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and also in a presentation (by yours truly) at the Furniture Society annual conference in June

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Works & Days Quarterly

Works & Days No. 11, Summer 2014.

In the news: We were featured on Works and Days Quarterly

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Long time no post… but DDL is still alive. This summer was fantastically busy and I haven’t had time to keep up with all that we did and are still doing with this project. Here are some pics from Wendover NV… one of my favorite spots on the trip!

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Flying into Seattle last Wed for @furnituresociety conference #flying

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modernmagazine:

MODERN’s Studio Tour with Vivian Beer

Furniture maker Vivian Beer has established a reputation for taking risks. She manipulates a welder the way traditional furniture makers use a hand plane, and her materials of choice are distinctly industrial: stainless steel, concrete, and automotive paint. Beer creates her arresting works in a subterranean studio in manchester, new Hampshire, and her “studio mates” are restorers of classic cars who trade stories over beers in the lounge. the irony of this milieu reflects the wit of Beer’s work—a heady mix of modern and historical, industrial and custom, rough and elegant, masculine and feminine. Beer plays with these stereotypes the same way that she plays with techniques, and the results are eye-popping.
—By Lori Ferguson, Winter 2013

Alison Swiatocha photos

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After a long wintery mix drive DDL arrives home in NH. Still much more to come as we literally and figuratively unpack in the studio from this amazing adventure! #design #desertdesignlab #furniture #vivianbeer (at Vivian Beer Studio )

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Finished up the active days of Desert Design Lab in Salt Lake City. Saying Bon-voyage to Hannah Vaughan and Jennifer Anderson. Now the long ride home! #desertdesignlab #vivianbeer #art #design (at Pony Express RV Resort)

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Sites pacific collaboration with Jennifer Anderson and Hannah Vaughan. #desert #desertdesignlab #desertart #design #vivianbeer

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Plenty of room to spread out and work here in West Wendover NV! #vivianbeer #desert #desertdesignlab #design #desertart #furnituredesign

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Salt, water and time. A site specific collaboration with Jennifer Anderson and Hannah Vaughan. #art #desert #desertdesignlab #design #photography #vivianbeer #landart # saltflats @hannahncvaughan

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desert Design lab has found out most amazing textures yet… of salt and mud made with time, water and sun! #art #desert #design #desertdesignlab #furnituredesign #bonaville

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Bonaville salt flats. With @hannahncvaughan #desertdesignlab #desert #bonaville salt flats #wendover #art #design #designinspiration

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Heading towards Boneville Salt Flats! (at Great Salt Lake Salt Flats)

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Vivian Beer talks about dry cracked flats and the intersection between people and the natural environment in the desert. #desertdesignlab #vivianbeer #beatty #nevada #furnituredesign #desertart