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Ack
More burlap!

Kosmos Table by Olby Design...
Kosmos Table by Olby Design is niiiiiiice!
Custome Sideboard by Fitzhugh Karol almost made me throw up in my mouth a little.
Am I alone in thinking that most of the stuff is so bad that the few things that are decent tend to look amazing? Kind of like the last available patron at the bar near closing time suddenly looks attractive?
Cool concept for a blog though.

You are not alone.
Design is dead.
Even Philippe admitted it.

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and if Phillipe jumped off a...
A particular segment of the industry has become deeply tiresome, (thats you Edra) much hasn't though.

There are a couple of nice things
..but this?
"Felt Carpet: Frisian Wouw by Claudy Jongstra
The carpet has irregular contours and tousled texture. Jongstra made the
carpet yellow as an allusion to the golden age of Dutch painting Rembrandt
and other masters used yellow pigments from the mignonette plant."
I think the cat yak comparison is far too hackneyed these days, but in this case it's totally apt.

Wow. That does look like cat...
Wow. That does look like cat yack.
Thanks for this! What a fun blog!

Starck's chandelier is HORRIB...
Starck's chandelier is HORRIBLE! This alone is enough to make design extinct. GEEEEZUS.
http://www.thedesignvote.com/2011/03/milan-furniture-fair-marie-coquine-...

This chair is the only thing...
This chair is the only thing that I liked a lot:

Sorry, but
that's not a viable leg structure, from what I see. Nice form, tho -- a strangely delicate way of framing veneers, don't you think ? Could be comfortable, hard to say.

The felt rug would be nice
In different colors.

The felt rug
also needs to be a lot thicker. I've made felt and made stuff out of felt and it's so much more luxe when it's thick. At least underfoot. This thickness would be ok for a garment, maybe.