Tag Archives: emeco
Fakes in the marketplace: Emeco settles with IKEA over copyright question
American furniture brand Emeco has accepted an out-of-court settlement from IKEA after accusing the Swedish furniture giant of copying its Emeco 20-06 stacking aluminum chair, designed by British architect Norman Foster. The agreement makes clear that Emeco owns the intellectual property rights ...
Recycled + Recyclable: Up-cycling Makes Great Design
International design houses are making a big effort to create sustainable, eco-conscious and socially responsible furniture for homes, offices and public spaces. Using recycled and recyclable materials and collaborating with crafts people using socially responsible methods of production, they are ...
Eight Iconic Chairs That Help You Sit With Style - from Esquire Magazine
Esquire Magazine's "The Big Black Book, Spring/Summer 2011" issue" boasts itself as "The Style Manual for Successful Men". Reading this, I was immediately reminded of the recent lighting and home design collaboration between Foscarini and Diesel fashion label, coined "Successful Living" (read our ...
Metal + Wood = Love. The Lancaster Collection from Emeco
Emeco has partnered up with designer Michael Young to produce a new collection that combines their iconic aluminum with a new material (new to Emeco, that is), wood. I adore the combination of the hard, industrial surface of aluminum combined with an organic, material that grew under sun.
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2010 an Eventful Year for Emeco's 111 Navy Chair
Emeco's 111 Navy Chair - photo: emecowithcoke.com
Emeco's 111 Navy Chair, made from 111 plastic Coke bottles, had an exciting year. It was a big hit during its debut at Milan's Furniture Fair in April and made waves (er... icebergs?) in London while frozen in a one-ton block of ice.
Emeco's ...
Victoria's Wannawafel on Dragons' Den
If you have walked past market square in the last few months, you have probably experienced the incredibly delicious scent of Wannawafel at 560 Johnson Street.
Wannawafel Market Square location
This Belgian waffle restaurant is locally owned and recently made an exciting appearance on ...
77 steps by 116 hands
I was recently introduced to a really inspiring video on Emeco's website, www.emeco.net. I always knew that the Navy chair was designed for the US Navy, and that it has a 150 year warranty... but I never really knew what a cool all around company Emeco is until I explored their website in more ...