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Not Your Grandpa's Adirondack Chair

What do you get when you pair six contemporary designers with a half dozen traditional furniture-makers? The Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York, answered that question by organizing "Rustic Tomorrow," a traveling exhibition of six collaborations between the two groups. The contrast of progressive aesthetics and old-school craftsmanship not only stretches the boundaries of outdoorsy Adirondack furnishings but also shapes a sustainability model. >>More

Gary Lee, Not Sara Lee

Gary Lee Partners knows a thing or two about treats—and treating people right. Designed pro bono, the firm's Sweet Miss Givings, a bakery with a green design and a higher purpose, opens this fall in a 1,500-square-foot Chicago storefront outfitted with secondhand classroom blackboards, vintage pendant fixtures, and paneling and benches made from local fallen oak trees. >>More

Mamma Mio!

"Responsible desire" is the motto of Isaac and Jaime Salm, whose company, Mio, produces ecologically minded furniture and accessories. The brothers' first venture into mass-market, Mio for Target, is also Target Corporation's first green collection, part of the Design for All series. >>More