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Fisheye Nostalgia
Recent finds from a forgotten roll of film:
Bill and Jason, the first year of NDD showing our Coney Island Line on Bowery, May 2010.
- Leah
All Hands on Deck
Working through these Boardwalk Dining Tables for a retail store, United Arrows, in Japan. Both the wood and metal shops combining forces on this one. Take a look at the process in our shop.
Boardwalk Desk
Brand new Boardwalk Desk, a smaller version of the dining table. The Buoy Lamp was designed and built by Paul Masterson. The 1x1 Chairs are ours, in black and walnut.
Suddenly feeling very studious.
New adjustable stools, made from reclaimed Coney Island boardwalk wood and cold rolled steel. They’re off to Japan next week.
Live from Japan:
Some of our adjustable stools, Stoolen mirrors, Striper Table, and Stoolens made from Coney Island Ipe, now in United Arrows stores.
- Jason
Twin metal bases for our Cyclone Lounger. This summer, we’re honored to have it become part of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art museum’s collection, as part of the Craft Futures exhibit. The show will be open this year in Washington, DC, from July 20 through February 3, 2013. Stay tuned for lots more!
We designed the Cyclone as part of the Coney Island Line, which repurposes wood from the boardwalk that was being demolished.
Road to the Renwick: In just over two weeks, our Cyclone Lounger will be featured in the Craft Futures exhibit at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum! We’re so honored. On the blog in the coming weeks will be pics of our inspiration and design process.
Photos from a cold, clear day in February 2010, that inspired the Coney Island Line.
The Coney Island Line is crafted from reclaimed wood taken from the demolished iconic boardwalk. The Ipe wood, first installed on the boardwalk in the late 1940’s, has weathered in the sun, salt, and snow for 70 years. The design is inspired by the duality of Coney Island- its whimsical, colorful summers and melancholy winters. The pieces interpret the architecture of the desolate dreamscape: low-rise buildings patched with signs and seasonal layers of paint, beneath the towering old-fashioned rollercoaster.
[Pics by Jason Horvath, 2010]
Road to the Renwick: In just under two weeks, our Cyclone Lounger will be featured in the Craft Futures exhibit at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum! We’re so honored. On the blog in the coming weeks will be pics of our inspiration and design process.
March, 2010. We test out a prototype of what will become the Lounger.
Road to the Renwick:
April, 2010. Late in the night, after the shop’s closed for the day, Bill fits reclaimed boardwalk ipe onto the base of the very first Lounger.
Road to the Renwick:
April, 2010. Our full line starts to come together. Some shots from the first assembly of another use from reclaimed Coney Island boardwalk- our Drop End Table. The different tones of the wood was really surprising once we started working the layers down.
