Designer and founder of Duffy London Chris Duffy started making furniture to trick the eye with the Shadow Chair, cantilevered over a dark base to look as if it is balancing on two legs, and the Balloon Table, where a glass surface seemingly rests, hovering, on helium balloons. “It’s only supposed to fool you for
“The challenge in designing lights is that sometimes you are more fascinated by the forms and the shapes rather than the lighting itself,” says Chiara Di Pinto, co-founder of the Milan design, architecture, and creative direction agency Studiopepe, along with Arianna Lelli Mami. “It’s really important to us to think about what kind of light that
Before being “recast,” the house was like any other. “It’s quite a humdrum Victorian street—there are hundreds like them in London,” architect Ben Allen says. The house’s residents, a retired couple, gave Studio Ben Allen free rein to experiment and renovate the house. Ben chose colored concrete as his weapon and proved it a beautiful,
Lava lamps, inflatable chairs, Blockbusters—the ambience of the ’90s is instantly recognizable. British design firm Holloway Li drew upon the decade’s optimism, calling upon Cool Britannia and television chat show sofas to inspire its debut furniture collection in collaboration with molded furniture producer Uma, called T4. “Each of our projects is quite cinematic in its
Los Angeles is striving, teeming—a city full of people, trying to make it in movies, trying to make it by, and trying everything in between. Something undeniably intriguing lies beneath the liposuction and auto-tune of Hollywood. When the sun sets, artist Monica Nouwens gets in her car with her camera and drives around South East
During the pandemic, things got a little weird. Picnic tables for squirrels had a moment, after all. Behind every odd phenomenon was a universal plea for joy. Sancal and Dutch design firm Raw Color answered this plea with the Link and Loop sofas: big, colorful, round, sittable versions of much smaller common shapes. Raw Color
What happens when children have the supplies, encouragement, and freedom to create? Design Brut | Philia & Kids provides a glimpse at the answer. The non-profit initiative by Galerie Philia hopes to inspire and engage children from around the world through design. From conception to creation, children from Breil-sur-Roya primary school in France developed the
This season's Maison&Objet offered objects to delight in homes of tomorrow.
Leah Ring started her design firm, Another Human, to create interiors and products that entirely embody her magical visions.
Sun seeps in through the curtains. Stretch, yawn, rise. It’s time for coffee.
Maison&Objet and Paris Design Week are huge—over 2,000 exhibitors, countless open showrooms and cartes blanches, and exhibitions and displays attract those of us who breathe design. But the fair and surrounding atmosphere in the city of Paris also spotlights new talents and tomorrow’s big names. With the annual Rising Talents Awards, Maison&Objet is able to
Broste Copenhagen’s foundational desire is to create cozy and inclusive spaces. With this aim at its heart, the Broste Copenhagen Autumn/Winter collection on display at Maison&Objet greeted visitors with big, organic shapes and strong pops of emerald green, cobalt blue, and dark orange. Key to the collection, these colors bring a bold edge to everyday
Eichholtz is consistently one of the biggest brands at Maison&Objet—this year, perhaps the biggest. With a booth more like a showroom, Eichholtz showed off its very extensive 300 piece collection covering every sort of living space in celebration of its 30th anniversary. Among the 300 pieces, Eichholtz finds a common thread in opulence, referencing ’60s,
Le Corbusier has inspired hundreds of thousands upon thousands of architects and designers. His work across design, architecture, and urban planning is marked by a visual and philosophical consistency that gives him his status as a father of modern architecture. So, it is rare that an inspired designer is able to create something that truly
Ann Demeulemeester designed her first furniture collection with Serax with the same elegance and precision of her fashion designs.
Luxury lighting brand Veronese designed its Paris showroom to be like a home. In the heart of Paris, the brand welcomes visitors with gorgeous vintage furniture and artwork curated by The Spaceless Gallery. Unifying its French roots with Murano glass techniques has been core to Veronese’s philosophy since its inception in 1931. Complete with a
Stephen Burks’ last ten years of work are coming to the High Museum of Art in Atlanta Georgia. From Sep. 16, 2022 through March 5, 2023, “Stephen Burks: Shelter in Place” will showcase the industrial designer’s furniture and handmade objects. His first major museum exhibition in over a decade, “Shelter in Place” features over 50
Belgium is Design showcases the work of these three women for New York Textile Month.
Mischa Couvrette and three friends, all recent college graduates, bought a battered sailboat one rainy day in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They had no in-depth experience with boats, sailing, or construction, but the premise of buying the boat (which was formerly a modern pirate ship), fixing it up, and sailing it was enticing. “It was like
Gucci’s wild luxury hits homes with designs inspired by over-the-top garden parties and life outdoors. Creative director Alessandro Michele designed the new line of Gucci decor with pops of complementary colors and moments of ethereal whimsy, reviving some of the brand’s archival floral prints. Not unlike Gucci’s recent pet collection, the new line for the
Kvadrat and Raf Simons’s new Shaker System offers beauty in the form of simplicity and utility, inspired by America’s first modern design language: Shaker culture. Nine years into an ongoing collaboration, Kvadrat and Raf Simons enter the realm of lifestyle accessories with this storage system and range of accessories, making a case for functionality as
Alcova 2022 took over an abandoned military hospital in Baggio with independent design, installations and performances. Eleven exhibitions worth talking about.
In Salento, Ludovica and Roberto Palomba reimagine the 19th-century Palazzo Daniele as an artistic, authentic space.
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