TOP 100 FURNITURE SITES
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| Sitting in Judgment A new exhibition at the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase features prototypes of chairs. nytimes.com |
Steelcase Sends Out Warning Letters: 300 Jobs Could Be Cut Hundreds of Steelcase Inc. employees could lose their jobs close to the beginning of next year. topix.com |
The Next Wave/ Gehry’s Two-Seater Tuyomyo, Frank Gehry’s nine-foot-long aluminum bench for Emeco, is based on a sketch that he drew for the company’s Superlight chair (2004), which can be lifted with one hand. The one-off bench, which cost around $250,000 to produce, takes its name from a creative spelling of the Spanish for “yours and mine,” signifying Gehry’s realization that the design is better suited to two people than to one. For now, Tuyomyo is a charitable venture; after its debut this month at the Milan Furniture Fair,... nytimes.com |
School Specialty buys, divests businesses School Specialty Inc. reported a wider loss for the fiscal first quarter and announced the purchase of an education technology company and an agreement to divest its retail trade book business. topix.com |
Big chair is at home Chair called symbol of past, present and future of area Bassett Furniture President and CEO Rob Spilman addresses about 150 people at Friday's dedication of the big chair in uptown Martinsville. topix.com |