by Ayla Angelos | Dec 6, 2021 | Work
“I feel like my baby’s personal assistant,” quips Kusheda Mensah over Zoom on a balmy Monday evening. She recently gave birth to a premature baby, and her calendar has been stacked full of surgeries, doctors’ appointments and, of course, hangouts with the...
by Chris Force | Nov 29, 2021 | News
After a 15-month hiatus, Maison&Objet triumphantly returned this year to showcase new interior design, lifestyle, and home products from more than 1,400 brands and designers. The fair offered an opportunity to reconnect in person with more than 48,000 global...
by Natasha Levy | Nov 29, 2021 | Work
“This isn’t where I do the messy stuff,” Daniel Widrig says as he wanders through his studio, a stone’s throw from Hackney Wick train station in east London. The stark workspace is limited to an oversized wooden table, a couple of leather sofas, and a floor-to-ceiling...
by Chris Force | Nov 25, 2021 | Products
An unrivaled passion for furniture design returned to Milan this year at Supersalone, a special edition of the 60-year-old Salone del Mobile.Milano. The annual event, also referred to as the Milan Furniture Fair, is typically held in April but had been on...
by Tracy Kaler | Nov 12, 2021 | Studio Tours
It is a balmy August day at 2:30 in the afternoon when I arrive at an industrial building in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Erica Sellers, in all black with silver neck chains and lace-up work boots, her layered brunette hair pulled back in a wispy ponytail, greets me with a big...
by Laura Rote | Nov 11, 2021 | Work
It’s early morning on the northwest side of Amsterdam when Najla El Zein packs up her bicycle and pedals the short distance from her home to her sculpture studio. There, inside the airy space, she is making sense of the world with her hands in clay, making models for...
by Laura Rote | Nov 11, 2021 | Products
Consider your first day at a new job. The uncertainty, the expectations, the first impressions. It’s nerve-racking for most, and it’s why workers often add something familiar and comforting—a photograph, a favorite plant—to their desks within the first couple of days...
by Sophia Conforti | May 3, 2021 | Products
Clean lines, wood accents, a muted palette. The design world has long reveled in the minimalist principles of Scandinavian design since the practice emerged in the 1930s. Now one Danish furniture brand is inviting the rest of the world to join in, too. The Story...
by Samantha Stevens | Apr 30, 2021 | Work
In traditional Taoist philosophy, man and nature are closely related. Yuan Yuan draws on this unification in her furniture. “Nature is the source of all beauties,” she says. “I hope to convey this graceful connection of man and nature through my work.” Yuan Yuan says...
by Laura Rote | Mar 10, 2021 | News
Five people recently said goodbye to their less than ideal work from home conditions—from hunching over the kitchen bar to sitting at an uninspiring plastic folding table to having their knees pressed against a dresser-turned-workstation. The “Step Up Your Setup”...
by Laura Rote | Feb 19, 2021 | Products
Brown Jordan has a legacy dating back to 1945, but the team is constantly pushing forward and evolving. That includes working with new materials and designers who think outside the box. For the H Collection, Brown Jordan collaborated with award-winning industrial...
by Sophia Conforti | Jan 1, 2021 | Work
“I’m not interested in the neutral object,” says American designer Johanna Grawunder. What she does find intriguing is the experience. “Experiential design is the perfect way to meld architecture, industrial design, lighting, and furniture into what’s really...
