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| Here at DESU DESIGN, we believe in being choosy. In late 2012, we decided to expand our collection to include a select number of like-minded designers and manufacturers who share our vision. In the words of William Morris, “have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” We believe in products that achieve both.
This month we’re featuring the work of Pablo. Embracing a less-is-more ideology, Pablo’s practical lamps are distilled down to their essence, form and light. |
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| Dave’s Take:
When the time came to add a lighting partner to our offering, we had a very short list, and topping off that list was Pablo. In a short 20 year span, Pablo Pardo has created a company that has redefined lighting. Their designs embody technical sophistication but always in a manner that is perfectly married to visual elegance. When you engage one of their task lamps for the first time, you will be utterly amazed at the level of versatility it offers, while still being visually minimalistic. There is no detail that has not been crafted to absolute perfection. Technical refinement coupled with pure art. Each and every time, they just nail it. David E. Scott |
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Less is more: the new LIM360 task lamp by Pablo
New Product Highlights: Fall 2012
| It’s holiday shopping season. Our curated selection eliminates the need to push through crowds at the mall or scroll through endless options online – desudesign.com offers beautiful items of lasting quality that blur the boundary between art and design. In fact, it’s the only thing we offer. | |
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Leather Link iPad Stand – JZD:MERCANTILE The Leather Link blends together form and function to create a tactile experience unlike anything we’ve ever seen – just articulate the links around to make the shape you need. Made of sturdy leather and metal, this iPad stand gives a warm and timeless elegance to stark technology. Wired Magazine Staff Wish List Selection |
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Pixo Task Lamp – Pablo Designs The Pixo offers a lot of punch in a small package. Its clean lines make it perfect for small spaces and places where a larger lamp would overwhelm, and its fully rotatable arm and head allow you to focus its bright, energy-efficient LED light at any task in front of you. And, to top it off, the Pixo has a handy USB port for charging your devices. |
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Riviera Tray – MAY Furniture Co. The architectural Riviera tray is truly timeless – has it always been there? The slatted design of the solid wood evokes both historical Japanese and Danish elements, appearing modern and perennial at the same time. |
Why we love Larch Wood
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Greetings from DESU DESIGN. As you may have noticed, our website has recently undergone a facelift. In addition to larger images, menu thumbnails, and a streamlined checkout process, we have expanded! We are now carrying a few select pieces from other designers and manufacturers whose work we admire. These are companies whose passion for quality and beauty matches our own. We hope you love these new items as much as we do. This week, we’d like to introduce Larch Wood’s end grain cutting boards. During the winter holidays, family and friends gather together over food and conversation to create memories. These beautiful, durable boards are perfect for preparing and showing off dishes this holiday season: they can handle the heavy work of cutting, chopping, and prepping, and they’ll look good doing it. Larch Wood cutting boards make lovely gift for the cooks and food-lovers in your life — or maybe even for yourself. |
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| Dave’s Take: I have to admit, I envy the Europeans. Not just because of their free health care, or their ability to serve up a great tasting cup of coffee just about anywhere, but because they have such easy access to one of my favorite species of wood, Siberian Larch. It was in the midst of scouring the internet one day searching for a domestic importer of this glorious wood that I stumbled across Larch Wood Enterprises. Once I saw the work of this dedicated group of craftsmen, I knew we’d found our cutting board partner. These pieces were not just good, they were really, really good. You could tell each board was studied, crafted… made by hands that gave a damn. Their larch is sourced locally from Nova Scotia. It’s a species of wood that is dense, stable and just the right amount of hard for an end grain cutting board. Each piece is sanded smooth, oiled with food safe mineral oil, and sealed with beeswax. The resulting pieces are not only perfectly suited to their function, but also resonate a kind of beauty typically reserved for fine, studio-crafted furniture. David E. Scott |
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Season’s Greetings from Vermont
Greetings from DESU DESIGN. Here’s wishing you a bit of good cheer this Holiday season. 2011 shaped up to be quite a busy and exciting year here at DESU. Our biggest change was the relocation of our production facility to the lovely state of Vermont. Our new workshop is nestled into the woods, high up in the Green Mountains. In spite of the nasty visit from hurricane Irene, things have progressed smoothly and we are up and running. This move will enable us to expand our production and be in closer dialogue with nature, one of primary sources of inspiration. Our business office will continue to be based in Brooklyn, giving us the best of both worlds, as late night sushi runs are a tricky task in Vermont.
