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Comfy Cargo Chair

The Comfy Cargo Chair — also known as the Storage Chair — was created by German designer Stephan Schulz.

"The design consists of a three-dimensional grid. An open structure of hollows that allows the user to fill it with any material; books, newspapers, pillows, whatever you can imagine. The open framework allows the user to change and redefine this object as many times as she likes. A creative procedure that can be repeated over and over again, a chance for everybody to be the creator of an unique piece of furniture."

"The Comfy Cargo Chair is made from 52.46 meters of 8mm sturdy rounded steel. It has 66 curved elements and weighs 20.89 kg, with a volumetric capacity of 0.5 cubic meters. Together the cross beams and curves provide a very stable construction for sitting."

'Portrait of Constance Mayer' — Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

Wrote Holland Cotter in a New York Times review, "[Prud'hon did not] ever surpass, in intimacy, his chalk portrait of his lover Constance Mayer, who eventually killed herself out of fear he would leave her. After her death he gave the image of her tense, fiercely smiling face to a friend to keep. He couldn't bear to look at at it."

Experts' Expert: Bounty paper towels are the best

That's the opinion of one Sabrina Fierman, president of the cleaning firm New York's Little Elves.

She took New York Times reporter Tim McKeough shopping for cleaning supplies and dished about what she knows best.

Wrote McKeough, "To some, cleaning house means making a casual tour with the vacuum and taking a few jabs at the toilet with a soapy brush. Not Sabrina Fierman. As vice president of New York’s Little Elves, a cleaning firm used by many designers and contractors, she takes the job to a level that would satisfy the most obsessive germaphobe."

And: "'We come in with a crew and clean from top to bottom,' Ms. Fierman, 45, said. 'From ceilings to lights to baseboards to hardware. We pull drawers out and clean behind them. We use Q-tips and chopsticks wrapped with cotton rags to get into vents and grilles.'"

More: "Not surprisingly, she has plenty of advice on the subject. To start, she said, you don't need lots of specialized cleaners. Unless you're disinfecting, she said, 'you can almost clean the whole home with liquid Ivory soap or Dr. Bronner's Castile soap.'"

Finally: "As for paper towels, they aren't all created equal. 'We only use Bounty,' she said, 'because it doesn't disintegrate, fall apart, shed or leave fibers behind. If you're cleaning with a paper towel that falls apart, you're just creating more work.'"

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