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Why I F*cking Hate the Gather Table
The Gather Table is beautiful, Japandi-perfect, and $9,000. It is also a pile of poplar dressed in veneer and edged in solid wood to make you think otherwise. A design criticism on the piece I've kept on my hate list for years — and what it reveals about how the furniture industry moves product.
Marcey Mankosa
1 day ago4 min read
Builder Greige: The Loss of At-Home Personality and the Sanitization of Design
A new home should feel like you. Instead, builder grade spec has converged on a single soulless palette: dark grey "wood tile," white quartz, greige walls, black fixtures — every home identical. A design criticism on the grey takeover, where it came from, and what we lost when our homes stopped having personality.
Marcey Mankosa
May 273 min read
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