 In 1977, Taylor & Ng introduced one of the first knock-down furniture products, the award-winning "Chair-In-A-Box," designed by Don Vandervort (who later went on to found HomeTips.com).The Taylor & Ng department store closed in 1985 so that the business could focus on its wholesale activities.Ng created illustrations for a number of books by Yerba Buena Press throughout the 1970s.