Design Within Reach's Clever Patriotic Email: Old Glory Fashioned From Modern Chairs

I just needed to share this cute e-mail blast from DWR. Yes, I have a thing for classically modern chairs and so when this American Flag f...

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Knoll & DWR Fight Breast Cancer With A Pink Bench Ebay Auction

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvM0TEF66GOUbuXTy7kYi0dVNb0rp1EouCZ7OuTFePYPsa2n0Zncwh26dY0hZdNxA_Ydp85TjtiCOAZ06_3a36WqrWoHVbXHZ4jpgboIxHXN7jsT8LNOaEtxN7Zj9gkodUG7Ce62UAn27/s1600-h/518a_1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122361125348281522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvM0TEF66GOUbuXTy7kYi0dVNb0rp1EouCZ7OuTFePYPsa2n0Zncwh26dY0hZdNxA_Ydp85TjtiCOAZ06_3a36WqrWoHVbXHZ4jpgboIxHXN7jsT8LNOaEtxN7Zj9gkodUG7Ce62UAn27/s400/518a_1.JPG" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> Take a seat for the cure. Or, as I was tempted to name this post.... Bid on a Bench For Boobs. Join <a href="http://www.dwr.com/pink">Design Within Reach®</a> and Knoll® in the fight against breast cancer. Like many communities, DWR has been severely impacted by this disease. Support the search for a cure by bidding on this limited-edition Florence Knoll Bench,upholstered in pink Spinneybeck® Riva leather. All of the proceeds from this auction will go to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5lSCD3Ba9L5xCk1N_8imw8ra9SyKWWpARXY0_QK04QmP4p6TnV214CzQynFpW5WL1FifbhclbmcSx9_6Uoat_cb6TiSRRMGiPtAKkpN6YChsE-RjmqRs6nbpvH5sJWKhf7ABYPB277b8z/s1600-h/knoll_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122361812543048930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5lSCD3Ba9L5xCk1N_8imw8ra9SyKWWpARXY0_QK04QmP4p6TnV214CzQynFpW5WL1FifbhclbmcSx9_6Uoat_cb6TiSRRMGiPtAKkpN6YChsE-RjmqRs6nbpvH5sJWKhf7ABYPB277b8z/s400/knoll_2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WXk0JRuGlxv9FWxONgmLPNz_h03mvaqZiMbuInL7xsOr4xZC7froCWc5EXWavWvWK6ePFPXW8fh2UqNHAVq21eZV562_Bg-0uq2jg8NpNDUgVYw7i9PWM2Re89AUxH6URuHCgW9lFU0V/s1600-h/knoll_3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122361726643702994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WXk0JRuGlxv9FWxONgmLPNz_h03mvaqZiMbuInL7xsOr4xZC7froCWc5EXWavWvWK6ePFPXW8fh2UqNHAVq21eZV562_Bg-0uq2jg8NpNDUgVYw7i9PWM2Re89AUxH6URuHCgW9lFU0V/s400/knoll_3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> The bench. We’ve provided pink <a href="http://www.spinneybeck.com/">Spinneybeck</a> Riva leather to upholster this limited-edition Florence Knoll Bench, which was donated by Knoll. The bench is not available in this color and leather combination anywhere else. Originally designed in the mid 1950s, the Florence Knoll Bench is crafted with distinct, individually sewn leather squares, and the cushion sits atop a chrome base. Bench will ship Fed-Ex ground at no additional cost. Dimensions: H 36.25” W 19.5” D 16.75” Retail price: $3,463. The foundation. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists. Founded in 1982, the foundation has invested nearly a billion dollars toward their cause, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. <a href="http://www.komen.org/"> Learn More about the foundation here.</a> You Can Also Bid On It In Certain DWR stores In addition to <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250176893545&utm_source=internal-email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ebay_20071017">the auction on eBay</a>, nine auctions will be held at nine DWR Studios across the country on Thursday, October 25,. The proceeds will go to the local chapter of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, so your donation will benefit your community. Auctions will take place at the following DWR Studios: * Bethesda, Maryland * Chicago, Illinois (North Ave) * Dallas, Texas * Newport Beach, California * New York, New York (Flatiron) * Portland, Oregon * Princeton, New Jersey * San Francisco, California (Potrero Hill) * South Beach, Florida <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250176893545&utm_source=internal-email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ebay_20071017"> Bid on it here.</a>

Knoll & DWR Fight Breast Cancer With A Pink Bench Ebay Auction

Take a seat for the cure. Or, as I was tempted to name this post.... Bid on a Bench For Boobs. Join Design Within Reach® and Knoll® in the ...

