Urban Gardens » Garden Art | Urban Gardens | Unlimited Thinking For Limited Spaces http://www.urbangardensweb.com Unlimited Thinking For Limited Spaces Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:02:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Architecturally Informed Indoor Outdoor Art Furniture http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2012/01/19/architecturally-informed-indoor-outdoor-art-furniture/ http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2012/01/19/architecturally-informed-indoor-outdoor-art-furniture/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:26:19 +0000 Robin Plaskoff Horton http://www.urbangardensweb.com/?p=10345
Only a single Lodge Chair, above, has been produced.

We love wire these days. Salvadorian artist Baltasar Portillo sculpts together powder coated wrought iron to form this collection of indoor-outdoor “art” furniture.

Portillo’s series of Armadillo and Lodge chairs are … Read More...

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Created from a lightweight concrete, plants, and moss, artist Robert Cannon refers to his sculptures and containers as Terraforms, which literally means “earth-shaping” or the process of “deliberate modification of the atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be … Read More...

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It’s all aglow as a focal point for your patio, soft terrace lighting, a sensual piece to light up conversation on your balcony or in your backyard. Sponge, a spherical outdoor sculpture and lamp by Miguel Angel García Belmonte, … Read More...

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Pillow, designed by Stefano Giovannoni for the Spanish company Vondom, is a collection consisting of an armchair, pouf, table and flowerpot/planter. A visual play on the softness of interior cushions, the line works well indoors or out, on a

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]]> http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2011/10/11/pouf-pillow-furniture-goes-outside/feed/ 0 Maison et Objet: Outdoor/Indoor Living Design Preview http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2011/09/04/maison-et-objet-outdoorindoor-living-design-preview/ http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2011/09/04/maison-et-objet-outdoorindoor-living-design-preview/#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:05:29 +0000 Robin Plaskoff Horton http://www.urbangardensweb.com/?p=8248

6 Cylinders Lounge Chair, from David Rouyer’s collection of concrete furniture.

“From sofas in the garden to chaise longues in the living room, from terrace showers to weatherproof rugs…the outdoor spirit is blowing through our homes in a joyous melting … Read More...

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Perfect for your outdoor living room. Oh how I love these ceramic apple sculptures created by the Brazilian designer Lisa Pappon for Bull & Stein!


Urban apple in silver.

Pappon takes “this food of mind and body” as inspiration … Read More...

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For a little lighthearted fun on your patio, terrace, or balcony: Designed by Marta Laudani & Marco Romanelli for Plust, these luminous polyethylene Moon Leaves absorb sunlight during the day then offer a soft glow at night, illuminating hardscaping … Read More...

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Photos by Pia Wustenberg

In response her observation of increased global urbanisation and our collective reliance on foreign food sources, with IndoorFarming, London designer Pia Wustenberg explores the practical and emotional consequences of furniture that grows food.

Couch Potato?
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Sharon Smith’s yard includes found objects and some collected on her travels. Photo: Jay Janner, American-Statesman.

Last weekend’s second annual Austin Art Yard Tour showcased more than two dozen yards adorned with what some would call art, others might … Read More...

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Kate Hill Cantrill’s botanical wall “painting” was a favorite feature at our Fall installation for the Shippan Designer Show House’s Creative Garden Retreat.


Cantrill incorporates various natural elements into her assemblages, many of which are found on New York beaches … Read More...

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