Burning Ring of Fire
Coming soon to Loll Designs: The Loll Fire Ring! Stay tuned….. …………….. Our CEO, Greg Benson, shot this on his iPhone during our last full moon.
Spotted: From Skype HQ to Seattle Fixer-Upper
Wow! Skype’s new HQ is beyond RAD. Our Apple Red Vang and Go Club chairs fit right in. This urban farmhouse has a lanai connecting the garage and house. It makes for one pretty awesome lounge! This 100 year old house got a major makeover. We love how our Cabrios look on this sunny new deck....
Ambitious Brew: We Support Surly Brewing!
We are a huge fan of Surly Brewing Co. It’s often stocked in our fridge, the first beer to go at gatherings, and even used in our product environment shots (see first photo). That is why we were excited to hear they want to expand and create a complex that...
Trampled By Turtles
Since all of this weeks blog posts featured Duluth in some form or another, I thought it only fitting to end this week with a band that started it roots in Duluth and is now filling up venues nationwide (including this year’s Coachella). Have a great weekend!
Adam Swanson
Like our furniture, the work of Adam Swanson, is both aesthetically pleasing and carries an important environmental message. His art sheds light on the significance of the human impact to our natural world. He often includes animals (lots of beloved penguins), bicycles, and wind turbines; mostly inspired by his previous job supporting science in Antarctica. In his artist...
Northland Brew
It’s no secret that we Duluthians love our beer. We eagerly await the next seasonal IPA, we keep empty growlers in our car’s survival kit, and we even added a built in bottle opener on our exclusive Room & Board Adirondack Chair. New York Times travel writer, Gustave Axelson, caught on to this...
Animal Allies
We are huge animals lovers here at Loll and wanted to give back and show our appreciation to the fury friends that give our lives so much joy. Animal Allies is a local shelter that is home to many cats and dogs that are in need of families. We want to help make...
Spotted: Venice Art Crawl
This Loll installation at a local Venice CA gallery gave these folks a chance to cool their heels while checking out some art at the latestVenice Art Crawl. …………. Photos provided by our California representative, Megan Griffith.
5,889,024
……………… That is how many milk jugs were used to create Loll furniture in 2010! ………………………………………………… The photo above features a curtain made out milk jugs from Lost & Found (via) As we lollygaggers like to say- “It’s good to be recycled!”
Snowy Cabrios
This picture was submitted by Loll customer, Paul LeBlanc. Paul was one of the many folks hit by last weeks big snow storm out East. His red Cabrio chairs are a great example of how Loll furniture can be left out year-round. …………. You can see more photo’s submitted by other Lollygaggers here.
Leavitt House
Our Picket Chairs were recently spotted on the popular design site, Mocoloco. They are sittin’ pretty on the deck of the Leavitt House which was designed by Ranquist Development. The structure was built in the 1920’s and was once used as a mercantile building. Located in Chicago, it is now a 3-story home with both industrial...
America Recycles Day
America Recycles Day was November 15th and Loll Designs was proud to participate in the Plastics Make it Possible Campaign. Plastics Make it Possible is a website that highlights the many ways plastics inspire innovations that improve our lives, solve big problems and help us design a safer, more promising future. This initiative is sponsored...
Loll Likes Wind
Loll is excited to be enrolled with our local power company in developing renewable energy. Minnesota Power offers customers the opportunity to buy electricity that is wind-generated by subscribing for blocks of wind energy for a surcharge. Read more about this here.
Tree Planting 2010
1% for the Planet 1% For The Planet is a growing global movement of 1201 companies that donate 1% of their gross sales to a network of more than 1,781 environmental organizations worldwide. Their Mission: 1% for the Planet exists to build and support an alliance of businesses financially committed...
Hey, we won a couple Awards and now we’re in Europe!
Good Design Award Loll Cabrio chair won a 2009 Good Design Award See the Cabrio on lolldesigns.com In December of 2009, the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studieshonored Loll Designs with a 2009 Good Design Award for our Cabrio Outdoor Lounge Chair. In...
Help a Planet Out
All of us at Loll are stoked to be able to contribute to environmental groups working every day to keep our planet blue and green. Again, for our second year as a member of 1%, we are abiding by the adage of thinking globally and acting locally with our donations....