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DWR Kibbitzes About KoolHaas

THE CHARACTER OF COLOR <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1ApVWj67OqKZNodVj9JjeSEZC2h_x0_W3DbfJtX2F8faxQCy9gAchRCrdKmwAehLGS_JctXy8iCBGErH6Xwt_66fLQaDCeb7AehcsIxmXS_zw7YKUNsUAgex6fmv0uUz-Z3Zt_W8X69Q/s1600-h/koolhaas.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045569070884259762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1ApVWj67OqKZNodVj9JjeSEZC2h_x0_W3DbfJtX2F8faxQCy9gAchRCrdKmwAehLGS_JctXy8iCBGErH6Xwt_66fLQaDCeb7AehcsIxmXS_zw7YKUNsUAgex6fmv0uUz-Z3Zt_W8X69Q/s400/koolhaas.png" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> above: Dutch Architect Rem Koolhaas Architect <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rem_Koolhaas">Rem Koolhaas</a> turned up in San Francisco last month and gave a presentation to a packed house composed mostly of students at the <a href="http://www.sfai.edu/">San Francisco Art Institute</a>. I was lucky enough to get in and find a seat on the floor in front of the first row. Sitting quite close to him, I was almost as transfixed by his body movements, mannerisms and words as I was by his slideshow. Rem Koolhaas cuts a unique profile – skinny, big eared, tall and hunched over the podium, he is equal parts intensity, intellect and designer machismo dressed in black, like a stalking heron ready to strike. He has a great sense of humor as well. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyAK-gHI8Ac6XUpj52WDXgEI7IA3yjtXrCgRw6iGiKSlIyyGsYYnxEUva3FNzd7504L9bwuHiHOJ3032McCNVB_BeoXmc9WjwVt5kVJkt7Q-La4TWbM1FEXxBNut2klkzOV0DaB_PpB9Z/s1600-h/ba_koolhaas.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045573116743452626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyAK-gHI8Ac6XUpj52WDXgEI7IA3yjtXrCgRw6iGiKSlIyyGsYYnxEUva3FNzd7504L9bwuHiHOJ3032McCNVB_BeoXmc9WjwVt5kVJkt7Q-La4TWbM1FEXxBNut2klkzOV0DaB_PpB9Z/s400/ba_koolhaas.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> At his best, it was like listening to <a href="http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/150">Dylan Thomas </a> with an almost poetic flurry of words and images held together by a global world view and cynicism about man's intentions and the effects of modernism. At his worst, well there was no worst. It was one of the most entertaining and provocative design presentations I have ever attended. If you get the chance to hear Koolhaas speak, don't pass it up. Koolhaas ripped through 134 slides that varied from frustrated clients' emails to global maps of his own design, hand drawn esoteric charts to photos of urban landscapes taken from helicopters and more. <a href="http://www.dwr.com/images/newsletter/20070321_koolhaas/landing_1/landing.html">Click here for examples</a>. He is a master presenter, a skill he must maintain as a rock star architect having to compete for major projects with the other marquee names. "I am always in competition with ten of my best friends," says Koolhaas, "and resort to unusual tactics to get the commission. It is very legitimate to question my motives." Koolhaas admits he is complicit in the "obscene extravagance" of "starchitecture" and sees no end in sight. But he identifies the evil forces and takes shots at them and their buildings (and at himself) in words and images. The text below is just one example of the slides he presented: "The Enemy: Suits, with mustaches and receding hairlines with suspect waistlines huddled in a collective pose of preemptive servility, architects from a city that was put on the map by a single outrageous building when it was nothing – grown-up preemies of the Bilbao effect – they peddle their soulless wares with shameless calculation – Anglo termites of pragmatism – or tell reassuring fairy tales like the 'Skyscraper as Citizen' as if to four year olds." <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ggy5gFeU0FmkxiOCor6x2s9TXCWbCUFHAVq1dSfxwZy4tVFqK7tfN4NwPOOZpUGfaOa6z4pBGgl_P4zHzvW9z02DfLmX7LwsBLlhHtZEFsuznjW8pdEmQyRX6yzVQrCGVf5WBsq1EWGu/s1600-h/oportokoolhaas+016b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045576389508532226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ggy5gFeU0FmkxiOCor6x2s9TXCWbCUFHAVq1dSfxwZy4tVFqK7tfN4NwPOOZpUGfaOa6z4pBGgl_P4zHzvW9z02DfLmX7LwsBLlhHtZEFsuznjW8pdEmQyRX6yzVQrCGVf5WBsq1EWGu/s400/oportokoolhaas+016b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> above: the new Casa da Musica by Dutch superstar architect Rem Koolhaas Few of Koolhaas' own buildings were included in his presentation and he appears to have little interest in talking about himself. Instead, he prefers to pounce on political, economic and global ideas that he then uses to frame his largely conceptual work. Decrying Dubai as a bad theme park for architecture, Koolhaas used <a href="http://www.dwr.com/images/newsletter/20070321_koolhaas/landing_1/landing.html"> elegant graphic slides </a> to show how architecture has followed the fortunes of oil and the stock market in a new but "poisonous" silk route of trade across Europe. The yen, the euro and the dollar are held up as symbols of support and corruption, made elegant through his barrage of graphics and language. Less is not more with Koolhaas. He revels in complexity while <a href="http://www.dwr.com/images/newsletter/20070321_koolhaas/landing_1/landing.html"> simultaneously showing examples</a> of new works that he designed with generic intent. