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
We’re huge fans of the inventive, serene housewares of Danish brand Ferm Living—and few things are more welcome in the dead of winter than inspiring vignettes of spring and summer. Ferm Living gives us just that with its Spring and Summer 2014 catalog, featuring new tabletop items, stationery and wall — Continue reading
Amongst the Instagram-worthy things that caught our attention this past month? A winter beach scene; illuminated hexagons; a star-studded street corner, a dozen yellow roses that refused to wilt. If you’re not following 2Modern on Instagram, you’ve no way of knowing what you missed during the month of January. Here, — Continue reading
As we’ve previously mentioned on this site, 2014 marks the 50th birthday of Unikko, Marimekko’s most famously happy, poppy-laden print. To fete the occasion, the Finnish brand has a launched a series of pop-up events worldwide, from New York to Hong Kong—but, understandably, has saved its loftiest venture for Helsinki. — Continue reading
Proving that the market for desktop stationery remains strong is this suite of chunky, colorful utilitarian items the British designer Samuel Wilkinson created for Lexon, and introduced at Maison et Objet earlier this week. The Babylon collection of six injection molded plastic items—pen and holder; stapler; scissors; tape dispenser; and — Continue reading
From San Francisco-based design brand Pablo, comes the Circa lighting collection, a stunning suite of modern lamps defined by graceful, disc-shaped shades that tilt at 45° and rotate at a full 360°. Available in table, floor, wall and pendant models, Circa’s revolutionary flat panel LED light source distributes even, ambient — Continue reading
French brand Colonel has shown a new sideboard design, which it’s named Kyoto, at Maison et Object in Paris this week, a beautifully constructed piece that clearly shows its Japanese influence. “Kyoto is inspired by partitions found in the Ryokan, traditional Japanese inns. When they cross, doors form a set — Continue reading
Framed aphorisms are all the rage these days, but few are stitched in cloth, let alone this appealingly. For a hand crafted show of affection, it’s hard to beat these typographical compositions by Australian design studio Castle. Hand stitched using a range of new and vintage fabrics by Castle shop — Continue reading
As if the very fact of January weren’t enough reason to be tropical dreaming, along comes this blissfully beautiful home renovation by Brazilian architect Guilherme Torres, who transformed a tired 1970′s São Paulo house into a breezy, color saturated contemporary home for a couple and their young children—proving that, when — Continue reading
It doesn’t get cleaner and simpler than these gleaming wall hooks from Brooklyn design studio Light + Ladder. Solid brass and angled to keep garments and sundries in place, they’re versatile, sturdy and decorative enough to hold items both substantial (coats and bags) and delicate (jewelry and scarves). And when — Continue reading
Modernists may be quick to espouse the virtues of less being more, but the truth is that acquisitiveness is as much an affliction of self-described minimalists as anyone else. The key, it seems, is not in how much is acquired as how artfully those acquisitions are organized. This Northern California — Continue reading
Those with neither the proximity nor the means to stay at the Beverly Hills Hotel can take solace in these beautiful prints by Jessica Rowe. Rowe pays homage to the famous hotel’s equally famous Martinique wallpaper with Beverly, a suite of four watercolor compositions that, while highly evocative, are a — Continue reading
The Maison et Objet design fair kicked off in Paris last week, and Kartell unveiled something new for the occasion. In celebration of the 10th birthday of the Italian brand’s wild (and wildly successful) Bourgie Lamp, Kartell invited its team of 14 designers to reinterpret the lamp, a fanciful design — Continue reading
We love these heart-y prints from Franny & Franky Designs, which make sweet Valentine’s Day presents, but can also be applied to most any occasion. Franny & Franky founder Christina Lembo has created whimsical digital map illustrations of cities (both domestic and foreign) using a pattern of repeated hearts, imbuing — Continue reading
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