tulip lamp

chris designed this lamp nearly two years ago and

it has consistently been one of our most requested 

items.  

marin magazine featured us in their march issue and

highlight this particular lamp as an example of our work

from an eco-friendly perspective.  it is made from

reclaimed mahogany, repurposed acrylics and is always

made custom to order.  

you can check out the marin magazine mention here.

new floor and the such

we put the finishing coat on chris' floor today and are

completely excited about the way it turned out.  it is

created entirely from wood scraps we've saved over the 

years that most people would not consider usable.  birch,

walnut, cherry, oak...i think we may have even grabbed 

a few scraps from woodworker friends we've used for 

fabrication and the such... 

our good friend nick bauman, from minneapolis, is out 

visiting for a long weekend and came by the studio today.

good discussions about cradle to cradle considerations

among many other subjects.  here we're looking over the 

prototype for an unbelievably awesome new side table.  

nick has always been an impressive conversationalist and 

hasn't lost ANY of his touch.  someday he may even find 

a sense of humor.  good luck, nick.

table for twelve

we built this dining set from reclaimed douglas fir 

floor joists from chris' great grandparent's house built 

in 1905.  pulling all the nails from this wood was a blast!  

thanks to coley for all his persistence with a flat bar

and hammer in the summer heat last year.  well done,

sir.

customized for the decarli house, this piece is currently 

featured on furnitureseen.  thanks to susan and anita 

for the post.  they really know how to pick the most 

excellent work by really awesome designers like us.

we are so old school when it comes to this.  we've been 

building from reclaimed lumber for several years now.  

we scout around for whatever we can find, wherever 

that may be.  we just came across 800 board feet of 

redwood decking from the late 1960's that is absolutely 

beautiful.  our first commission with this wood should 

be finished by late march.

bakers pride

our new space is filled with not only natural light, but 

with the aroma of the tomales bakery.  it's slightly

strange, but also welcoming, to experience such a

distinctly comforting smell not usually associated 

with a fabrication studio. 

we began laying the floor in chris' office yesterday and

will complete it today.  we are using ALL reclaimed wood

we've been storing for nearly two years.  i knew we'd

find a use for it at some point and it feels great not 

to have to move it around our shop space anymore.  

  

 

photos with ellen

our friend, photographer ellen shershow pena, used

the form3-designed decarli house in petaluma as a 

backdrop for a photo shoot yesterday.  the shoot 

included cupcakes like i've never seen before in my 

life. (they also tasted pretty amazing.) 

it's always great to see her. she had us cracking up.

this is ellen taking an important call as she heads 

back to the city in her cityshare car. she uses a very 

stylish jill-e camera bag. yes, that's a camera bag.

nea artworks competition

the national endowments for the arts is holding 

an open competition for a new graphic identity

for the program artworks.  it is open to anyone

with an idea and the ability to convey that idea

graphically.  it's that simple.  no cost for entry.

the deadline is march 5th.

since we help our business clients with branding

strategies on a regular basis, we've been working 

out a few ideas for the competition ourselves.  

meeting with keith

my partner, chris, had a meeting yesterday

with one of our favorite clients of all time, pro 

skateboarder and entrepreneur, keith hufnagel, 

to discuss some design work on his home in 

marin county.

it reminded me of these side tables we did 

exclusively for him at the end of last year.  

they are not on our website yet, but will be 

in the near future with our 2010 plyform series.  

(we use google's sketch up for a lot of simple 

work, as shown in the modeling above.)

two-tone side table

we've been working on versions of this side table for a 

couple months now and here it is:  our new two-tone 

side table.  it comes in a variety of custom colors and 

ALWAYS uses reclaimed wood.  this version is shown

in cream with reclaimed douglas fir legs and drawer.  

 

our selected work is now available online at the marin store.

new plyform angle

this is the new prototype for a chair we've been working on.  

a few kinks to still work out, but we've already sold the 

prototype to the clothing designer suzi johnson in portland.  

you can check out her work at www.souchi.com

dwell magazine (www.dwell.com) gave us a nice post last 

month on our plyform stack lounge chair.  you can check it 

out at dwell online.

form3 in tomales

the beginning of a new beginning.  we are now moved in to our space in tomales, ca (population 210).  a few finishing touches ahead, but we are looking forward to our first project beginning this week:  Benny Gold's (www.bennygold.com) new store in the mission district, San Francisco.

working from a downtown Los Angeles warehouse only a short nine years ago, this seems a bit isolated, but the charm is unbelievable.  the building we now occupy is an old military barracks moved from the presidio of san francisco some seven decades ago.

the aroma from our neighbors (the awesome tomales bakery) provides a welcome touch and we look forward to being part of this cool little community.