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjichbfgB7lu8zftwEOpYUy-hAeYihoHOlv3JWnSVbFI8lXTbRkIAy78qOSCG9jCYGVuOzb8TPqOztWCPLgiLKWloW_ctjGAOkAwRIi_gv-f8_juuWt1r2_VQ0M_5QBu5ChKPFixJGUe8Pd/s1600-h/dutchembassyberlin.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045576608551864338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjichbfgB7lu8zftwEOpYUy-hAeYihoHOlv3JWnSVbFI8lXTbRkIAy78qOSCG9jCYGVuOzb8TPqOztWCPLgiLKWloW_ctjGAOkAwRIi_gv-f8_juuWt1r2_VQ0M_5QBu5ChKPFixJGUe8Pd/s400/dutchembassyberlin.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> Above: the Dutch Embassy in Berlin, designed by Koolhaas There are not many people who can be self-effacing and arrogant in the same breath, but this maybe Koolhaas' genius. It certainly is his character. He checked his watch perpetually throughout his presentation as he had to make a flight that night. But he slowed down after his talk and listened and responded to audience questions in the style of the best teacher, with spontaneous responses that made every question seem more insightful than it was. He is at his best in this role, the ideas guy, which makes it fitting that he also teaches at Harvard. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgBxR5iiKAg8z0EBA5yfseHxKV88RV2xFMnGf0arDg0RXEOtD0QmupJeO4DP979CaSL7cE34GaD0Sy1rA0-IOJyfFhcuLO1bGv1yXQ41NdSh75Q_6dWc6o0U3S0k9nX8UvTFXm8bagMSJ/s1600-h/seattleblog1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045570531173140418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgBxR5iiKAg8z0EBA5yfseHxKV88RV2xFMnGf0arDg0RXEOtD0QmupJeO4DP979CaSL7cE34GaD0Sy1rA0-IOJyfFhcuLO1bGv1yXQ41NdSh75Q_6dWc6o0U3S0k9nX8UvTFXm8bagMSJ/s400/seattleblog1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> above: Koolhaas' Seattle Public Library I wrote a piece on his Seattle Public Library recently <a href="http://www.dwr.com/images/newsletter/20070131_library/index.html"> click here to read it </a>. If you get the chance to visit this facility, it is a phenomenon and is in keeping with the spirit of the man himself, though it was designed with significant input from the community. Before seeing the library, I was familiar with <a href="http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/prada/">Koolhaas' work for Prada </a> in New York and the Guggenheim in Las Vegas, but it was the SPL that made me understand how it was that Koolhaas earned the <a href="http://www.pritzkerprize.com/full_new_site/koolhaas.htm"> 2000 Pritzker Architecture Prize </a>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuDZz8nqodkC2h2TSsMquF3eOqPvuRxAp8abv3ZjOwgCBgq35i_XNKXzSKn-M2QJnc5NEpM1LnkGKeweTZH-2vpqjNg-ZK7TYhszAIvmGbyd0ZhkHdz7-Bj3EmKvmJf_gPqGsoASiXFkV/s1600-h/prada01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045574439593379826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuDZz8nqodkC2h2TSsMquF3eOqPvuRxAp8abv3ZjOwgCBgq35i_XNKXzSKn-M2QJnc5NEpM1LnkGKeweTZH-2vpqjNg-ZK7TYhszAIvmGbyd0ZhkHdz7-Bj3EmKvmJf_gPqGsoASiXFkV/s400/prada01.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> above: Rem Koolhaas' Soho PRADA store Koolhaas' Art Institute presentation was punctuated with bold graphic images and the seemingly intentional use of color to bring out ideas. <a href="http://www.dwr.com/images/newsletter/20070321_koolhaas/landing_1/landing.html"> His "barcode" concept for a European Community flag</a> is an excellent example in the way it uses country colors, fused in bars, to create unity in disparity. How much more provocative and insightful this is when compared with the flag that was chosen, with its ring of stars that suffers in anonymity. Color is not a tool used frequently in modernism where industrial materials like glass, metal and plastic are the norm, and is more often associated with decoration and the covering up of surfaces. It takes a special character to make color work in modernism. Koolhaas is a special character. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmuLmDiyrUlldiRhiyqFG43iythOJ6AC3HESK9JHidTFG_hw05L9Lzhid0u7zey2-D-bMVg6sPJ9jm9e6wV0s79iZKGSBnWUApVZ04l4FKm3qK6nokvNmPtCwA5ODQuP-vqp3XuxnKFfzE/s1600-h/remeuropeanflag.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045573679384168418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmuLmDiyrUlldiRhiyqFG43iythOJ6AC3HESK9JHidTFG_hw05L9Lzhid0u7zey2-D-bMVg6sPJ9jm9e6wV0s79iZKGSBnWUApVZ04l4FKm3qK6nokvNmPtCwA5ODQuP-vqp3XuxnKFfzE/s400/remeuropeanflag.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> above: Koolhaas' proposed new European Community Flag Rob Forbes Founder <a href="http://www.dwr.com/">DWR</a>

