In the first part of our interview with founders Rainer Wieland and Susanne Flother of Somnium, a company that has possibly hit on the most perfectly designed mattress ever, we tackled their backgrounds and why they are the perfect pair to bring about real change in the US mattress market.
What’s the most important home item that few people spend enough time considering — or paying — for? The not-quite-sexiest-to-talk about mattress. Maybe it’s not as fun as picking out patterned wallpaper or a colorful sofa, but your mattress choice deserves a lot of attention. The statistic that we spend — Continue reading
It’s hard to not fall even more in love with a company’s products when you hear them talk about how passionate they are about what they do. Speaking with Alex Marshall and Andrew Barry, who are the couple behind Alex Marshall Studios‘ earthy, thick, colorful, rich, handmade bowls, vases, plates and more, made us fall — Continue reading
2Modern is so happy to announce the addition of awesome lighting company Varaluz to our line up of modern and contemporary light fixtures! Not only does Varaluz offer a wide variety of light fixtures that seem to both give respect to traditional designs and also look forward to the future, — Continue reading
Listen to a longer and more detailed interview with James, Interview: Concrete Designs of James De Wulf. Find James De Wulf products on 2Modern.
Had the pleasure of speaking with Matt Eastvold of Eastvold, a great modern furniture company out of Minnesota, and he shared with us a few new things going on with them. Can’t get enough of this funny and genuine guy? Be sure to check out an interview we did with — Continue reading
Reposting this great interview with Monte Design Group, who are furnishing the awesome grand prize in our going-on-right-now-so-hurry “Glide Into Spring” Contest. Comfort. That’s not a word we use often when speaking about modern design and modern furniture. That’s not to say that there isn’t any comfortable modern furniture out — Continue reading
Seattle-based Olson Kundig Architects is widely considered to be one of the best architectural firms in North America, and it has won over 100 awards from organizations around the world. Founded in 1967 by architect Jim Olson, in their over 40 years of existence the firm has designed a wide — Continue reading
Textile designer Judy Ross always wows with her bright color palettes, bold patterns and must-have pillows, rugs and other home textiles. We love her stuff so much, in fact, we just had to interview her to see how she does what she does.
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As we said in our post earlier last week, our interview with Chilewich founder Sandy Chilewich was so awesome, we had to break it up into two parts. So, for your reading or listening pleasure, here’s part two (full of good stuff)!
We love and appreciate plenty of things in this modern world, but when a designer can take innovative materials or processes never used for home decor before, well, then you get our attention. Today’s exclusive interview is Sandy Chilewich, the founder of the amazing company Chilewich (brand new to 2Modern!). — Continue reading
We’re so excited to welcome stunning Scandinavian brand iittala to 2Modern because we love gorgeous, shiny things that are smartly designed. iittala, originally started as a glass factory in Iittala, Finland in 1881, collaborates with some of the most talented and thoughtful designers (Alvar Aalto and Oiva Toikka ring a bell?) — Continue reading
We’re so excited to share with you guys one of our newest brands to the site: Vibia Lighting! Boy are you going to love these modern lighting pieces. Vibia Lighting is the epitome of sleek, modern, minimalist lighting. They create lighting that is at its core simple and works with so — Continue reading
We’re going to keep this intro short and sweet so you can get straight to reading this interview with Kevin Kane, a partner at the awesome Los Angeles-based modern furniture company Arktura, a recent edition to the 2Modern line-up.
As is so often the case in life, Mark Craig fell into the sunglasses and eyewear business almost by accident. After completing his training as an industrial designer, Craig took a job with a large international eyewear company, designing collections for their American fashion and sports brands. The rest, as — Continue reading
If the thought of adorning your living room walls with black-and-white wallpaper depicting 1940s-style women doing household chores in stockings and suspenders – or serving a traditional British tea topless – doesn’t appeal, then look away now. The wallpaper is the creation of Emily Dupen-Hopkins, who has designed what she — Continue reading
One of our newest designers at 2Modern is New Zealand-based David Trubridge, whose work is a visual delight. Full of digital, natural and geometric shapes, these wood lights are airy, dynamic, delightful and the perfect addition to a modern space. We got the chance to speak with John Cook; he’s — Continue reading
Kids change. Rapidly. They grow fast. Their likes and dislikes are different from one day to the next. How is it that we expect them to be satisfied with one aesthetic look to their room for the entirety of their childhood? And even more, how do we expect kids who — Continue reading
If the name “Navy Chair” doesn’t ring any immediate bells for you, we bet that the sight of one in all its brushed aluminum, minimalist glory will definitely make the memory neurons fire in your brain. Emeco’s Navy Chair — a seamless, aluminum frame that is formed perfectly for ergonomics — Continue reading
Cerno is Nick Sheridan, Bret Englander and Dan Wacholder. Cerno is modern, streamlined, technologically superior LED lights for the home, office and business. Cerno is sexy, cool, eco-friendly and totally available for purchase at 2Modern. We gave the boys at Cerno a call to talk about why they chose LED technology — Continue reading
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