Rue Magazine Comes Alive as Crystal Gentilello and Anne Sage Bring Their Take on Style and Design to The Foundary Designer's Gallery

OMAHA, Neb. and SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Foundary, an exclusive, members-only home and lifestyle flash sale site, today announced the latest special sales event in its "Designer's Gallery" series, featuring a collection of home furnishings, home accessories and lifestyle products selected for The Foundary members by Crystal Gentilello, Editor-in-Chief, and Anne Sage, Executive Editor of Rue Magazine, the online lifestyle publication they founded that is focused on interior design, style, and entertaining.

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The special Rue Magazine Designer's Gallery sales event will begin at 11:00am EDT on Monday, May 23, 2011 at http://www.TheFoundary.com.  Among the designers, brands and products featured in the Rue Magazine Designer's Gallery Event at The Foundary are:

• Aviva Stanoff: a collection of 100% Egyptian cotton, 1500-thread count sheets from their Brooklyn, NY design studio.
• House of Honey: a selection of vintage home furnishings, one of a kind decorative objects and textiles from the South Pasadena, CA home decor shop and interior design studio of Tamara Kaye-Honey.
• Crystorama: for more than 50 years, this New York-based lighting icon has offered styles to match any decor, from traditional all-crystal designs, to princess mini chandeliers, to transitional lighting collections.
• 27 Ground: fine, hand knotted rugs crafted in Katmandu, Nepal and Jaipur, India from small artisanal producers. With a minimum of 100 knots per inch, each rug is truly a work of art that reflects the soul of its maker. With a subtle vibrancy, feel and thin profile that only hand knotted rugs provide, these soulful works transcend floor space into an art space that will last a lifetime.
• Takeya: designing and manufacturing innovative food and beverage containers for the past 50 years with Japanese-inspired designs that enrich people's lives using modern design, a rich palette of colors, food-safe materials, unique functionality and high quality craftsmanship.

Other featured brands will include BIA, Tea Forte and Teatulia.

"We love how a beautiful space can improve the way you feel, function and live," said Gentilello.  "Everyone has the talent and drive to design their most beautiful life; we all just need a little nudge in the right direction."

Maximizing the capabilities unique to digital publishing, Rue Magazine, based in San Francisco, offers readers exclusive downloads, behind-the-scenes videos, instant point-of-purchase access to products displayed in the magazine, and much more.  Learn more at http://www.RueMag.com.

"Inspiration is everywhere and we hope members of The Foundary find some of that inspiration for their homes in our Designer's Gallery collection," said Sage.

The Foundary offers members daily selections from established and emerging designers and brands at unprecedented savings, up to 70% off retail.  Consistent with the mission of The Foundary, the "Designer's Gallery" events focus on "products of substance"-- distinctive products that inspire, share a story or define a point of view -- chosen for members by designers who, themselves, have spent their lives sharing a passion for design and a love of home.

"Like Rue Magazine, the collection created by Crystal and Anne features a mix of styles with an emphasis on great taste and individual expression that is sure to delight members of The Foundary," said Rob Anderson, General Manager of The Foundary.  "The response to the Designer's Gallery has exceeded our expectations and we look forward to connecting established and emerging designers with our members to fuel their shared passion for creating more personal, beautiful homes."

The Foundary Designer's Gallery events will be promoted via Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TheFoundary, email and at http://www.TheFoundary.com.

About The Foundary

The Foundary scours the globe to introduce members to designers and brands whose products are not only stylish and of lasting value with prices up to 70% off retail, but that spark the mind and help turn a house into a home.  By visiting The Foundary, shoppers are invited to enjoy a free membership that allows them to receive daily emails featuring new, limited-time sales events.  Exclusive sales events are announced daily, typically starting at 11 a.m. ET.  Each announcement generally includes four or more different sales events, offering selections of products from a variety of home living categories.  The majority of The Foundary events last three days (72 hours) or while limited supplies last.  The Foundary was launched in 2010 by Hayneedle, a leading online home furnishings and lifestyle products retailer, to further realize its vision of connecting people with the home and lifestyle products that are perfect for them. For more information and to sign up for a free membership, please visit: http://www.TheFoundary.com.

SOURCE The Foundary