DWR Kibbitzes About KoolHaas

THE CHARACTER OF COLOR above: Dutch Architect Rem Koolhaas Architect Rem Koolhaas turned up in San Francisco last month and gave a present...

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And the winner is....

And the winner is....

Design Within Reach Announces the Champagne Chair Winners: 1. Grand Prize: Cantilever Block by Adam Weisberger of Louisville, Kentucky 2. S...

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DWR's Champagne Chair Finals

<a href="http://www.dwr.com/">Design Within Reach </a>asked for votes for their Most Popular Champagne Chair Award. The chairs included were selected by the design-savvy, Champagne-loving staff of Design Within Reach. Below are the finalists from each round of voting, going up against each other for this coveted award. <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RcpHppA6lGI/AAAAAAAAAY8/ub2lL496_yU/s1600-h/finalists.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028910714622481506" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RcpHppA6lGI/AAAAAAAAAY8/ub2lL496_yU/s400/finalists.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 453px;" /></a> The designer of the Most Popular Champagne Chair will receive a $500 DWR gift certificate and their winning chair will join the other outstanding chairs on a nationwide Studio tour. The Champagne polling booth will close on Friday, February 9th at 5pm PT and you can vote only once, so choose wisely. <a href="http://www.dwr.com/champagne/vote.cfm"> Cast your vote here.</a> Here are the previous entrants (just click on the pic to enlarge): <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RcpCYpA6lFI/AAAAAAAAAYs/b1FOCHGKf08/s1600-h/5rounds.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028904925006566482" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RcpCYpA6lFI/AAAAAAAAAYs/b1FOCHGKf08/s400/5rounds.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 595px;" /></a>

DWR's Champagne Chair Finals

Design Within Reach asked for votes for their Most Popular Champagne Chair Award. The chairs included were selected by the design-savvy, Cha...

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