Unique Holiday Gift for The Someone Who Has Everything

 

Are you looking for a distinctive Holiday gift?  Consider our Task Lamp for something uniquely San Francisco:

 

 

 

We have a limited supply in stock for the holidays, so contact us today before they’re all gone!

Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Co.

446 Old County Road, Pacifica, CA 94044 - 415.661.6263

info@ggbfurniture.com - www.ggbfurniture.com - www.facebook.com/ggbfurniture

DIFFA Dining By Design

On November 14^th and 15^th, we were proud to be a part of a collaboration with MTP Architects and Lightswitch Architectural in creating a dining vignette for DIFFA’s Dining By Design Gala. 

The vignette celebrated the progress in the search for a cure, as well as the 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge.  The 48" x 130" glass table top rested upon two table bases crafted from historic Golden Gate Bridge handrail.  The benches were crafted from the same handrail material and locally sourced California Walnut.  The lighting was comprised of simple lamp pendants representing the 31 year AIDS struggle, with the red lamp illustrating the peak of the epidemic in 1995.

Come visit our Facebook photo album for a behind the scenes look at the creation of this table's design.

Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Co.

446 Old County Road, Pacifica, CA 94044 - 415.661.6263

info@ggbfurniture.com  -  www.ggbfurniture.com  - www.facebook.com/ggbfurniture  

New Photography for Recent Designs

Come visit our Facebook Page to see some new photography for some of our more recent designs:

Task Lamp

The Task Lamp utilizes some of the smaller pieces that are left over from the sections of historic handrail after crafting our larger designs.  You can read more about it here in an earlier post.

Club Table

The Club Table design incorporates urban salvaged Claro Walnut featuring a graft line where the two species of wood grew together.  You can read more about it here in an earlier post.

October News for Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Co.

Is the Holiday Season really just around the corner?  Time has just been flying by.  In the year since we have launched this blog, we have been busy creating new designs to add to our catalog, establishing a social media presence, and marketing our product through trade show and gallery venues.  It has been a productive and exciting ride, and we look forward to what the next season will bring us.  Before we realize it, another year will have sped by and we will be ringing in the New Year! 

New Designs from Golden Gate Bridge Furniture

The two most recently introduced designs are our new Conference Table and Executive Desk, which made their debut at the 2012 Dwell OnDesign show this past June.
 

The Conference Table takes a section of original Golden Gate Bridge handrail and lays it across a cage table base crafted of new American sourced steel.  A glass table top showcases the section of handrail beneath it.

The Executive Desk utilizes a section of original Golden Gate Bridge handrail along the front side of the desk.  The desk top is crafted from locally sourced native species wood.  Edition #1 (shown above), which was showcased in our 2012 DOD booth, incorporated a large slab of Claro Walnut displaying a beautiful graft line where an English Walnut was grafted onto the root stock of the native California Walnut.  This was a practice commonly done in local area orchards.  The native walnut tree fared better in the California climate, but the English Walnut had a higher nut yield and a thinner shell, so it would be grafted onto the native tree, thus extending its life.  The resulting wood near the graft line, with its beautiful, variegated marble-like swirls, was what was then originally referred to as Claro Walnut.

 

Shown here in this detail shot of the Executive Desk, the desktop is given a live edge, maintaining the flow of the grain, before it blends in to the edge of the handrail.


Follow Us Online

 

Join us in the conversation by following us online at one of our social media venues.  You can find us at Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Flickr, and LinkedIn.  Whichever venue you’re active at, we invite you to come follow us to find out what is new and what inspires us.

 

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With the holidays and the New Year just around the corner, keep an eye out for some new designs we hope to debut in the upcoming months. 

Happy October!

Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Co.

446 Old County Road, Pacifica, CA 94044 - 415.661.6263

info@ggbfurniture.com - www.ggbfurniture.com - www.facebook.com/ggbfurniture

Dwell On Design Press Release

Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Co. to Debut New Designs at
2012 Dwell On Design Show in Los Angeles

The company that crafts unique artisan furniture from original steel removed from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge will debut two large table designs at the Dwell On Design Show in Los Angeles this June.

