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It's hip to be square.(The Orange County Register)
Byline: Andre Mouchard
Square is hip.
OK, technically, the hipness of square is limited mostly to furniture stores and, if you want to be really specific, to big tables, a product rarely linked with "hip." And even within the big table universe, square remains mostly a fast-growing oddity, a smaller player than rectangular and round that accounts for a bit less than 20 percent of all sales.
Still, for some table shoppers, square is inspiring something close to passion. And that's pretty hip.
"There's a buzz about square," says Mark Brown, design consultant for Basix, a Tustin furniture store where the most sought-after table is a 66-inch square with chocolate-brown wood and frosted glass. The table sells for about $1,700.
"A lot of manufacturers have seen the trend, and they're working on new (squares)," Brown adds. "It's a big change."
It also might have nothing to do with furniture.
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