Snapshots from Bklyn Designs 2009

All the exhibitors rounded up after a successful weekend! The show drew a huge crowd.

Some quick shots right before breaking down the booth.

more raves for Boo-Coup

Agustina from DecoTotal raved about boo-coup, since it is in Spanish here is an english translation of her review courtesy of babelfish.

¡Gracias Agustina!

Haute Nature loves Boo-Coup!

Haute Nature is a sophisticated green blog with an eye on sustainable, stylish design, supporting ecologically based creative ideas, art & green products for your children, home and lifestyle.

Here is what Haute Nature says about Boo-Coup:

“Boo-Coup is an adorable bamboo line of children’s furniture by David Siegel in N.Y. Siegel focuses on creating the pieces from only sustainable and renewable materials. David’s awareness of hardwood harvesting and the impact that it has on the local and global environment, was reason to find materials with lower impact. The textures surfaces and bright colors lend a playful & joyful edge to the line.”

Thank you Haute Nature! and to green solutions Ecobcil for picking up on that feed along with Naturalpath on the Best in Green and Healthy Living.

GreenJeans highlights both Boo-Coup and Re-Co Bklyn

GreenJeans selected highlights of BRKLYN Designs 2009 included my bamboo line Boo-Coup. “Boo-Coup is using bamboo plywood and creating texture in the outer layer of the wood, then finishing it in bold crayola colors. Really fun and different.” as well as Re-Co Brooklyn!

Criss cross, flow, narrow flow, croc are some of these outer layers textures.

Turbulence and rope streak shown in cool colors (to the left) are also fun to touch.

Boo-Coup gets reviewed by 3rings!

Alicita Rodriguez from 3rings has posted a sweet review for my bamboo line of furniture bou-coup.com. Thank you Alicita! You can read all about it here on 3rings, the Product Blog for Architecture + Design. To see my complete line of my bamboo designs, visit boo-coup.com

Boo-Coup selected for the ‘09 BKLYN DESIGNS Show

Boo-Coup & Re-Co are selected for the ‘09 BKLYN DESIGNS Show !

Running May 8-10 at St Anne’s Warehouse in Dumbo and kicking off New York Design Week, this show is expected to pull roughly 6500 visitors over it’s weekend run. BKLYN DESIGNS is sponsored by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, as well as the likes of dwell magazine, Pratt Institute, New York Magazine and Benjamin Moore. A jury was appointed to select 45 of brooklyn’s top designers; the show will feature the hottest, freshest and most innovative contemporary furniture, lighting, carpet, flooring and wall coverings designed by both new and veteran exhibitors. Being a part of such an amazing event is like a godsend for both BOO-COUP and RE-CO BKLYN, as we are such a young companies, and we are absolutely over the moon about this opportunity.

Part of the BOO-COUP Press Kit

BOU-COUP Press Sheet

and here is Re-Co Bklyn’s

RE-CO BKLYN press sheet

all designed by Isabelle Sigal at Astrobelle.com, including the awesome RE-CO logo!

RE-CO BKLYN launches…

The reclaimed lumber project has grown into RE-CO BKLYN! Check out its blog at re-co-bklyn.blogspot.com. You will be able to shop for these unique green pieces at A+G MERCH as of May 1st!

Reclaimed lumber projects

Reclaimed lumber projects

This is a collaborative project using only reclaimed and recycled lumber working with 3 other awesome 3rd Ward guys. Roger Benton ( Benton custom), Yas Ikuma, and  Zack Schlossberg ( Loft Men ). Links on side.

This photograph taken by Rogers wife.

Bamboo Table with Receding Checker Board

Checker Bamboo Table

This table was done for Tom Flynn Inc. working with Micheal Murphy.

Checker Underside Mechanism

This shot shows the mechanisms for lowering the checker board in order to switch out the tiles, and the inserts beyond that are to switch out the larger tiles. These mechanisms, the base, and the brass accents were done by Drew Feur.

Recent Projects

ELLIPSE TABLE

This project was for Tom Flynn Inc.

Here’s a detail of the legs.

Leg detail

Check out my prototype furniture at   boo-coup.com

PROTOTYPE MONTAGE

This is a large kids table for Tom Flynn Inc.

The panels are held in place by the silver knobs, and flip over to expose a chalk board surface.

The panels also rotate in placement, so that the rectangular units underneath (which are on wheels) can be reconfigured in a closed position or separated.

PLAY TABLE

The double door unit, built for Tom Flynn inc. is based on my prototype of bamboo ply kids furniture next to it.

DOUBLE DOOR CUBE

Kids bed built in. The open area has padded panels inserted there.

Kids beds

Kids Bed

Kids Beds

Many of Wiliamsburgs old warehouse buildings have been recently knocked down

We grabbed some old beams…..

Raw beams

…..and turned them into benches for my girlfriends balcony.

Reclaimed wood benches

The Crest Hardware Art Show just closed, so sad. I showed this goofy piece, but I was truly honored to participate, as the show has a long history in Williamsburg.

Screw ball

This was done working for Andrew Maas. It is in a condo in DUMBO.

Ceder sliding door

More traditional work in a New Jersey mansion. With Andrew Maas.

Cherry Wood Library

Walnut boxes with textured surface.

Walnut wall boxes

Walnut wall boxes