Many of you have been asking about when we will be launching new products. Soon! New and very exciting pieces are in the works. (hint, lots of wood here in Vermont) We’ll also be launching a new web site in the coming months, and there will be some significant changes coming along with it. In the meantime, feel free to let us know what is on your mind. We love having input from our customers, friends, and colleagues. The best new products are the ones that fill that untapped need. Tell us what you wish would improve in the world, and we will see if we can make it better.
Thank you again for your support. We wish you all the best this Holiday Season and in the New Year!
Glühwein: Austrian Spiced Mulled Wine Recipe
| Greetings from Brooklyn! We come bearing gifts to help with holiday celebrations, and to warm up the winter. Here’s wishing you the best this holiday season. Enjoy! | ||||||
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| Like baking Christmas cookies or slow-roasting meats, preparing Glühwein at home packs a delightful double holiday wallop, pleasing friends and loved ones with its warm, wintry goodness while simultaneously filling the house with the heady, soul-soothing aromas of Northern European winters immemorial.WINE: No need to splurge on a single-vineyard Rioja or a barrique-aged Barolo—better to find a value red with strawberry/cherry flavors (in other words, red fruit, as opposed to black fruit), a profile often found in Pinot Noir, Tempranillo, and Sangiovese-based wines. For this recipe, I’d use an Austrian Zweigelt, a cherry/raspberry-redolent grape that both suits the spices in the recipe and keeps the Austrian theme. Try the juicy and gulpable Berger Zweigelt 2008, $14 at Dandelion Wine, just around the corner from DESU Design’s Headquarters. |  |
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| CHEESE: Try a creamy, soft-ripened cow’s milk cheese—the runnier the better—just nothing with too funky: Vacherin Mont d’Or (a Swiss/French raw-milk gem difficult, though not impossible, to find in the U.S.), L’edel de Cleron (sometimes referred to as ‘Faux Vacherin’), or even a mild, creamy French blue, like Montbriac.
ADRIAN MURCIA has been engaged in the study and teaching of fermented deliciousness for well over a dozen years, donning a wide variety of professional hats along the way: fromager, sommelier, writer, educator, and consultant. His latest venture, a roving educational outfit called Brooklyn Fermented, is dedicated to spreading wine/cheese/beer love across the borough (and beyond) and launches officially on December 12. |
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Feeling crafty? Download the free pattern for DESU’s paper ornament, inspired by the folding technique of our Axi Tealight Pendants. All it takes is a printer, some card stock, a utility blade, and a straight edge to keep those lines crisp–and a little bit of patience.-> Download pattern | |||||
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Taste of Greenmarket 2009
DESU Design is excited to be a part of this year’s Taste of the Greenmarket fundraiser on October 28th. We’re donating the HUG and the Lithos, two items from our Surface line of tabletop serving pieces, to the silent auction. All proceeds from the event benefit Greenmarket’s Youth Education Project, which enables 5,000 NYC children each year to experience first-hand the value of regional farming and eating fresh, local, seasonal foods.
Tickets are still available, so get them while you can – and enjoy an extraordinary evening of Greenmarket-inspired signature dishes prepared by some of New York’s most renowned chefs. For more information, including ticket prices and where to buy, please visit www.cenyc.org/tasteofgreenmarket.
Join DESU Design in supporting this wonderful cause and enjoy a fabulous meal in the process!
