Coming to the Shelburne Museum June 18

The Shelburne Museum has partnered with the Fashion Institute of Technology for it's first major fashion exhibition opening June 18 and running through October 30.  Do check it out!

In Fashion: High Style, 1690-2011 is Shelburne Museum’s first major exhibition of fashion and historic costumes. In Fashion comprises over 75 costumes from the Museum’s permanent collection plus a select number of borrowed works from today’s top designers and design houses including Karl Lagerfeld, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Giambattista Valli, Giovanni Bedin, Balenciaga, Christian Siriano and others. The exhibit is presented in several sections:   Haute Couture, Complete the Look, Fashionable 50’s, and Head to Toe.

New Egg Press Cards back in stock

Just got a huge delivery of Egg Press cards including the new Angela Adams line we have been so excited about! Love both EP & AA! Come see!

Learning Materials Workshop

Constructing Knowledge (From the LMW Workshop Website)

The impulse to construct, to take apart and to build again is universal among young children and continues throughout our lifetime. Learning Materials Workshop supports this active approach to learning with a series of high-quality block sets that invite children and builders of all ages to explore, to invent, to represent, to design, and to test their theories about the physical and social world and the world of their imagination. Playing, learning, and creating are lifelong pursuits.

LMW also has a vimeo page with more fun inspiration! Check out the Arcobaleno!


Arcobaleno from Learning Materials Workshop on Vimeo.
http://vimeo.com/23653835

At Weller, we are pleased to stock some of the popular children's educational toys from Burlington designer, Karen Hewitt's Learning Materials Workshop.  Our favorites include the Arcobaleno and the Bauhaus inspired Color and Form Blocks.  Now Learning Materials Workshop has a fun blog where they post a creation a day, for those who enjoy a little fresh inspiration and like to see things in a new light. 

San Diego Art Fair Labor Day Weekend 2011

Met some lovely guests in the shop tonight and thought we would share some links for those of you on the West Coast, or perhaps, planning a visit there for a go around the San Diego Contemporary Art Fair Sept 1-4, 2011 Labor Day.    Also visit their FB Page at: https://www.facebook.com/ARTSANDIEGO

The Herman Miller Sale is on!

Save 15% on all Herman Miller orders at Weller!  Through June 13!

Eames Compact Sofa & Walnut Stools

Congrats on the opening of Maglianero!

Check out Maglianero - around the back at 47 Maple Street (JDK building)! 

and also on facebook.  GO!

 

 

"Through Maglianero we’re creating an experience with both local prominence and global relevance. In our hometown of Burlington, Vermont, USA, we are developing, testing, and sharing the ideas that serve the continuum of needs of the Modern Mobility Movement: Farm-direct, hand-crafted coffees-the fuel for the ride. A café/collaborative space/commuter hub-the center of community interaction, education, and creativity. A responsibly-sourced, durably crafted and built, commuter-centric cycling apparel brand-stylish, functional, year round protection from the elements."

Herman Miller Sale June 3-13 Even More Classics

Just a few more ideas to inspire - the Herman Miller Sale begins this week, let us know how we can assist you with decisions.  We are happy to help you plan for now, or down the line and truly appreciate you  supporting local independent business here in Burlington.  Don't forget - we ship anywhere in the continental US! All images courtesy of Herman Miller.

Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman

Noguchi Table

Detail of Noguchi Table

Eames Aluminum Group Lounge Chair and Ottoman

Eames Wire Chair with Leather Seat

Eames Compact Sofa

Eames Molded Plywood Chair

Eames Molded Plastic Rocker

Eames Elliptical Table

Eames Wire Base Tables

Capelli Stool

This is a puppy.

Puppy Love. Courtesy of photographer extraordinaire, Shayne Lynn.

Egg Press & Angela Adams!

We are looking forward to the new line of Egg Press cards incoming this week.  Their new collection features an exciting collaboration with Maine Designer Angela Adams! What could be better! 

