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So our sister store in Phoenix, Arizona, Sunset Modern , has recently launched a new culinary venture, "Authentic Pizza Ovens" . We just had one shipped to us yesterday and we're beyond excited to try it out. They're versatile ovens that work not only for pizza, but also red meat, chicken, fish, and vegetables. The ovens are extremely light weight, when moving it inside two of us had no issues lifting it whatsoever. We were blown away by the simple elegant design of the oven. It really is gorgeous! Its currently in our showroom where it will stay for the next month, but after that we'll be spending our afternoons in the back cooking up the goods. You can check out the ovens here at www.authenticpizzaovens.com Not just for Pizza!

The Growlers sing in Chinese Fountain , "The internet is bigger than Jesus or John Lennon" and I'm starting to think they might be right. Seriously though, the internet is enormous, and like some overly enthusiastic fledgling universe still at a teenage supernova full sprint galloping away from its gravitational center point out towards the darker reaches of the yet to happen - our world wide web is pushing. A break from the heady language - the internet has a lot of cool stuff, including a seemingly endless amount of art and design blogs. We look to these constantly for inspiration for our  homes, for our store, for our lives. We've compiled a list of 5 of our favorite art/design oriented blogs for you to peruse if curious. 1. The Fox is Black is so cool. They cover a wide range of topics from contemporary art to music to film to industrial design, all with a keen eye for conceptual and aesthetic boundary pushers and trend setters. Best of all, they're from...

And the winners of the North-West European regional modernist chair industrial design championships are….  Creative work is tough to evaluate and compare. Personal style invariably biases our assessment of design. There is however, one category of furniture design to which a certain amount of objectivity can be applied – industrial chairs. To make a stacking chair comfortable for people of all shapes and sizes, economic to produce on a massive scale, and uniquely aesthetically pleasing is a design problem of the utmost subtlety. Three of our absolute favorites from the category are Friso Kramer, Wim Rietveld and Willy Van Der Meeren. Check out a classic chair from each of them below. FRISO KRAMER "RESULT" CHAIR Friso Kramer Result Set of 8 photo: Louise Desrosiers  WIM RIETVELD "PYRAMID" CHAIR Wim Rietveld Set of 6 photo: Atelier 154 WILLY VAN DER MEEREN INDUSTRIAL ARM CHAIR Willy Van Der Meeren Industrial Arm Chairs   phot...

This beautiful 1954 Coen de Vries desk for Devo makes the perfect work space for an apartment, office, or home with limited square footage. The compact desk features a formica top, ebonized x base, and birch construction. Very cute!   Coen de Vries Desk for Devo 1954

Thanksgiving, our favorite time of the year to binge eat with family, is over and we're back in the office. We're not gonna let this brief purgatory before Christmas get us down though! Holiday cheer everybody, come'on. If there's one thing that we're reminded of on Thanksgiving it's that eating dinner with friends and family is a special thing. Whether or not you're Julia Child or Anthony Bourdaine, getting in the kitchen, whipping something up and sitting down with loved ones is a treat. We've showcased some of our more versatile dining tables with chairs that would be sure to add a bit of color to your life.  GISPEN INDUSTRIAL DINING OR CONFERENCE TABLE Gispen once again created a simple timeless design with this multi-purpose table that would function great in a live/work space. Pair it with Cordemeijer's Chair no. 11 of various colors, several of Friso Kramer style "result" chairs  and you'll have an eclectic looking soph...

Welcome, Fall. We've waited so long for you in this sweltering summer heat... despite that, we're still introducing a few well-loved leather favorites for burying into (when it gets cooler). Gerard van den Berg for Montis Gerard van den Berg arguably defined a turning point away from classic Mid-Century Dutch furniture design to more contemporary design that made use of different materials such as rattan and leather. For Montis, a company he started with his brother, his design aesthetic stemmed from concepts of comfort - cushiony seats with a solid and sturdy body. Nevertheless he maintains a sleek elegance to each piece with his balanced, and often singular, use of warm leather upholstery and carefully placed stitching.  Gerard Van Den Berg Leather and Rattan Swivel Lounge Chair for Montis Gerard Van Den Berg (attr) Fishbone Lounge Chair Mario Bellini for B&B Italia An architect and designer, Mario Bellini has won 8 Compasso d'Oro awards and be...