http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Richard+Guilfoyle Home Management Richard Guilfoyle Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=214356&ca=Home+Management Bruno Mathsson is world-renowned for his classically-comfortable chair designs as well as the creation of his extremely well-insulated and architecturally-amazing glass houses. Another of his best known designs is the Bruno Mathsson Fällbord table, a practical table that provides both beauty and ele... Home Management Richard Guilfoyle Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=212725&ca=Home+Management In 2007, the great furniture (möbler) designer Hans Wegner passed away. He entered this world in Tonger, Denmark, 93 years ago and over time became the most successful and noticed individual at the Danish Modern school of design. His beautiful and unobtrusive style is composed of clean and simple li... Home Management Richard Guilfoyle Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=211187&ca=Home+Management There are many styles of furniture (möbler) making and these can range from the very ornate to the purely functional and practical such as office furniture and school room furniture. Some styles belong very much to a particular designer or to a period or time or even an area of origin. The use of wo... Arts and Crafts Richard Guilfoyle Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=206298&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Swedish designer Bruno Mathsson was born in Varnamo in 1907 into a woodworking tradition. His father was a well known cabinetmaker producing well crafted wood furniture as had the four generations of Mathsson's before him. He grew up learning the technical skills to make furniture, the feel and natu... Home Management Richard Guilfoyle Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=202572&ca=Home+Management The Ekström Lamino armchair is a wonder of Modern Swedish design. Its simple, elegant, curvaceous lines delight the eye and comfort the back. It was designed in 1956 by Yngve Ekström as part of the Modernist furniture movement. In 1999 it was voted "The Best Swedish Furniture Design of the Century"...