As a teenager, von Rydingsvard (pronounced REE - dings - vehrd) made his way to Stockholm and then New York and Boston, working
at furniture factories.
Not exact matches
Not purchases
at the SKU level — they largely don't know what you bought
at West Elm or Cheesecake
Factory — but they do know that you spend $ 350
at a
furniture store and $ 75
at a casual food chain.
The average job
at the Hawesville plant pays $ 23 an hour — $ 10 or more an hour than the jobs that their friends who have been laid off from the smelter have found in
furniture factories, prisons and lawn care services.
About Modern Line
Furniture Modern Line
Furniture is a leading designer and manufacturer in modern, modular contemporary
furniture at factory direct prices.
In my late teens I designed several
furniture systems, had them produced
at a friend's
factory during summer holidays, then sold them myself.
Labour, capitalism and consumption dynamics as explored by Beier find their natural echo in the Foundation's building, a former
furniture factory built
at the end of the 19th century, and now operating as an art gallery.
Built in 1926 and originally used by Macy's as a warehouse and
furniture showroom, The LIC Arts Open Gallery
at The
Factory is housed within a 1.1 million square - foot building
at the geographic midpoint of New York City - just across the East River from Manhattan in Long Island City, Queens.
But my father was the foreman
at the finest
furniture factory in New York, Schmieg and Kotzian, and he said I could work there, in the decorating department, but I would have to go to Cooper Union and study, and learn all the different periods.