Pacifica, CA (June 1, 2012) – Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Company (GGBFC) is preparing to exhibit their product line of limited edition furniture crafted from original steel off the Golden Gate Bridge at the upcoming Dwell On Design show in Los Angeles.  GGBFC, who will be exhibiting their unique hand crafted designs in Booth 408, plans to debut two new large table designs: The Executive Desk and The Conference Table.

GGBFC is the brainchild of San Francisco area resident, Richard Bulan.  The company creates limited edition artisan furniture from original steel that was placed on the Golden Gate Bridge during its construction in the 1930’s.  Richard crafts his designs from sections of pedestrian handrail that were removed during the Bridge’s handrail replacement in 1993.  He acquired the handrail in 1994 and has since created and put into limited production a headboard design, nine table designs, and two lamp designs. 

Dwell on Design, the largest design show on the West Coast, will be taking place from Friday, June 22 to Sunday, June 24 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.  GGBFC will be exhibiting their designs in Booth 408.  “This is the first time in many years that we have been able to exhibit at a show in Southern California,” says Richard Bulan.  “I’m excited to return to the area and to debut our new Executive Desk and Conference Table designs.”  The large Executive Desk design, which incorporates salvaged Claro Walnut as its desk top, and Conference Table design necessitated a much larger booth space than usual.  “In the past, our tables have been moderate to small side and accent tables, which didn’t require a large booth.  These new designs required us to have a much larger display space.  It is actually the first time we have ever had a booth this big.  It has presented us with a bit of a challenge this time around, but it should be well worth it.”

To learn more about the company and its designs, GGBFC invites you to visit them at the Dwell on Design exhibition in Booth 408.  The show is open Friday June 22 from 10am to 8pm, Saturday, June 23, 10am to 6pm, and Sunday June 24, 10am to 5pm.   Richard Bulan can be contacted directly by phone at 415-661-6263 or by email at richard@ggbfurniture.com.  For additional information on the company, feel free to visit the GGBFC website at www.ggbfurniture.com.  For more information on the Dwell on Design exhibition, visit www.dwellondesign.com/ggbridge12.

Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Co.

446 Old County Road, Pacifica, CA 94044 - 415.661.6263

info@ggbfurniture.com - www.ggbfurniture.com - www.facebook.com/ggbfurniture

Sneak Peek - Architectural Digest Home Design Show

We are excited to be an exhibitor at the upcoming Architectural Digest Home Design show in New York next week.  The show runs from Thursday, March 22 to Sunday, March 25.  If you are in the New York area, we invite you to come visit us at our booth, M182, and see the new designs that we are set to debut:

The Club Table

The new Club Table design incorporates a Claro Walnut table top and shelf, as opposed to the glass that we normally use with our designs.  The locally sourced urban salvaged wood used for this particular table displays a beautiful graft line where an English Walnut tree was grafted onto native California Walnut root stock, as was commonly done with the orchards in the area.  The native walnut tree fared better in the California climate, but the English Walnut had a higher nut yield and a thinner shell, so it would be grafted onto the native tree, thus extending its life.  The resulting wood near the graft line, with its beautiful, variegated marble-like swirls, was what was then originally referred to as Claro Walnut.

Sculpture by Min Hwan Park

This sculpture was created by local San Francisco artist, Min Hwan Park, from the small pieces of steel left over from the Golden Gate Bridge hand rail material after crafting our larger furniture pieces.

Both these unique designs will be on display and available for purchase at our booth, M182, at the Architectural Digest Design show next week.

 

Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Co.

446 Old County Road, Pacifica, CA 94044 - 415.661.6263
info@ggbfurniture.com - www.ggbfurniture.com - www.facebook.com/ggbfurniture

 

  

Architectural Digest Home Show Press Release

Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Co. will be an exhibitor at
2012's Architectural Digest Home Show

The company that crafts unique artisan furniture from original steel removed from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge will be an exhibitor in the selective MADE section at the Architectural Digest Home Show in New York this upcoming March.

Pacifica, CA (February 1, 2012) – Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Company (GGBFC) is preparing to exhibit their product line of Limited Edition furniture crafted from original steel off the Golden Gate Bridge at the upcoming Architectural Digest Home Show in New York.  GGBFC will be exhibiting their unique hand crafted designs in Booth M182 of the distinctive MADE section of the design show, which features individual one-of-a-kind works of art and furnishings.

