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Interior Design May 2004

Interior Design November 2003 "A liquefied yellow infuses the glass top of a custom dining table by Douglas Fanning, its ribbonlike steel base answering the line of Saarinen's Tulip chairs."

Metropolis October 2003 The Next Generation "The request for Proposals to design the Metropolis booth for the 2003 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) went out four months before the show opened, on May 17 at New York's Javits Center. We specified a design that would represent product development, from concept to rough prototype to finished object. We also needed the booth to be fully functional at the busy trade show and wanted to employ a designer who represents the generation about to make its mark on the twenty-first century. In addition, we wanted a physical representation of the idea behind Metropolis magazine's new award program: the Next Generation Design Prize of $10,000 for a entrepreneurial designer, announced at the Metropolis Conference at this year's ICFF. The budget for designing, building, shipping, and installing the booth was modest. The commission was awarded to architect, furniture maker, and graduate of the dynamic class of 94' from Columbia architecture school Doug Fanning of DYAD Studio. He set to work immediately. Surviving on Macaroni and cheese and his girlfriend's goodwill, Doug committed himself totally to the booths design and fabrication, working on his winning scheme for a versatile shelving system. We liked its practicality, modularity, and simple lines. That is what we got and more: Doug gave us a booth that provided both a walk-through of the product's development and reminded attendees to come to our conference. During the show he dropped by to see how his design was working whenever he could get free time from his own small booth at the ICFF; this was his second year at the show. (The shelves are going into a New York store this fall and Doug says there has been a lot of interest in his work) This is our report ion the first "Design Entrepreneurs" conference, condensing the inspirational energy and creativity of the next generation.---Susan S. Szenasy"

Hospitality Design August 2003 Editor's Choice: The Best and The Brightest "Designer Profile: Douglas Fanning Douglas Fanning loves lines. "The line means anything can happen'" he says. The Columbia University graduate even named his Brooklyn studio Dyad after the Greek number two, representing the last number before form. In Fanning's designs, space appears as important as tangible material. "It's like and empty box," he says. Originally creating furniture as a hobby that only his closest friends saw, the native Marylander tried furniture as a way of being "a better architect." On the forms of his products: "I tend toward the minimal where connections are either hidden or not needed. I think of it as expressionist, not in a comic book way, but as a statement, " he says. Top row, left to right: Slide table with Lucite panels: Ori (Japanese for "cloth") designed to fold over a lap like a blanket. Bottom Row, left to right: Cross1 features a clear molded tube for storage: Slip console eliminates the use of hardware."

The New York Sun Thursday March 06, 2003 Home Section Click Here to read the full article.

Organic Style March/April 2003 Good Tea Hunting; 5 stylish teapots...Art of Tea...Aurea tea pitcher and cups by Douglas Fanning; available through DYAD.

The New York Times Friday, January 10, 2003 Where Performers and Audience Mingle and Move by Jennifer Dunning "[Morph] explores the ways movement can change - and be changed by - spatial perceptions in this dreaming, beautiful dance.... At the center there is coolly elegant clutter, designed by Douglas Fanning and Maneswar Cheemalapati. Aluminum poles, slender echoes of the church's white interior pillars, are hung from the ceiling and arrayed in an open canopy, forming a shimmering village through which the solemn dancers can move." Click Here to read the full article.

BlackBook Dec/Jan 2002-03 No26 Holidaze Click Here to read the full article.

Clear Magazine December 2002 Vol II Issue 4 Reflect Desire Click Here to read the full article.

Surface December 2002 Issue no 38 Vision Quest "Hide and Sleek--Unbelievable sleek pieces with unexpected surprises for lovers of multi-tasking" Space Invaders: The sleek lines of Dyad's Cross1 table aren't for looks alone; the spider-like frame allows the table to scissor into an array of postures.

Metropolis November 2002 Cover / Feature Click Here to read the full article.

Space Magazine February 2002 Cover / Feature Click Here to read the full article.

IFCC Show May 2002 Introducing a young, American designer, Douglas Fanning, and his Brooklyn-based studio, DYAD. This is Douglas? first showing at ICFF, where he?s exhibited furniture designs he has developed over the past six years. Each of Doug?s pieces manifests his appreciation for natural and organic forms, which stems from his rural Maryland upbringing and his penchant for inventive designs. This unique combination serves him well. .

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