1970s conversation pit

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Who needs furniture when you've got a pit! Detail from an ad for Mosaic Tile Company 1966.

Meet the latest maverick of the architecture world to steal our hearts, Bruce Goff. Lesser known amongst design laity, but just as groundbreaking as his fellow Midwesterner and mentor, Frank Lloyd Wright, Goff's work was quite simply jaw-dropping. Case in point? The domed, technicolour house above.

The humble conversation pit, an architectural feature that incorporates built-in seating into a depressed section of flooring within a larger room, often with a table in the centre the proximity fa…

When we first met Brooklyn artist Alex P. White, it was in his role as a co-conspirator with interior designer Kelly Behun, with whom he'd created one of the most genius furniture collections in recent memory. But we've since gotten to know him as much, much more — as an interior designer and artist in his own right (whose playful project names include Playshroom and Wytchbytchru); as a designer whose latest furniture collection will debut in two weeks at Sight Unseen OFFSITE; and as the…

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“Conversation Pit”. Fireplace ideas 1976.

Here's your crash-course in living room design and home decor history.

Now that conversation pits, or sunken living rooms, are making a comeback, let's discuss the story behind this midcentury marvel. The history of the conversation pit is truly one you won't want to miss.

We couldn't be happier to see this weird old trend making a comeback.

Who needs furniture when you've got a pit! Detail from an ad for Mosaic Tile Company 1966.

Guide pratique de la décoration, Montréal 1973