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Boardroom Table: Nod to W̱SÁNEĆ People's History, Culture, and Forward Outlook

Boardroom Table: Nod to W̱SÁNEĆ People's History, Culture, and Forward Outlook

  W̱SÁNEĆ School Board approached Designer Kirk Van Ludwig to create a boardroom table that woul...
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A Return to the Office: Well Designed Meeting Rooms Promote Collaboration

A Return to the Office: Well Designed Meeting Rooms Promote Collaboration

The future of work is now. We're seeing an influx of companies working the hybrid model, or even...
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Kai Cube Coffee Table ... an Autonomous essential.

Kai Cube Coffee Table ... an Autonomous essential.

The Kai cubes are an Autonomous Furniture essential. Brutally simple in form while adding warmth...
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Alder: Our Sustainable Local Harvest for Our Contemporary Furniture

Alder: Our Sustainable Local Harvest for Our Contemporary Furniture

While we strive to design and manufacture furniture to benefit the circular economy, one of our...
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The Human Connection. And Our Solution to Furniture Shipping Delays.

The Human Connection. And Our Solution to Furniture Shipping Delays.

  We’ve been giving some thought lately to how the world around us is operating, a conundrum of r...
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Proud Recipient of the FedEx #SupportSmall Grant!

Proud Recipient of the FedEx #SupportSmall Grant!

We ship our products across North America and have come to trust FedEx to deliver our crated fur...
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Autonomous Furniture Studio Tour for ICFF + WantedDesign Manhattan CLOSEUP

Autonomous Furniture Studio Tour for ICFF + WantedDesign Manhattan CLOSEUP

Our designer, Kirk Van Ludwig, walks you through a studio tour showcasing a few of our latest pr...
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Circular Economy in Furniture:  Examples of how to create using sustainable materials, less waste, transform, and re-use.

Circular Economy in Furniture: Examples of how to create using sustainable materials, less waste, transform, and re-use.

Photo by Bryce Barry. Many of you know our brand and furniture already.  But go behind the scene...
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Spending more time in your home?  The refined Ben credenza will add warmth and functionality

Spending more time in your home? The refined Ben credenza will add warmth and functionality

The Ben credenza is a totally customizable solid wood unit.  Uncommonly built with only solid wo...
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Meet the Jack Table

Meet the Jack Table

The pandemic has been an illuminator for us, highlighting why we started our business in the fi...
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#YYJLovesLocal during the Pandemic

#YYJLovesLocal during the Pandemic

During the pandemic, photographer Brittney Kwasney of Bright Photography used her creativity and ...
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Another WL Magazine Designer of the Year Finalist for Kirk Van Ludwig

Another WL Magazine Designer of the Year Finalist for Kirk Van Ludwig

For 12 years, award winning Western Living magazine celebrates the design community with their D...
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Manhattan view from Brooklyn / Wanted Design NYCX

Wanted Design Favorite shots from NYCX Design Week by Autonomous Furniture

(view from Brooklyn Greenway) 2019 presented Autonomous Furniture with the opportunity to exhibi...
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Kirk Van Ludwig debuts politically inspired Constantinople nesting tables at NYC Design Week

Kirk Van Ludwig debuts politically inspired Constantinople nesting tables at NYC Design Week

The Autonomous Constantinople nesting tables by Kirk Van Ludwig demonstrates how two objects ver...
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Emergence Exhibition: Jo-Ann Richards Paintings at Autonomous Furniture

Emergence Exhibition: Jo-Ann Richards Paintings at Autonomous Furniture

Artist and photographer Jo-Ann Richards is exhibiting a solo show of her Emergence series of ne...
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Designing Premium vs Luxury: Kirk Van Ludwig's Thought Process Revealed

Designing Premium vs Luxury: Kirk Van Ludwig's Thought Process Revealed

  Back in 2012, my intention was never to create a luxury brand. The furniture you now see in our...
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Zoe Pawlak Art: Why We Paired Zoe's Art with Autonomous Furniture

Zoe Pawlak Art: Why We Paired Zoe's Art with Autonomous Furniture

One of the most important aspects of wine food pairing is matching the body of your wine with th...
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Autonomous Furniture Designer Kirk Van Ludwig's Collection

Autonomous Furniture Designer Kirk Van Ludwig's Collection

We are avid readers of one of the Pacific Northwest's most coveted design magazines, so when th...
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Introducing the Freeman Bench: an artful and functional bench

Introducing the Freeman Bench: an artful and functional bench

Designer Kirk Van Ludwig launches his latest product - the Freeman bench. An artful yet function...
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Autonomous is a Western Living Designer of the Year One to Watch!!

