A recent bill passed in the UK has extended the copyright law from allowing a design to be reproduced 25 years after its creation to 70 years after the designer’s life.

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Room to Improve Coverage

We were delighted with our coverage on Sunday night’s Room to improve with the wonderful Dermot Bannon who was helping a couple in Baldoyle to completely revamp their home.

Blog, UncategorisedCA Design11 August 2016Comment

Super slick kitchenware for the messy chef in all of us

Because what is not to love about de-cluttered, clean-lined and cleverly crafted kitchen homewares & accessories...

BlogCA Design2 August 2016Bar stool, Gud breakfast stool, hand, hand printed tea towels, kitchen, Squeeze table, tea towels, universo positivo, universo positivo bar stoolComment

Wishbone Thinking

Hans Wegner designed the Wishbone chair in 1949, taking his inspiration from antique Chinese armchairs.

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Looking for some fresh, contemporary European furniture?

Blending beautifully with our mid century inspired pieces, we stock a range of slick, contemporary and multifunctional furniture made by Belgian and European designers called Universo Positivo.

BlogCA Design21 July 2016Clip shelf, Contemporary furniture, disc stool, Domino rack, Gud chair, Gud stool, lacquered metal, Spook, Squeeze table, universo positivo, Universo Positivo desksComment

Perching pretty - The bar stool edit

Undoubtedly because of the frenetic and flexible way in which we conduct our lives in our open-plan kitchen/living rooms alongside the mainstream inclusion of kitchen islands has led to the integrated role of bar stools.

Blog, UncategorisedCA Design21 July 2016bar stools, Bertoia stool, cherner stools, Elbow stool, Erik buck stool, kitchen island stool, stoolComment

Love Your Curves

We all love a room with a stunning decor; maybe a couple of wow factors and clever ideas - but at the end of the day, if it's not comfortable, your hard interior design work is redundant.

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We pay homage to our Eames style lounger

The Eames lounge chair and ottoman are synonymous with mid-century modern design. It is certainly a piece, that within this period has become a benchmark of superior design.

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Statement seating

Following on from our ‘warm minimalism’ newsletter, which describes the updated look that has evolved out of the cool, Scandi-style interior trend with warmth, colour and character - we started looking at some of our iconic, statement-making chairs – a perfect way to add all the above and some, whilst steering an overall pared-down and edited look.

Blog, UncategorisedCA Design18 May 2016armchairs, Barcelona chair, eames lounger, Eames style rocker, Jacobsen style Egg chair, Jacobsen style Swan chair, Mid century armchair, Mid century chair, Saarinen style Womb chair, Saarinen Womb chair, Statement chairsComment

What's in a marble table?

We’re having more than a moment over our Saarinen style tables. One of the most iconic designs to come out of the mid-century modern era, Time magazine reported in its cover story that Eero Saarinen was designing a collection to "clear up the slum of legs in the U.S. home”.

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Spotlight on accent and task lamps

We mentioned in our Desk Focus last week we would look at complimentary task lighting, yet once we started looking at our lamps we felt we needed to elaborate on their intrinsically valuable role and put them into the limelight, so to speak.

Blog, UncategorisedCA Design16 March 2016Accent lamps, AJ lamp, Arco lamp, beside lamps, cat lamp, Chat lampe, Chien lampe, Cone desk lamp, contemporary lights, desk lights, dog lamp, mid century lighting, task lamps, Universo Positivo lighting, Wattman lamp Comment

Working the room - Desk focus

A week or so ago, we had a lot of stock of our desks come in and so we’ve been rotating and critiquing each desk’s merits. - central to our interest in the design of a desk is our belief in the inspiring effect of a desk. A dream desk will literally ‘work for you’!

BlogCA Design18 February 2016B-Desk, Desk accessories, Desk focus, Desks, Nelson desk, Nelson style swag leg desk, Ottosen desk, Squeeze table, universo positivo, Universo Positivo desksComment

SS/16 homewares have landed at CA Design

We are delighted to share our SS/16 collection of homewares with you. We have curated an edited selection of homewares: each piece was chosen on its strong design and aesthetics, exuding a summery soft appeal, such as a lightweight, delicate feel and a summer palette.

BlogCA Design6 February 2016accessories, cotton tea towels, hand printed tea towels, hat lamp, homewares, linen tea towels, new homewares, pendant lamp, Porcio vases, Roccamere cushionsComment

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