The correlation’s a tricky one, but for whatever reason, warm weather usually means more abandoned couches. And though the seating may be free, the memories apparently last forever.
[Via Curbed LA]

Gord Peteran redefines what it means to be a chair

GORD PETERAN’S “MUSICAL BOX”
Gord Peteran’s furniture sort of explains a lot of things, possibly even why Wickes just went bankrupt. The 34 creations in “Furniture Meets Its Maker,” now wrapping up a two-year traveling show at the Long Beach Museum of Art, include tables of junk [...]

GORD PETERAN’S “ARK”
LBMA sends us an advance look into Gord Peteran’s upcoming exhibit “Furniture Meets Its Maker”:
It is furniture unlike any other. A table that doesn’t hold objects, chairs not made for sitting, objects that appear to function as torture devices or for the sexually experimental. Despite the dubious functionality of many of the pieces [...]

Our picks for holiday gifts, from $0 to $4,200

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
Every year the holidays show who we really are: people who love our families, cherish our friends and yearn for peace. Also, we’re big honking liars. That’s because at this time of year when so much is about gift-giving we say this time of [...]

Ditch the particleboard with fine, vintage furniture from OCModern.net

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
If the arrival of the IKEA catalog is cause for celebration at your home, then you also know how problematic all that cute, affordable furniture can be. Never mind the whole assembly thing—when the bulk of your furniture is made from soft, particleboard “wood,” [...]