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Furniture flips : 25 bright and vibrant painted furniture projects
\"Joanne Condon takes you step-by-step through the process of furniture flipping, from choosing the right piece to using color, pattern and detail to bring new life to an item.\"--Amazon.com.
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Monitoring the Thermal Degradation of Two Spruce Species, Under the Influence of Radiant Heat
Wood, in the form of cladding or furniture, is often placed in close proximity to heat radiant sources. This research focused on samples, which are Norway spruce (Picea abies L.), Red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.), cherry (Prunus avium), and oak (Quercus spp.). The aim of this paper was to observe the effect of the distance of the selected wood samples from the radiant heat source on the process of thermal degradation of wood. Additionally, this research aimed to identify significant effects of wood species and sample distance on this process. A hot-plate device, an electric plate heated according to a temperature–time curve, was used as the initiating source. Samples were placed directly on the plate, as well as at two different distances from the plate (12 and 32 mm). During the experiment, the temperature history on the heat-exposed side of the sample, its mass loss, and the formation of a charred layer were monitored. Additionally, the progression of thermal degradation and related effects (smell, smoldering, and charring layer) were visually observed. The highest level of degradation was observed in the spruce sample placed directly on the plate, which started to smolder after 540 s of exposure to radiant heat at 291.2 °C.
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Design By Ikea
Sara Kristoffersson's compelling study provides the first sustained critical history of IKEA. Kristoffersson argues that the company's commercial success has been founded on a neat alignment of the brand with a particular image of Swedish national identity – one that is bound up with ideas of social democracy and egalitarianism - and its material expression in a pared-down, functional design aesthetic. Employing slogans such as “Design for everyone” and “Democratic design”, IKEA signals a rejection of the stuffy, the 'chintzy', and the traditional in both design practices and social structures. Drawing on original research in the IKEA company archive and interviews with IKEA personnel, Design by IKEA traces IKEA's symbolic connection to Sweden, through its design output and its promotional materials, to examine how the company both promoted and profited from the concept of Scandinavian Design.
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UniFor : a commitment to architecture = Una vocazione per l'architettura
UniFor nasce con una vocazione specifica: il progetto di un interior landscape che interpreta e traduce in realtلa indicazioni ed esigenze dei committenti e degli architetti contemporanei. Un impegno che trasporta la tradizione artigianale della Brianza, nata dallo stretto rapporto tra industria e autore, verso una direzione globale, di allestimento organico e coordinato di spazi pubblici e privati con una propria identitلa. UniFor progetta, infatti, sistemi di arredi custom made, all'insegna di una sofisticata qualitلa. Un impegno che comporta lavoro sui materiali, sulle loro resistenze, sulle loro performativitلa estetiche, tecniche e funzionali, per produrre ambienti complessi e completi. La specializzazione nei grandi progetti, la vocazione internazionale e lo stretto rapporto di collaborazione con i piلu prestigiosi studi di architettura, caratterizzano l'attivitلa di UniFor che sin dalla sua nascita (1969) si presenta come una fabbrica-laboratorio a disposizione dei migliori talenti creativi. Attraverso l'analisi di casi studio esemplari, il libro illustra la peculiaritلa di UniFor, mettendone in risalto l'assoluta singolaritلa del metodo di lavoro. Ne ricostruisce l'identitلa attraverso alcuni momenti esemplari, dalla collaborazione con con le firme piلu prestigiose dell'architettura - come Michele De Lucchi, Foster + Partners, Jean Nouvel, Renzo Piano, Aldo Rossi, âAlvaro Siza, per citarne alcuni - alla strategia di comunicazione, con la grafica di Pierluigi Cerri come strumento di unificazione del messaggio attraverso l'immagine coordinata e il sistema espositivo (dagli showroom agli stand fieristici) che esemplifica, nella tridimensionalitلa dello spazio, i concetti dell'ordine, della misura, dell'eleganza funzionale, dell'innovazione.--Publisher.
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Mid-century modern furniture
The ultimate collector's resource, including hundreds of pieces by both well- and lesser-known designers from around the world. From armchairs and chaises longues to cabinets and nightstands, the period between the late 1930s and early 1970s was one of the most productive, inventive and exciting eras for objects and furniture in the home. Post-war optimism combined with new manufacturing methods and material techniques to create an explosion of new design and objects of desire. The appetite for mid-century modern remains as strong as ever, both for classic designs - many still in production since they were launched - and for rare, hard-to-find or out-of-production pieces from lesser-known designers.
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