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Karim Rashid Butterfly Chair

There is no doubt Egyptian-born, globally-trained designer Karim Rashid is trending volcanic right now in the design world. His designs are fun, feisty and rare gems. His self-proclaimed style—“sensual minimalism” or “sensualism” as he tells designboom.com in a Proust-style interview. Rashid accomplishments are so vast, we won’t begin to list them here, albeit he has seen and done it all. He even published a book entitled, Karim Rashid I Want to Change the World published by Thames and Hudson, 2001. (Photo Credit)

If you are the life of the party, people immediately befriend you wherever you go and you love color and lots of it, then Rashid’s style could be your own. He uses every color from the rainbow and some he has even created himself. Anyone that can wear a cotton candy pink suit and manage to look delicious and dashing at the same time has it going on in more ways than one. His designs have his personality written all over them. His penchant and talent for design is far reaching outside of his interior design spaces, he has his own lines of house wares, lighting, packaging, art, fashion, branding and logos, surfaces, fabrics, and furniture.

Everything he touches leaves a trail of vibrant color and shapes and curves that literally dance before your eyes in the most delightful way.  Smashing hues of pink, purple, blue, green, red and more cover everything from sofas to hangers.

In honor of Rashid’s design genius, we’re excited to offer one of his brilliant designs…the Karim Rashid ButterflyChair in a bold turquoise hue, chrome steel frame and Italian design. This designer chair would make a perfect armless dining chair to accompany one of Rashid’s exuberant tables. If you can relate to this elegant seating then you may have just found the entry to your own StylePath. For more information about Karim Rashid and his world view his presspak.

The Karim Rashid Butterfly Chair. This designer chair is made for Magis.

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The Classic Panton Chair

You avoid the beaten path at all costs, you think outside the box (you hate the phrase), and you continually fight for your right to be funky. If this sounds like you, then Verner Panton surely must have had you in mind when he designed the limited edition Panton chair.

Panton, touted as one of Denmark’s most influential 20^th century interior and furniture designers, is best known for his Panton chair design. Reinvented in a new color every year since 1967, this award-winning chair has seen the inside of many museums, famous homes and unexpected places like Bohemia’s St. Bartholomew's Church designed by QUBUS. (Sorry, the cross design isn’t available to the public.) Church Interior

The Panton, molded out of a solid piece of fiberglass-reinforced polypropylene, is manufactured by Vitra of Germany. This chair may be a piece of art, but its naturally flowing curves and flexible nature make an "oh, so comfortable" place to rest.

Make a strong design statement or add a splash of color (retro pink and light blue were 2007’s color offerings) to your dining room by pairing four or more with a bent glass table. Equally suited for outdoor use, the Panton can take a beating due to its UV and weather-proof shell which contains additives to prevent fading.

Due to the Panton’s limited edition status, supplies are, you guessed it, limited. The $260 price tag makes it a steal. It’s exclusively available through Hive.

2007 Panton Chair in Light Blue

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One Table—Three Styles

We offer up one beautifully designed table and three ways to achieve your respective style. Whether you like to keep it sleekly modern, decisively contemporary, or straight up traditional, these looks will answer your style calling.

The Table
Bellacor’s Gina table offers neutral styling and the beauty of solid hardwoods and ash veneer in a Java finish. We chose this table because it has subtle lines and style that can lend itself well to most any interior décor. Its timeless design can even weather the winds of a style crisis, if you decide to go from say modern to traditional mid-life.

Style One
Ultra modern and super sleek this set of 4 Dragones chairs are sure to woo you and the Gina table alike. Made of a chrome base and bent plywood veneer in a wenge finish, the set is available for an unbelievable $218.00 price tag.

Style Two
123 Creations will take you for a walk on the wild side with this pair of wooly Zebra chairs in brown needlepoint and white washed hardwood. Take two for an intimate couples dining area at the Gina table or take four for a group function. Either way it’s contemporary and fun.

Style Three
For proverbial traditional styling, parsons chairs are a must. Powell created these handsome camel back chairs with small nailhead trim for maximum comfort. Situate four of them in Paisley Chenille with the Gina table for hours of enjoyment dining and discussing the arts and how to solve the world’s problems.

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I Love Rock and Rock

You know who you are. You got the punk cut before it was popular, spent long hours playing your air guitar and dreamed about the guy by the record machine. Relive the moment once again by releasing your inner Joan Jett with this powder-coated heavy metal and glass dining table and chairs from Dining Rooms Direct.

Sassy, chic and under a $1000 bucks, the Diva Contemporary Dining Table will be sure to dazzle. Its glass top construction and intersecting beam base and angled chair back design shake it up in all the right places and make this a great choice if you had a glass dining table in mind.

Perfect Companion
You won’t have to bang your head trying to figure out what to put with your new heavy metal dining set, this Dublin sideboard is perfect! Black glass and stainless steel combine to create a seamless look for your dining space. It might change your tune
just a bit. After all, Dublin is the home of the U2 boys.

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