Smilow Furniture Featured in Elements of Craft

Smilow Furniture has been invited to participate in 100% Design @ London Design Festival 2014.

The Smilow Furniture 60” Woven Rush Bench RLB 60 will be featured in the exhibition Elements of Craft, Mint Shop - Brompton Design District, 2 North Terrace, London September 13 - 21.
Opening reception Thursday, September 18 from 7 - 10pm.

The talented Lina Kanafani, owner of Mint Shop, curated the exhibition focusing on the influence of craft in design. Mint Shop is an interior design store established in 1998. It is based in central London and is renowned for its contemporary collections and creative merchandising, offering cutting edge design cleverly mused with innovative one off pieces.

100% Design is expected to attract over 30,000 visitors and is touted as the biggest event during the London Design Festival from September 18 - 21, 2014. If you’re in London make sure to come by and check out this terrific shop & exhibit and say hello!

Don’t miss these other great venues/sites during London Design Week:

Brompton Design District

Design Junction

Mint Shop

Design Museum
East London Design District
The New Craftsmen
designjunction

And if you are not in London follow @smilowdesign on Instagram and Facebook to stay in the know during the Festival.

And check out our complete SMILOW Furniture 2014 catalogue.

For more information and U.S. locations contact us at info@smilowdesign.com.

Testimonials from Life Long Customers (2nd in a Series)

Soon after the reissue of Smilow Furniture in the fall of 2013 I began to receive heartfelt letters from families who literally grew up with my father’s furniture.

   "My parents bought furniture from the NYC Smilow-Thielle location to furnish their new home (designed by my Dad) in 1955. I even found their original multi-page receipt for all of those items.

   I found it so interesting that my Dad and Mom had ordered furniture for their entire house from your Dad. They moved it with them many times over the years. 

   A number of the pieces remain in my family. Slat benches, rush chairs, ottomans, bedroom dressers - - - are in my brother and sister's homes still today."

Caroline
Salem, Oregon

These testimonials are remarkable not only for the kind and complimentary words that help brighten our days, but speak volumes about the quality and endurance of the furniture and its design. Confirming once again the basic premise and commitment of our brand - Smilow Furniture, creating enduring modern classics.

Below is a copy of the original receipt attached to Caroline's note. (check out the prices in 1955!)

 

Send us YOUR Smilow Furniture story, we'd love to hear them. 

It Still ROCKS Today (Testimonial #1)

Last winter I posted one of my all time favorite pictures on the Smilow Design Facebook Page. The picture was “The Chair that Represented America,” my father’s quintessential American Rocking Chair that was honored with selection for use in the US Pavilion at Montreal’s Expo ’67.

Right after I posted the picture this comment appeared: " I have this chair. It was purchased in 1964 to rock my baby in. It still ROCKS today! Love it!!"

She continued to tell me more about the furniture and her daughter even chimed in about how much she adored growing up with Smilow Furniture.  “...Her furniture is what I compare all others to, the furniture that has always felt like home and nothing comes close.”

Read the entire heartwarming exchange.

And keep a look out, we hope to be reintroducing this iconic piece later this spring!

History of an Ottoman

In 1955 the Woven Rush Smilow- Thielle Ottoman was chosen and included in the Pratt Institute's exhibition featuring well designed objects.Today the newly reintroduced ottoman proves the smilow furniture motto: enduring, modern, classics.

Now almost 60 years later, in the current issue of Elle Decor Nov, 2013/ "Truth in Decorating column, Smilow Furniture's Woven Rush Ottoman (RLO44) was chosen as 1 of the 10 best ottomans by designers Bernie de Le Cuona and Brian J. McCarthy.

To watch a fun video of the designers describing and enjoying the ottomans (especially coveting the Smilow funiture ottoman! click here

Smilow Furniture, RLO 44 Woven Rush Ottoman