A Product With Character: Old Sign Letters Are Given New Lights & A New Life.

Character of Finland is a company that rescues old typographic signage from demolition, chooses the most stylish letters and turns them into individual design objects that they offer for sale. After replacing the old neon tubes with LEDs, they add a transformer, install a power cord and give them a new life cycle that you can purchase for yourself.

Some examples of their products:




Numbers, letters and glyphs are amongst their offerings you can buy here



Character Oy
Tel . + 358 9 682 2002
Vuorimiehenkatu 16
00140 Helsinki
Finland

Gulassa & Co. : Industrial, Yet Elegant Furniture, Light Fixtures & More

Do you live in a loft? An arts and crafts bungalow? A japanese minimalist home or a modern cement abode? Want to find unusual furnishings, lights, custom hardware or fireplaces that have both an industrial but elegant feel? That combine organic materials with a stately style? Then you need to know Gulassa & Company.



They create everything from tables, seats and lights to hardware, sinks, gates and handrails that are beautifully crafted and originally designed since 1989.

Gulassa & Company are wood workers, metal workers, glass artists, upholsterers, architectural and graphic designers. By collaborating with clients, architects, contractors, and designers, Gulassa & Company is able to successfully resolve the most complex design issues.



They have two complete lines of metal and wood furniture, product design and development services, and consultation on small-scale high-end commercial and residential interiors.

here are some of their lights:




some of their tables and benches:



just a few of their accessories:


And a few of their stools:



They make stunning custom furniture and architectural elements as well, like the following pieces:


some custom hardware:

And custom buffet and table:

some amazing handrails:


They have so much more, you'll have to go check them out yourself.


contact info:
ph. 206.283.1810
Gulassa and Co., Inc. sells to the trade through their showrooms and can be contacted here.
info@gulassaco.com
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"My intention is to combine the simplicity of form with the unique physical properties of materials to create pieces that transform a space by adding character and harmony." --David Gulassa

David Gulassa
1960 - 2001
In memory of David Gulassa, artist, designer, fabricator, and community leader, this fund has been created to support projects which honor, develop or are inspired by David's works and vision.

Send your tax deductable donations to:
The Gulassa Fund c/o The Seattle Foundation
425 Pike Street, Suite 510
Seattle, WA 98101-2334
(206) 622-2294
www.seattlefoundation.org

Black and White (and Bitchin').

10 cool monochromatic Items.
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Shedding New Light On Chandeliers, Geometrix by Schonbek

Schonbek has revolutionized high-tech lighting with Geometrix®.

With this collection Schonbek put forth the unorthodox idea that spare and simple could also be bold and brilliant. They brought together the purity of halogen or xenon light, and the fire of crystal, to change the way light interacts with designed space.



Geometrix® designs are expressed in spirals and slices, cylinders and rectangles, cubes and waves, triangles, slabs and spheres.



The basic building block of most Geometrix® designs is a lily-cut Strass® crystal octagon that is highly refractive and incomparably brilliant. Strass® is considered the finest crystal in the world.



This unique high-tech lighting collection offers chandeliers, pendants, sconces, bath bars, spotlights, track lights and crystal trim for recessed lighting.



Some Geometrix® designs are bold blocks of shimmering color:


Others are massive light sculptures in icy clear crystal:



Geometrix® colors include many composites unique to Schonbek, and range from subtle to off-the-color-charts. Every color has its complementary color or colors, making it easy for a designer to mix Geometrix® designs with harmonious results.





Geometrix® could only have arisen in the twenty-first century. At the same time, it represents an exploration of light spanning centuries. Schonbek dates back to 1870 in Bohemia.

Request a free Geometrix® DVD

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