Once again, Design Within Reach has brought back their Champagne Chair contest. All you have to do is create an original miniature chair using only the foil, label, cage and cork from no more than two champagne bottles.
Info from their site:
A panel of DWR champagne and chair experts will judge the chairs, and three winners will receive a DWR Gift Card. The deadline for submissions is January 14.
To get inspired, here's a few of the past submissions from previous years.
Anna Uniezyski:
Alex Garzon:
Brandy Shih:
Emily Kann:
Erin Mitchen:
David Ethan Sanders:
Edward Cristma:
Gavri Slasky:
Isaac Krady:
Ivan Supraha:
Kalina Toffolo:
Lynne Mulvihill:
Monte Allen:
Phil Dwyer:
Tim Jacobsen:
Tony Nemyer:
Tracee Pickett:
You can see more finalists from their 2007 contest I covered here.
The contest began December 28th and you have until January 14th, so get on it! After you've designed your chair, feel free to share it on Instagram and Twitter with #dwrchampagnechair
images and info courtesy of DWR
Drink Up and Start Designing. It's The DWR Champagne Chair Contest.
Today's New York Times & DWR Crossword Puzzle For Design and Architecture Lovers. Hints, Too.
Design Within Reach and the New York Times have teamed up to create a very special crossword puzzle for architecture and design enthusiasts that appeared in today's issue of the NY Times T Design Magazine.
For those of you who do not get the New York Times, I have recreated it here for you along with all the clues and some special hints, courtesy of DWR. 
This puzzle will also appear in today's October 7 issue of T Design (see page 60) in The New York Times.
HINTS TO A FEW CLUES from DWR:
ACROSS
1. AKA Y-Back Chair designer Wegner
Visual hint: The Y-Back Chair is also known as the Wishbone.
23. A chair to tiptoe through
Visual hint: This chair was designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956.
63. Designer of Womb Chair and TWA terminal at JFK
Visual hint:
103. Egg, e.g.
Visual hint: Arne Jacobsen designed this organic form for the SAS Hotel in Copenhagen.
DOWN
27. They designed and lived in Case Study House #8
Visual hint:
104. Designer of logos for UPS, IBM and ABC
Visual hint, courtesy of Apple Computer
