January, 2003
 Issue #1 (redesign)

"The 2002 Future Furniture Awards drew a jaw-dropping four times more entries than ever before. While the volume and quality made for difficult judging, we were energized and inspired by the contents of all those carefully prepared envelopes. Submissions came from everywhere and everyone: from Canada to Japan, from students pulling all-nighters to established architects trying their hand at furniture. We thank every hopeful for offering us hope - and solid evidence that design's future looks bright." - The Editors
Illuminair
Challenging common conceptions, this lamp operates via squeeze bulb instead of switch. Air pumped in the fixture pushes an 18-watt fluorescent lamp upward exposing it more fully. Say's designer Joel Hoag, "The impression is of filling a room with light simply by moving air."

Sag
Perry Dixon's exploration of the physics of the cantilever led to this table - which looks a lot more like an uber-hip diving board. "The cantilever not only distorts visual conventions but also challenges the limitations of cement," explains Dixon. He took great pains to reinforce this design's subtly curved gypsum cement with agents including fiberglass, burlap, lead, and stainless-steel mesh.

Shardelier and Shadberry
As second-time Future Furniture Award winner Daniel Harper explains, "This lamp was inspired by the strong but misguided desire to throw bottles." Users pitch glass items in Shardlery, a metal frame backed with stepped concrete. The resultant shards are funneled into Shardelier, a lamp structure that illuminates them. Talk about releasing aggression while satisfying recycling needs.