by Mikenna Pierotti | Apr 23, 2020 | Design
In the late 1970s designer Roger Webb visited the Mars Confectionery Company in England. Unusual for its time, the office plan was open, with management at the center and workers all around. “It was planned to provide more transparency with little evident hierarchy—in...
by Jessica Mordacq | Jan 27, 2020 | News
We covered a lot—and I mean a lot—of ground at this year’s Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) in Las Vegas. Beyond all of the glitz and glimmer the city has to offer we found even more fine, shiny things inside the Las Vegas Convention Center. The industry’s...
by Chris Force | May 23, 2019 | News
Sixtysix magazine is back with our sophomore print issue, delving further into “the craft of creativity” with living legends and emerging voices of the global design community. The nearly 200-page issue is available worldwide now. The Spring/Summer 2019...
by Studio Sixtysix | May 23, 2019 | Products
Inspiration for the shape comes not only from nature, but also architecture. “Architects are building these monstrosities of buildings that can stand for hundreds of years, and they are doing it with geometric shapes and forms,” T.J. says. But while the overall shape...
by Studio Sixtysix | May 22, 2019 | Design
Laufen sits at the intersection of form and function, creating dream-like bathrooms that feel simultaneously futuristic and familiar enough to create a sense of ease. When the Swiss brand, known for its collaborations with esteemed designers, started looking for a...
by Stephen Gossett | Apr 23, 2019 | Design
The store and office of emerging Ukrainian design duo FILD, in the Shevchenko neighborhood of Kiev, is easy enough to spy, thanks to its distinctive color scheme: ash grey brick around a bright yellow front door. Inside, among the clean lines and open spaces: more ash...
by Max Gunawan | Mar 26, 2019 | Insights
Jakarta-born, San Francisco-based designer Max Gunawan is the creative brain behind the book-shaped, fold-open Lumio light. He raised nearly $580,000 on an initial goal of just $60,000 in a 2013 Kickstarter campaign for his trademark product. In 2015 he appeared on...
by Ayla Angelos | Mar 7, 2019 | Design
“What if we could enable others to see bacteria as a carrier of meaning, rather than a carrier of disease?” asks Stockholm-based designer Jan Klingler. For this year’s Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair, Jan exhibited a collection of Bacteria Lamps in the Greenhouse...
by Stephen Gossett | Mar 6, 2019 | Design
Lighting, electronics, kitchenware, the iconic Thinking Man’s Chair, even a German tram—Jasper Morrison has designed in just about every category over his illustrious, three-decade-plus career. It might seem counterintuitive to label a designer who has notably...
by Stephen Gossett | Mar 1, 2019 | News
The relationship between design and the natural world has always been fertile ground for exploration, but in the age of climate change, resource depletion, and habitat degradation, designers seem to be examining the link more explicitly than ever. Take this...
by Ayla Angelos | Feb 5, 2019 | Design
Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin, the Italian designers behind Amsterdam-based studio Formafantasma, are tackling social issues through innovative product design and material experimentation. While taking aim at wasteful design and consumption habits, the duo...
by Maia Welbel | Jan 31, 2019 | Design
Allie Kushnir’s driving force has always been finding the most considerate way to live. The painter and designer has developed a brand of custom-printed fabrics and paper products—both grounded in the principle of minimizing environmental impact. Allie is also...
