The forecast calls for rain in Los Angeles tonight, March 6th.  Perfect timing to unveil the newly arrived samples from RS-Barcelona including the Drops Tables.

Drops Tables

Our friends from Spain who brought us the RS#2 Foosball table,

their super slick foosball table, have been getting all kinds of attention for their whimsical designs.  The crate’s been unloaded and Ford&Ching is representing RS.

You can view samples of their designs and furniture at the KimSing and soon at selected retailers in the U.S.

Greg Bergere heads up Go BUILD STUDIO, a contemporary furniture company founded in 1998 and based in San Francisco. The eclectic collection celebrates simple and useful design with the varied influences of plain Shakers, mid-century moderns, and high-low cosmopolitans.

Greg’s headed down to Los Angeles to debut the new Wavelength Series and the newly redesigned Zebra Series on March 6 at the FORD&CHING showroom. The Wavelength Series is a seating group inspired by the motion of waves and the movement of shorebird legs. The basic form is designed to cradle the derriere on a simple repeatable shape. Each piece features tightly upholstered seating with thin padding, and may be ordered in Walnut, Oak, Maple, Espresso, and with or without Ebonized legs and trim.

The Zebra Series of casegoods features highly graphic Zebrawood (a sustainable veneer product made of plantation-raised Poplar) framed by dark Oak, and sophisticated touches like bronzed pulls, and dovetailed drawers.

These pieces are available for purchase and viewing at the Kim Sing Theatre in Los Angeles.

Ford&Ching is extremely happy to add Tanya Aguiniga to their roster of designers.

Tanya has designed a beautiful, tactile line of pillows available exclusively through Ford&Ching that exemplify her organic modernist approach to design.

Fold Pillow Closeup

Using a process called nuno felting, raw wool is naturally adhered without adhesives to hand-died gauze.

Loop Pillow Closeup

Those familiar with Tanya’s Wool Lace Necklaces will recognize the technique used on the Loop Pillows.  100% wool yarn hand laid to create a lacy/loopy pattern then stitched to retain its shape.

Gauze Pillows

The Gauze Pillows also utilize nuno felting combining natural raw wool with hand-died and pulled gauze.  These are really beautiful in person.

Tanya’s pillow line is launching at the next Ford&Ching event at the Kim Sing Theatre on Saturday, March 6th, 8 – 11pm.  Tanya’s line of handmade pillows is available through Ford&Ching for $180 each and soon at other select retailers.

Standard Console enduring environmental patina

Last week I visited one of our East Coast designers, Eric Slayton, at his studio in Brooklyn. (Some of you know, I probably had some ulterior motives for being there as well)  I got to preview his latest version of the standard console; a series of pieces with a portfolio of time lapse photos showing the “rusting” will accompany each piece.   Each piece will be located in different environments from urban to wilderness.  Today, we’re at day 17, so these photos were taken on day 12.

Beautiful affect of the patina on solid Corten steel

Amazing contrast between day 1 and 12.

Day 1

View of the side of Eric's studio building

Kengo just got back from fighting in Japan (victorious) to unpack a huge shipment of samples to share with you at our Spring Launch on March 6 (rsvp early as it will be packed). If you cant wait until then or want a more intimate preview, please call 310-800-3999 or come by open hours on Wednesday or Saturday.

Warehouse Staff

To Be Discovered

Watching Kengo Work

Almost Done

See the online catalog for RS Barcelona here.