Herman Miller Sale June 3-13 More Classics

The Nelson Coconut Chair

Eames Molded Plywood Coffee Table

Eames Storage Units

Nelson Marshmellow Sofa, Eames Plastic Side Chairs & Eames Hang It All

Herman Miller Sale June 3-13

Heads up! It's the Herman Miller Annual Sale! 15% off June 3-13. Come in and get your order set up so we can get you in the front of the cue for processing. All the classics you've been thinking about - NOW IS THE TIME!!!  Here are some classic pieces that we may not have in our showroom yet - but you can still custom order them through us and take advantage of the sale pricing!

Goetz Sofa with Noguchi Table

Nelson Bench

Incoming - tomorrow

Areaware's plush family expands at Weller tomorrow

A new litter of lovely fauna - pillows, play things or whatever you want them to be.  Decorative or snuggle ready -  designed by Ross Menuez of organic cotton, graphics based on the first mass produced images from 19th century illustrations.

Perfect Day for a Geo-Birdhouse

Geo Birdhouse designed by Kelly Lamb

Happy Spring! We have two of these lovely birdhouses in stock - 8x8x8 inches, ceramic.  Inspired by the geodesic dome popularized by architect Buckminster Fuller.  Its rounded shape makes an ideal nesting place for wrens, finches, swallows, warblers and other small birds.  An easy access door allows for simple cleaning so you can freshen the house at the start of each season.  A wonderful mother's day gift! 

Bulls, Books and Spring

Several references to bulls, Spain and Pamplona in the last few days, or perhaps I'm just catching them because of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises is on the nightstand. Anyone who's visited Weller knows we have a penchant for a good graphic children's book of a certain era (Paul Rand, Bruno Munari etc).  But one that rings distinctly in my head (though we don't carry it in the shop as yet) is The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf with drawings by Robert Lawson originally published in 1936.  I saw a stencil of Ferdinand recently... and must say that it's nice to see him pop up again after so many years... 

 

While we may not have Ferdinand in stock, we do have a monograph, The Design Legacy of George Salter - Classic Book Jackets by Thomas S. Hansen which you might enjoy... 

Getting to Re-Purpose

 

Cardboard - yes, we recycle it everyday.  But the scale of cardboard boxes that came along with our Herman Miller shipment seemed too inspiring to simply haul it off to the bin.  These are the kind of boxes you want to share with kids and build imaginary worlds... let them explore creativity within structures...

It came as a relief when Sara found the perfect match for our stash of cardboard caverns... and local artist/illustrator Pete Talbot came and picked them up to re-purpose them for a children's theater production.  (Check out Pete's etsy shop!)

Not everyone knows about Herman Miller's extraordinary commitment to environmental advocacy - but take a look at a company who sets the bar high - and starts considering impact from design conception while walking the walk with a goal for a zero footprint.   So it goes with further satisfaction, that our showroom packaging gets hauled off for a good round of re-purposing and play before its next life.  Thanks Pete!

Herman Miller, A Sweeter Solution

http://www.hermanmiller.com/About-Us/A-Better-World-Report/Environmental-Advocacy

Learn how Herman Miller products can contribute to your environmental goals

  

H Keith Wagner Partnership

Hilltop Residence, Richmond Vermont

Within Vermont's springtime, there exist just a few precious weeks between snow melt and bloom.  During this period we experience a renewed visual vocabulary, so welcome after the long winter.  We bear witness to a seemingly endless spectrum of greens in the natural world -  a single frame of landscape possesses a metrically staged drama, as rapid and alive as the bands of clouds moving overhead - change visible within the course of a day's light.   


A talented landscape architect sculpts the play of time, light, material and palette around our living environments - often providing us with an enhanced emotional response to the beauty that is literally alive and changing both independently and concurrently from our human conditions.  

Smith Point Residence, Shelburne Vermont

Which brings us to the Burlington based partnership of H. Keith Wagner  Landscape Architects whose award winning executions grace both the private and public domain and exercise the full expression of possibilities within landscape architecture.  Enjoy these snapshots of their work and explore more on their website. 

Hilltop Residence, Richmond Vermont

Smith Point Residence, Shelburne Vermon t