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Big slab wood furniture is chic, but it is often very expensive. We recently found Jeff Taylor's Madara Designs, which fabricates a wide range of beautiful slab furniture right out of Brooklyn at better prices than the fancy pants at BDDW and Tucker Robbins.
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I must disagree with sam and anon-- Nakashima would have loved the respect for the organic in these Madara pieces- and the nature that they bring into a home. I have a Madara dining table in my apartment, and the strong, metal bases (which are smooth, well-positioned/ designed and decidedly un-amaturish) give solid grounding-- and marry an urban industrialism (in some cases) to the flow of the wood.
I know Madara also custom creates a large portion of it's pieces for it's clients-- so quite often the bases are the vision and commission of the client. In my dealings with Madara, I've found them to be creatively cutting edge, aesthetically -sound, fairly-priced, home-grown, and extremely accommodating.
Regarding 'green products'-- who amoung us isn't pulling major wattage off of the grid (which is fossil-fueled) to write our bloggings, meander the web, e-shop/browse and see in the dark? Those in glass houses....Madara rates very high on the verdant-scale....finding morsels left from natures' cycle and bringing that nature carefully, respectfully and intimately into our lives.... anna on Mar 8, 2007
I own a couple of pieces from Madara Design and am absolutely fascinated with the clean yet sophisticated touch they have added to my home! Also, they do custom work and were able to design pieces that fit perfectly with what I was looking for! Myrna on Mar 7, 2007