GGBFC is the brainchild of San Francisco area resident, Richard Bulan.  The company creates Limited Edition Artisan Furniture from original steel that was placed on the Golden Gate Bridge during its construction in the 1930’s.  Richard crafts his designs from sections of pedestrian handrail that were removed during the Bridge’s handrail replacement in 1993.  He acquired the handrail in 1994 and has since created and put into limited production a headboard design, eight table designs, and two lamp designs. 

The renowned Architectural Digest Home Show will be taking place from Thursday, March 22 to Sunday, March 25 at Pier 94, 55^th Street at Twelfth Avenue.  GGBFC will be exhibiting their designs in booth M182.  “In the past, we have participated in San Francisco and Los Angeles area tradeshows, but this is the first time we will be branching out beyond the West Coast.  We are excited to debut our designs for the first time in New York through such a distinguished venue,” said Richard Bulan as he looks forward to bringing his designs out to the East Coast.  “We also hope to debut a new design that I’ve envisioned using a salvaged Claro Walnut wood top with a base of repurposed Golden Gate Bridge steel.  Normally, our table designs use glass for their table tops, but this new design explores using urban salvage wood for our table tops instead.”

To learn more about the company and its designs, GGBFC invites you to visit them at the Architectural Digest Home Design show in Booth M182.  The show opens to the Trade and Preview Guests on Thursday, March 22 from 10am to 7pm, and then it is open to the public Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 24, 10am to 7pm, and Sunday March 25, 10am to 6pm.   Richard Bulan can be contacted by phone at 415-661-6263 or by email at richard@ggbfurniture.com.  For additional information on the company, feel free to visit the GGBFC website at www.ggbfurniture.com.  For more information on the Architectural Digest Home Design Show visit www.archdigesthomeshow.com.

Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Co.

446 Old County Road, Pacifica, CA 94044 - 415.661.6263
info@ggbfurniture.com - www.ggbfurniture.com - www.facebook.com/ggbfurniture

Embarking Upon a New and Exciting Year!

As the holiday festivities wind down, it is time to reflect upon the accomplishments of the past year and look forward to the exciting events of the New Year that lies before us….

New Space, New Look, New Designs

After many years of quietly maintaining the company, Richard decided that this would be the year to finally bring about the changes he has hoped to make for quite some time. In this past year, Richard was able to realize his dream of having his own space to showcase his designs in by setting up a small showroom in Pacifica, located on the Coastside, just south of San Francisco. Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Company also launched a newly redesigned website, as well as three new product designs: the Coffee Table, the Side Table, and the Task Lamp.

The first of these new designs, the Coffee Table, was launched this past summer. The Coffee Table, a lightweight design that incorporates new steel, provides an alternative to our original, and heavier, Cocktail Table design, which is crafted from 100% of the historic Golden Gate Bridge steel. In the autumn, Richard followed with a Side Table design that complements the new Coffee Table. The Side Table is another lightweight design that incorporates new steel with historic steel, allowing for more flexibility within small spaces. Finally, in December, Richard introduced the new Task Lamp design to fill the void created by the completion of the original Desk Lamp design’s production run.

Architectural Digest Home Design Show

As we move into the New Year, we are very excited to announce that Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Co. will be an exhibitor in the MADE section of the Architectural Digest Home Design Show in New York this March. This is a very distinguished design show that we are proud to be a part of, and we can’t wait to unveil our designs in New York for the first time!

Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary

Additionally, it is an exciting year for the Golden Gate Bridge itself, since it will be celebrating its 75th Anniversary this year! The Golden Gate Festival will take place on May 26 and May 27 with waterfront festivities on Crissy Field and the Marina Green, culminating with a fireworks display during the Memorial Day weekend.

America’s Cup Racing

Finally, the crown jewel of the year’s events surrounding the Golden Gate Bridge will be the spectacular racing of the America’s Cup, which will take place on San Francisco’s Northern Waterfront. The Golden Gate Bridge and the surrounding beauty of the bay will provide the dramatic backdrop to the sleek boats racing across the waterfront. The races are expected to attract tens of thousands of visitors from around the world, many sailing in under the Golden Gate Bridge themselves upon their arrival.

Happy New Year from Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Company!

Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Co.

446 Old County Road, Pacifica, CA 94044 - 415.661.6263
info@ggbfurniture.com - www.ggbfurniture.com - www.facebook.com/ggbfurniture