The new 92,000 square foot, $79 million dollar Bell Museum opened this past July in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Bell is Minnesota’s preeminent natural history museum since 1872 and now the all new Bell Museum continues to bring together science, art, and the environment with a unique Minnesota perspective. Designed...
The Lollygagger Pale Ale, a beer named after our flagship Lollygagger furniture collection, was a collaboration with our friends and local brewery Bent Paddle Brewing. 5% of the beer’s sales were donated to COGGS to complete the 100 mile urban single track Duluth Traverse bike trail system (see our past blog post here). When the...
This year’s Clean Yer Creek marked Loll's 10th year of tree planting! It’s been exciting to see this event evolve and grow from a small Loll employee event to the involvement of nearly two dozen other businesses. On May 20th nearly 130 volunteers helped with the annual tree planting. The...
At Loll we have always been inspired by original design and when we first set out to make an Adirondack chair it had to be our own version. But truly we are all just making an iteration of the original Adirondack chair. The one that has always inspired us is...
Once upon a Duluth winter night I was relaxing at home in front of a glowing orange fire and, like I tend to do, I started thinking about chairs. I thought it was time Loll had a chair that wasn’t an Adirondack. I grabbed some clean paper and started sketching...
COGGS, Duluth Climbers Coaltion and Duluth XC Ski Club each receive 20K donation to enhance outdoor recreation in Duluth. DULUTH, MN: Duluth-based Loll Designs, designers and manufacturers of modern outdoor furniture, announced a $60,000 donation to be spread equally among three local outdoor nonprofits: Duluth Climbers Coalition, Duluth XC Ski...
At Loll, we’ve always been about reusing things – from designing and manufacturing products that are 100% recycled and 100% recyclable to maintaining a zero waste production facility. This is good, but we’re continually looking for ways to take our green ways to a new level. One of our most...
The smell in the air. The crisp mornings. The pumpkin lattes at your local coffee shop. Ready or not, winter is coming. This time of year, we get many people wondering how they should care for their Loll furniture during the coming months. The answer is really quite simple: You...
The Economy of the North Depends on Clean Water Governor Dayton - Invest in sustainable local business development instead of spending state resources on environmental review, permitting and regulation of risky copper-nickel mines An open letter from the Downstream Business Coalition We are a group of more than 40 small...
If you call our customer service line, there’s a chance the voice on the other end may be that of Connie Haugen. Connie has been a customer service representative with us for 6 months and has been an incredibly welcome addition to our sales team. We thought it was about...
In 2011, Loll joined forces with one of the great names of mid-century design – one of the most prolific and well-loved architects of the twentieth century: Ralph Rapson. Ralph Rapson (1914-2008) was part of an exhilarating era in American modernist architecture/design and produced hundreds of furniture designs – many of...
A modern brewpub in our hometown of Duluth, Minn., Canal Park Brewing Company features craft brew and fresh food with a Northcoast attitude. With a patio situated right alongside Lake Superior, the brewery knew it needed some high-quality and durable – yet modern and sustainable – outdoor furniture. That’s where Loll came...
So you know that Loll chair you’re sitting in? Chances are, it was designed by Jeff Tally, our in-house design engineer. Jeff has been with Loll for almost 15 years – since the very beginning, when we were TrueRide, a design and build skate park contractor. Jeff started building ramps and then...
Many customers ask us about the cushions designed for our Lollygagger Outdoor Lounge Chair, Sofa and Chaise Lounge Chair. The Lollygagger Cushion is a soft seating option perfectly fitted for both the Lollygagger Chair and Sofa. The Lollygagger Chaise Cushion is fitted perfectly for the Lollygagger Chaise Lounge. Sold separate from the furniture, each cushion includes a Velcro strap...
As craft beer aficionados, we’re long-time fans of Surly Brewery Co., often hailed as the brewery that started the Minnesota craft beer boom. So, in 2011, when Surly announced plans to open a new Destination Brewery in southeast Minneapolis, we were eager to get involved. After all, lollygagging + beer go hand in hand. After four...
For this employee spotlight, we’d like to introduce you to our plant manager, Shane Hehir. Originally from Ireland, Shane moved to the U.S. in 2002 with his wife Jessica. They moved their adorable family from Florida to Duluth in 2013. Shane has been with us for two years and agreed...