Autonomous is a Western Living Designer of the Year One to Watch!!

We are honoured to be recognized as Western Living magazine's One to Watch in their annual Desig...
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The Art of Living: from the eyes of Kirk Van Ludwig

The Art of Living: from the eyes of Kirk Van Ludwig

I recently brought home a coffee table for an upcoming video shooting at our house. Sitting on th...
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Western Living 'One to Watch' and a finalist for Furniture Designer of the Year!

Western Living 'One to Watch' and a finalist for Furniture Designer of the Year!

As design aficionados, we're thrilled when good design makes its way into every aspect of daily l...
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Signature Collection: contemporary West Coast furniture

Signature Collection: contemporary West Coast furniture

Are you looking for a modern and clean way of introducing West Coast wood into your home? Pe...
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Introducing the Tillikum Console table: a modern floating acrylic console

Introducing the Tillikum Console table: a modern floating acrylic console

We are excited to debut the latest addition to our Signature Collection: the Tillikum Console tab...
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Jax Table: As Featured At IDSWest's LA Exchange

Jax Table: As Featured At IDSWest's LA Exchange

Last year's IDSWest trade show hosted a first ever Los Angeles-based designer booth where their ...
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Scandinavian Modern Furniture: Our Latest Tables

Scandinavian Modern Furniture: Our Latest Tables

Perhaps you've been reading of upcoming trends in interior design including a Nordic appeal. Even...
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What is Reclaimed Wood?

What is Reclaimed Wood?

Article reprinted with permission from Modern Home Victoria. At Autonomous Furniture, the most co...
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Vote for Us: Best of Year Awards - CB1 Table

Vote for Us: Best of Year Awards - CB1 Table

Calling all Architects and Interior Designers!  Our CB1 Table is included in the "Furniture: Res...
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Reception Desk Envy: Live Edge Curved Metal Office Installation

Reception Desk Envy: Live Edge Curved Metal Office Installation

There are many aspects that we love about designing and building furniture pieces ... but by far,...
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Shou Sugi Ban: Torched Wood Furniture

Shou Sugi Ban: Torched Wood Furniture

Shou Sugi Ban 焼杉板 is an ancient Japanese exterior siding technique that preserves wood by charrin...
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Kai Series: A Modern Industrial Furniture Collection by Kirk Van Ludwig

Kai Series: A Modern Industrial Furniture Collection by Kirk Van Ludwig

Our design philosophy at Autonomous, held by our Lead Designer, Kirk Van Ludwig, is that our piec...
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Live Edge Wood Coffee Table: Elevating Natural Materials to an Art-Worthy Level

Live Edge Wood Coffee Table: Elevating Natural Materials to an Art-Worthy Level

Sometimes we hold onto things in our lives, and we don't know why at the time, but we know that o...
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Custom Boardroom Table for Web Design and Marketing Company: Form Meets Function

Custom Boardroom Table for Web Design and Marketing Company: Form Meets Function

It's not often a client asks for a table with multiple purposes that span disciplines. We're accu...
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Our 2015 Debut: Taking Office and Retail Design to the Autonomous Level

Our 2015 Debut: Taking Office and Retail Design to the Autonomous Level

As we gear up to ring in the New Year, The Autonomous team is busy with a few projects making our...
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Live Edge Coffee Table: Life of Our Rested Table

Live Edge Coffee Table: Life of Our Rested Table

Ever wonder who makes the products that live in your home? Do you ever ponder the travels that th...
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