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Company chooses friendly name to soften just-out-of-reach prices. Started by the San Francisco modern furniture mafia in the late nineties, DWR is an easy modern antidote to Pottery Barn and Crate & Barrel when you need one.
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You can actually find a similar copy of the Sapien Bookshelf at West Elm: http://www.westelm.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?storeId=17001&langId=-1&catalogId=17002&viewSetCode=E&partNumber=WE-PRODf299&retainNav=true&parent_category_rn=&cmsrc=SCH&parentId=bookshelf
Much less expensive. CBDesign on Apr 26, 2008
A little late coming to the comments here, but it looks like someone's been doing some recent posting.
My experience with DWR has been two-fold. First, I walked in looking like the scruffy college kid I was (read: poor) and the gentleman who ran the store was amazingly helpful. He sat down and talked me through the Offi Mag Table, which may be the cheapest thing they sell! He was also very friendly in talking about other designs, including Eames stuff. I looked at the Eames LCW in red, sat in it, then went home and ordered it online for free shipping.
When it finally came (10 f**king weeks!) I had wandered back into DWR and talked to the guy again I felt a little bad and confessed buying it online because of the free shipping. He explained that DWR doesnt do free shipping BECAUSE they have brick and mortar stores all over the place. DWR has way more overhead than an online retailer, who's got basically a warehouse and a website. Sure, you can get an Eames chair at highbrow for a little bit cheaper, but you CANT sit in it first. Overall, I'm very impressed wit DWR. I know they have a higher end product line, and everyone likes a deal, but its worth it to me to go in and try things out, talk about whats happening in the design world ets. And folks in Boston should wander into BoConcept, or Montage to see what expensive furniture REALLY looks like - makes DWR seem like a bargain basement! Modfan on Apr 1, 2008