In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal (which labeled him the ‘quiet superstar of industrial design’), the German-born designer Konstantin Grcic referred to fellow designer Philippe Starck as the Madonna of the design world, meaning that Starck’s global popularity, like that of the singer, kept him from being — Continue reading
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka’s fascination with glass and crystal has been expressed in both stand-alone sculptural installations and solid glass furniture. No wonder, then, his Sparkle stools and tables for Kartell astound for their uncanny replication of weighty cut glass, dazzlingly realized in Kartell’s trademark (lightweight) polycarbonate. The Sparkle collection’s — Continue reading
A 1950′s lighting design originally created for the Danish Navy has been reissued by the Danish lighting brand Louis Poulsen. The charmingly renamed Doo-Wop Pendant is an updated version of the original Søvaernspendel or Navy Pendant—a collaboration of Denmark’s Navy Buildings Department and the in-house design team at Louis Poulsen—a — Continue reading
Glass design studio Niche Modern, makers of graceful glass pendant lighting, has just announced a new collaboration with Charity: Water, the non-profit organization that has made it a goal to bring clean drinking water to some of the world’s most impoverished areas. To commemorate the collaboration, Niche Modern has created — Continue reading
Movie buffs and audiophiles unwilling to compromise form for function are in luck. We’re raising the curtain on our range of BDI modern home theater cabinets, now through March 23rd—with a scene-stealing $200 off selected styles, and free shipping, to boot. Choose from clean and elegant models, like the Mid-Century — Continue reading
Along with Eero Aarnio’s Bubble Chair and Verner Panton’s graphic textile patterns, The Nesso Table Lamp by Artemide remains a quintessential symbol of the 1960′s, a glossy, playful reminder of an era when industrial design was as much a part of the counter-cultural movement as go-go boots and peace symbols. — Continue reading
We shouldn’t be surprised by the pure honesty of Jens Risom’s holiday home on Block Island. Vanity and self-importance have never been a trademark of the great Danish designer’s work, even as his Risom Lounge Chairs for Knoll remain amongst the most lusted-after furniture icons of the Mid-Century era. What — Continue reading
Calico may evoke images of homespun goodness and demure florals, but Rachel Mosler and Nick Cope, the founders of the bespoke wallpaper company Calico Wallpaper have something considerably more glamorous in mind. Their Brooklyn-based design studio (named, with no trace of irony, for the couple’s enviably photogenic calico cat) has — Continue reading
If minimalism, esthetically-speaking, is the search for a state of grace, it’s fair to say that industrial designer Pablo Pardo can stop searching. Founder of the San Francisco-based lighting company, Pablo, the Venezuelan-born Pardo is a prolific industrial designer, whose early familial influences of art and engineering are winningly expressed — Continue reading
New Yorkers may rarely be able to articulate the fantasy of urban living that the city promises, but they know it when they see it—and there’s plenty to see in Dean Di Simone’s Soho loft. A member of the creative agency VSA Partners, De Simone makes do with the kind — Continue reading
The British design studio McCollin Bryan, headed up by designers Don McCollin and Maureen Bryan, may not yet be a household name, but its range of dazzling resin-topped tables is fast becoming an instantly recognizable design commodity. The company’s Tinted Lens line of coffee and side tables is comprised of — Continue reading
We’re tempted to label it the…flowering…of a new movement. On the heels of our recent piece on the charming Blom table lamp by FontanaArte, in which movable ‘petals’ may be used to control the flow of light, comes this enchanting petal-based lighting concept from Belarusian designer Constantin Bolimond, who sees — Continue reading
Our current Kartell sale (March 6-18) coincides with a preview of glittering new additions to the Italian company’s furniture and lighting range, to be unveiled at the Milan Furniture Fair (Salone Internazionale del Mobile) next month. Precious Kartell is the company’s new line of metal finishes for some of its — Continue reading
Does an architect always view the world through the lens of a built structure? It may be safe to assume some do—like Italian architect and illustrator Federico Babina, who has conceived of a series of illustrations in which iconic two-dimensional works by famous artists morph into 3-dimensional works of — Continue reading
The universal need for organizing clothes seems to induce designers to think deeply—and, in the case of designers Kyuhyung Cho and Erik Olovsson, to think mathematically. Their series of SINE clothing racks, exhibited at the Stockholm Furniture Fair earlier this year, are distinguished by a wavy horizontal central bar, a — Continue reading
Our Knoll Classics Sale is in its final stretch, with today being your last chance to make that lifetime commitment to design with a Mid-Century furniture classic from Knoll’s stellar collection. Time-honored designs, like the exquisitely contoured Saarinen Executive Armchair, and the gleaming glass-topped Platner Dining Table, can be had — Continue reading
What’s not to like about a desk lamp with a sliver of a footprint and a dual purpose? Very little—particularly when it happens to be a collaboration between FLOS and Philippe Starck, and has über good looks to recommend it, too. Starck’s D’E-light LED desk lamp for the Italian lighting — Continue reading
New Yorkers aren’t the only ones besotted with Knoll’s sumptuous new presence in midtown Manhattan. The American Institute of Architects has noticed, too, bestowing its 2014 Institute Honor Awards for Interior Architecture upon Architecture Research Office, the New York City firm tasked with turning 50,000 square feet on the corner — Continue reading
Have some strong opinions about Knoll furniture? Think you have just the spot for that design icon in your home? Well express them through the 2Modern Knoll Classics Polyvore Design Challenge! Today, though March 4th, create a Polyvore set that shows just how a celebrated design—by greats, like Bertoia, Breuer, — Continue reading
Just in time for the first blush of spring comes a beguiling new lighting offering from Italian studio FontanaArte. Blom, a table lamp with a stylized tulip profile, is a creation of the Norwegian industrial designer Andreas Engesvik, who found inspiration for his design in “the shifting light and seasonal — Continue reading
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