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| Eco-Epicurean Awards Vivavi Furniture By Emily Kaiser More and more furniture dealers are selling eco-friendly designs, but not all their pieces are tempting enough to lure buyers. An exception: The online furniture retailer Vivavi, founded in Brooklyn, New York, four years ago by 35-year-old Josh Dorfman , finds designs that are irresistibly modern and sleek. Adopting the slogan "Live Modern. Tread Lightly," Vivavi seeks out hip yet functional designs like Material Furniture's Flipper Screen, made of certified sustainable wood, which can be used as both a room divider and a shelving unit. The indoor-outdoor Spoon Lounge makes creative use of liana vines, an aggressive weed. Vivavi also offers a companion site, Modern Green Living, which lists environmentally responsible interior designers, contractors, even apartment buildings. This spring the resource guide was expanded into a book, The Lazy Environmentalist, covering everything from organic crib bedding to retailers of cardboard coffins; it will also serve as a companion to Dorfman's Sirius Satellite Radio show of the same name. He believes environmentalism will succeed only if it appeals to the laziest, and he counts himself among the most inert. "I love long showers, and I hate sorting the recycling," he admits. |
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