Tag: plastic, rubber & high-tech | Apartment Therapy

Affordable and Strong: Corrugated Materials

Cardboard boxes are corrugated for strength. So goes it for corrugated sheet metal. And plastic. On top of that, these materials are readily available, efficient, and economical, too. Some designs t...

Canadian Classic: Solair Chair

We have seen Solair Chairs before, but didn't know much about them. They were originally designed by Fabio Fabiano and and Michelange Panzini in Montreal in 1972. They become a popular choice for mote...

Grippiks Surface Accents for Ikea

Customizing your Ikea furniture seems to be almost a given at this point, but if you're not too handy in the DIY department or don't have much time for another project, you might want to consider Grip...

Aubuchon Hardware's Contact Paper

A reader pointed us in the direction of Aubuchon Hardware's unusually large selection of contact papers, and all the options there. Their selection got us thinking about this sticky substance....

Empire West Ceiling Tiles

Ceiling tiles tend to either be terrible and office like or amazing bits of architectural detail. Empire West tries to bridge that gap by making attractive tiles for suspended t-bar ceilings - yes, mu...

Sweepa Rubber Broom

This picture does not exaggerate. The advertising for this product seems to revolve around pet hair, but that doesn't begin to describe how much of a miracle-worker the rubber squeegee-cum-brush has ...

LED Coffee Table

We're kind of like barracudas in that we're drawn to anything that sparkles. It's no wonder, then, why we're so interested in this table - under the glass top are 480 twinkling LEDs that respond to mo...

Jewelry Stands by Polli

We know Polli for their earrings, more than the rack said earrings would hang on. But we were happy to learn that the nature-inspired jewelry stands often used in their store displays is available ...

Sweepa Rubber Broom

This picture does not exaggerate. The advertising for this product seems to revolve around pet hair, but that doesn’t begin to describe how much of a miracle-worker the rubber squeegee-cum-brush has ...

LumiGram's Fiberglass Tablecloth

Try to get past any Louis XIV associations for a minute. Imagine this glowing tablecloth in a more sedate setting than pictured, say at a dock-side dinner party. Imagine how dazzling it would be in c...

Modern-twist: Designer

It's a rare housewares designer who can really call themselves an inventor, but Kat Nouri and her collaborators at SF's Modern-twist deserve that moniker. The company's small housewares line is so fa...

PowerSquid Surge Protector

While we've been doing our own form of spring cleaning (which entails more cleaning out than actual cleaning), and moving things around, we noticed once again how irritating it is that those bulky tra...