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Presents information on several products for architecture that were featured at the West Week 1985 event in Los Angeles, California. Tux collection of indoor and outdoor chairs and tables from Furniture of the Twentieth Century; Aton Modular lighting system from Artemide Inc.; Network stacking chair from ICF Inc.

The author describes the design of her art studio in Vista, California. According to the author, her husband and son have been responsible for most of the reconstruction made on her studio. Key design features are vintage windows and old Victorian studio door installed backwards. Her main work table faces the windows, while another table is used for assemblage and framing. Information on the studio's storage cabinets is provided.

The article evaluates various consumer items available at retail stores in Los Angeles, California including A. Bird's "Posey" cotton-linen dress for children, stackable rings set in 22-karat gold plate designed by Robindira, and the "S-Curve" wood and bronze table by Alexandra Angle.

The article discusses the history of a cutting of redwood that was used to construct a table for U.S. financier William Astor in the late 19th century and attempts to dispel a myth surrounding the table. According to the article, Astor believed that a slab of redwood could be utilized to build a table that could seat between 30 and 40 people. The article discusses how the tree was felled and how the band of wood was secured and transported. The article provides comments from the late California timber worker Charles Blake.

The article offers environment-friendly interior design tips applied by designer Kelly LaPlante to her own home in Los Angeles, California. She used a red low-volatile compound (VOC) paint to a brown dining table. She stripped paint from the concrete floor of her loft instead of adding new floor covering. She remodeled a used sofa by steam-cleaning the cushions and repainting the trim.

The article relates the adoption of HideAway liquid crystal display (LCD) tables from Computer Comforts by Victor Valley College in California and Houston Community College District (HCC) in Texas to accommodate more students. Larry Mers of Southwest College, which is part of HCC, said that the tables eliminate their computer classroom needs for lecture and laboratory because of their foldable LCD monitors. Victor facilities director Steve Garcia added that they were impressed with the tables after discovering it at the local Technology Expo.

The article reports on furniture used at the Learning Resource Center of Hartnell Community College in Salinas, California. The center was built to create an environment for learning and teaching. KI was selected by the college to supply furniture. Some furniture used are Hurry UP! tables and Torsion on the Go! chairs which are movable.

The article reports on the lecture conducted by lute scholar and performer Chris Morrongiello in San Francisco Bay Area in California in November 2007. Morrongiello, who was invited by the Bay Area Lute group, discussed the use of a table to replace footstools and music stands. Morrongiello performed his specialty, English music, in a concert.

The article features furniture at the Learning Resource Center (LRC) of Hartnell Community College in Salinas, California. It is said that the center's classrooms are furnished with Hurry Up! tables and Torsion on the Go! Chairs from KI while InTandem Tables and height-adjustable Genesis desking are placed on computer rooms. Ratcliff Project principal Steve McCollom said that they worked with the LRC committee in selecting the appropriate furniture.

The article presents updates on interior design. The "California Design Biennial" held at the Pasadena Museum of California Art featured a scenic Windowseat lounge chair and sharp Kada table of Fuseproject. The Southern Cross Station by Grimshaw Architects and Daryl Jackson Architects in Melbourne, Victoria has received the Lubetkin Prize in honor of architect Berthold Lubetkin.

The article describes the architecture of the restaurant ChoSun Galbee designed by Richard Cutts Lundquist in Los Angeles, California. The outdoor dining patio is framed by a pergola and screen walls. Some customers gather inside in banquette alcoves where stainless-steel ventilation hoods are suspended over the tables. The restaurant offers a variety of grilled foods.

Focuses on furniture sold at Jean de Merry's store in Los Angeles, California. French dining table; Chandelier in black nickel; Leather club chairs; Angular side chair.

Features the Lincoln Steakhouse in Santa Monica, California. Table arrangement; Food preparations; Furnishings.

This article features the Cluster and Jigsaw tables from Arcadia Contract in La Palma, California. These tables provide multidimensional options and are adaptable to a multitude of seating styles. They are also available in laminate and custom wood finishes.

Provides information on the bronze tables designed by furniture designer Gary Hutton at the Enid Ford Atelier showroom in San Francisco, California. Description of the collection; Design of the tables.

Focuses on various house furnishings. Features of Amanda Weil's table from New York City-based Weil Studio; Design of Aleman/Moore Home's hand-sewn straw carpet from San Francisco, California-based Agnes Bourne Inc.; Cost of Athena table designed by Eric Brand from New York City-based Profiles Inc.

The article presents table setting designed by Creativity Inc., which was exhibited at the Tabletop Gallery held in January 2007 in Los Angeles, California. Joanne Hulme was the designer of the table and the theme was inspired by archaeology and the King Tut exhibit in Philadelphia. The title of the table top setting is "The Valley of the Kings."

The article presents information on a convertible skirt table designed by Hussein Chalayan exhibited at the "Skin and Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture" in Los Angeles, California. Made of wood, the piece can be a sturdy coffee table one moment and, after removing the center piece, worn as a skirt the next.

The article focuses on holiday dining vignettes launched by L.A. Mart to mark the opening of Southern California showroom of Century Furniture in the L.A. Mart Design Center. Kriss Rossbund, design and tabletop editor of Traditional Home, designed the holiday tables featuring products from a number of tabletop and gift vendors with space in the store. The tables were on display in the Century showroom from October 6 to 15, 2006.

Features the tabletops and serving trays from Westlake Village, California-based The Holo-Walls Inc. Description of the coverings of the tabletops and trays; Services offered by the company; Address of the Web site of Holo-Walls.

Reports on the growth of the casual dining furniture in San Francisco, California. Replacement of formal dining with casual dining; Features of the Eddie Bauer collection from Lane Home Furnishings; Popularity of leaf tables.

SuperHappyBunny is an innovative industrial design collectives in Los Angeles, California. SuperHappyBunny serves as a symbol of the downtown revival in Los Angeles. A polycarbonate table resembles an oversized Chinese takeout box. A Neo Amish chair is made from birch slices that does not require nails, glue or any other conventional assembly materials. Another chair autographed by Frank Gehry is in Bart Haney's studio. One chair is on view at the Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Museum Triennial.

Features the portable Table Tote developed by PC Tables in Yuba City, California. Suitability of table for travelers; Usability of table for laptop computer users; Height of the table.

Features the communal table which designer Philippe Starck created for Coco Pazzo restaurant, which is located in Mondrian Hotel, Los Angeles. What the marble table provides.