Now, as ever, we believe it is important to give back to our community and our planet. Each year, we are proud to support numerous charitable events and organizations through product donations or by partnering to organize events in support of sustainability, social responsibility, environmental education or outdoor recreation organizations....
Weathering the Storm: One Adirondack chair's nautical journey during an extreme wind storm and then returned home again days later, intact and ready to lollygag in once again.
We always say ‘appreciate the outdoors’ – and for good reason: studies show nature has healing properties for the body and mind, increasing your overall mood and feelings of well-being. As humans, we have a biological connection to nature, it’s called biophilia. Whether you enjoy the smell of fresh cut...
The idea to make a beehive started when Duluth based Jon Otis of Lake Superior Honey Co. came to us with a Top Bar horizontal bee hive idea. Residential beekeeping is growing in popularity, with the rate of beginner beekeepers more than doubling in the last decade, according to Fast...
In a continued effort to help protect the ecosystem connected to Lake Superior, Loll Designs teamed up with Involta, the City of Duluth Parks and the Chester Bowl Improvement Club to organize the annual Clean Yer Creek Cleanup and Tree Planting, which was held on Saturday, April 27th. Over the...
Minnesota may be known by most of the country for its deep snow and frigid cold, but it’s also the land of 10,000 lakes that come back alive in the spring. The summers are lush and green and gorgeous and especially at many of the popular lakes areas in north...
One of the most common questions we are asked by our customers is how much body weight Loll chairs will support. The first time we were ever asked this question, more than 10 years ago, we performed a simple in-house test. Myself and three other grown men stood together on...
Cradle to Cradle® certifications emphasize our commitment to the environment and product transparency. We are excited to announce that we recently underwent the rigorous process of becoming Cradle to Cradle Certified™ for our recycled, outdoor furniture collections. Working with MBDC, the originators of the Cradle to Cradle® design framework and the...
It’s really fantastic to be part of the Makers Movement happening right now, and heading up a small design and manufacturing company in Minnesota has been very rewarding. I started making furniture in 2003 as a way to repurpose unused material from our TrueRide skate park ramps, featured in more...
Our annual “Clean Yer Creek” event consists of volunteers pulling garbage out of local creeks and planting trees along the creek beds. The aim is to protect the water quality of Lake Superior and enhance our local ecosystem. Organized by local businesses and spearheaded by Loll Designs, the plan is...
The new 92,000 square foot, $79 million dollar Bell Museum opened this past July in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Bell is Minnesota’s preeminent natural history museum since 1872 and now the all new Bell Museum continues to bring together science, art, and the environment with a unique Minnesota perspective. Designed...
The Lollygagger Pale Ale, a beer named after our flagship Lollygagger furniture collection, was a collaboration with our friends and local brewery Bent Paddle Brewing. 5% of the beer’s sales were donated to COGGS to complete the 100 mile urban single track Duluth Traverse bike trail system (see our past blog post here). When the...
This year’s Clean Yer Creek marked Loll's 10th year of tree planting! It’s been exciting to see this event evolve and grow from a small Loll employee event to the involvement of nearly two dozen other businesses. On May 20th nearly 130 volunteers helped with the annual tree planting. The...
At Loll we have always been inspired by original design and when we first set out to make an Adirondack chair it had to be our own version. But truly we are all just making an iteration of the original Adirondack chair. The one that has always inspired us is...
Once upon a Duluth winter night I was relaxing at home in front of a glowing orange fire and, like I tend to do, I started thinking about chairs. I thought it was time Loll had a chair that wasn’t an Adirondack. I grabbed some clean paper and started sketching...
COGGS, Duluth Climbers Coaltion and Duluth XC Ski Club each receive 20K donation to enhance outdoor recreation in Duluth. DULUTH, MN: Duluth-based Loll Designs, designers and manufacturers of modern outdoor furniture, announced a $60,000 donation to be spread equally among three local outdoor nonprofits: Duluth Climbers Coalition, Duluth XC Ski...
