Eindhoven-based Studio Macura, whose Pero 3D-printed bookmark was featured on this site last year, recently sent us photos of a pendant light which also employs 3D printing to novel effect. LETI would be an elegant, if somewhat ordinary, pendant light were it not for the figurine of a woodpecker, created — Continue reading
Followers of Minimalism as esthetic religion always have a host of Scandinavian design studios to look to for inspiration. Denmark’s Muuto, HAY, Normann Copenhagen and Norm Architects are but a few of the contemporary furniture and product design makers currently carrying on the tradition of clean-formed, well crafted home goods, — Continue reading
So much for gingham being country cute. Contemporary product designers and artists alike (see here and here) have been induced to co-opt the folksy, grid-based fabric for a range of modernized applications—like this suite of desktop stationery items from Australian brand Country Road. And why not? Geometry and repetition, order — Continue reading
Our Knoll Classics Sale, which comprises furniture designs by Harry Bertoia, Marcel Breuer, Florence Knoll, Alexander Girard, Mies vn der Rohe, George Nakashima, Isamu Noguchi, Warren Platner, Jens Risom, and Eero Saarinen, begins on February 24th. But fabric swatches can be requested now. Call our Knoll expert, Allison Kerson at — Continue reading
The Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, whose most innovative work has been directed toward temporary housing for disaster victims, will be leaving a permanent mark on a landmark New York City building. The 132-year-old Cast Iron House, a downtown Manhattan building with a breathtakingly ornate cast iron facade, will soon have — Continue reading
A wood dining table that weighs less than 20 pounds is one of the nominees for Designs of the Year 2014, as just announced by London’s Design Museum. Selected as one of 6 nominees in the furniture category was Benjamin Hubert’s super skinny, ultra-light Ripple table, which was launched at — Continue reading
Every city suburb should be so lucky as Carnisselande, the Rotterdam suburb for which NEXT Architects have built a mammoth piece of public art that also serves as lookout point. Situated on a hill, the giant Corten steel staircase, from which Carnisselande visitors are offered an unobstructed view of the — Continue reading
Seeking to redefine the term ‘on the rocks,’ the entertainment products brand SPARQ has proposed some fanciful alternatives to boring ice cubes. Whiskey Rocks, cubed pieces of “non-porous, odorless, tasteless, and food safe” soapstone, just need a stint in the freezer before being plopped in a drink for chilling duties — Continue reading
Danish brand Vifa, which has been in the sound technology business for 80 years, is showing a new portable, wireless loudspeaker, named Copenhagen, at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this week—and from the looks of these lifestyle shots, loudspeakers may be the next ‘must have’ item of the new year. Copenhagen’s — Continue reading
Here’s a fine melding of form and function. German design brand Blomus, which already knows a thing or two about handsome cheese graters, recently introduced the Navetta cheese grater/dispsenser—in which a razor-sharp stainless steel grater affixes snugly to an elegant, gently spouted stainless steel bowl. A cheese grater-cum-dispenser that eliminates — Continue reading
H&M Home has released its Spring and Summer 2014 catalog, and it’s clear that the Swedish clothing retailer has quite a lot to say—literally. Across bed linen and candles, shower curtains and children’s decor, words and phrases and numbers and letters abound. Vintage signage, newspaper copy, stenciled numbers, emblems and — Continue reading
Taking a decidedly playful approach to furniture building, and designed with “a sweet and pleasant moment of relaxation” in mind, Italy’s Li-Ving Design Studio has created a suite of stools crafted to look like macarons. The Makastool, a design comprised of an upholstered ‘sandwich’ atop 4 wooden legs, and available — Continue reading
Winter’s frigid hold is not the only reason we’ve cozied up to these uncannily tactile note cards from SUPERMODULE, the San Francisco stationery brand founded by graphic designer David Riofrio. It’s true that his Stay Warm series of plaid and houndstooth motifs are particularly evocative this time of year, but — Continue reading
We’re plenty familiar with the preposterously beautiful lighting—hand blown glass Pendants and Mini Pendants—created by Niche Modern. But the New York-based studio’s new line of glass votives has us equally mesmerized. Hand crafted in three distinct styles (Convex, Meridian, and Channel), the diminutive candle holders are being offered in a — Continue reading
It’s safe to say that sound-absorbing panels have come a long way from the clunky, brooding eyesores of yesteryear. At this week’s Stockholm Furniture Fair, Swedish company Blå Stationent will unveil Ginkgo, an artful sound-absorbing system comprised of distinctively shaped individual panels made from hot-pressed 100% polyester felt. The Ginkgo — Continue reading
Easily one of more ravishingly beautiful objects exhibited at the recent Maison et Objet in Paris is Lattice, a pendant light created by Shanghai design studio Neri & Hu for London-based furniture brand De La Espada. At once dynamic and ethereal, the brushed brass and blown glass Lattice will, we — Continue reading
In the market for accessible modern furniture? Visual clarity, functionality and comfort are the hallmarks of all TrueModern furniture, including two of the company’s latest upholstered designs: the graphically tufted George and the pure and simple Diggity. Encompassing a range of modern sofas, sectionals, armchairs, and ottomans, the George and — Continue reading
‘Artisan’ chocolates are so yesterday; it’s time to move on to ‘couture’ indulgences. Enter Seattle’s JCOCO chocolates, which, in addition to super smart recycled packaging in a range of vibrant monochromes, has adopted a fashion-centric hook as its visual identity. Owner Jean Thompson has imbued her chocolates with the kind — Continue reading
In an announcement made last week, Konstantin Grcic’s Parrish Side Chair for Emeco has been awarded Germany’s venerable iF Design Award in the Product Design category. A panel of 40 international designers chose the Parrish chair, Grcic’s creation for the Parrish Museum on Long Island, for the honor, Emeco’s second — Continue reading
Seeking to “create an alternative option that could bring new values to everyday lives,” designers Amid Moradganjeh and Patryk Zoltowski have arrived at Peek, a new smartphone calendar that has both technology and design enthusiasts atwitter. Whether or not it turns out to be the revolutionary time management device to — Continue reading
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