Call us crazy, but we’ve always thought it would actually be pretty cool to find yourself in one of David Lynch’s movies. And the scene in Mulholland Drive’s Silencio, when everything changes, remains one of our all-time ...READ»
Taking a risk to develop something new can be difficult for Chinese companies. Lasfera, a Beijing firm run by a German designer, hopes to push the envelope by focusing on design and craftsmanship.READ»
Most sofas are designed for one way of sitting, in a perfectly unnatural right angle. The truth is, we lounge, we slouch, we sleep on sofas--we do anything but sit in an upright position. Now a couch actually acknowledges that fact, ...READ»
Do you know how much fricking space baby gear takes up? I can speak from experience: Fitting all of it into a small New York apartment is a design problem and then some. Sandrine Lebas, Creative Director at LUNAR, must have ...READ»
Believe us when we say that we saw enough furniture and design at last weekend's International Contemporary Furniture Fair to make our eyes bleed. So coming upon Rafael de Cardenas's new show at Johnson Trading Gallery was like ...READ»
If you’re stuck with furniture that’s been collecting dust in your attic since the Eisenhower administration -- or even just a terribly unhip old rug your mom forced you schlep to college -- you might want to take a lesson from ...READ»
Sometimes a sofa is just a sofa, not a "new domestic typology," as the press release from Campeggi for Matali Crasset's new furniture collection non-explains. But in the hands of this French design star, "just a sofa" is pretty ...READ»
Amateur Charles and Ray Eameses of the world, rejoice! A pair of designers calling themselves Diatom Studio has created an open-source app called SketchChair that lets you conjure up the chair of your dreams -- and fabricate it in ...READ»
Size doesn't always matter -- just ask design duo Jamie Iacoli and Brian McAllister. In two years, the pair's eponymous line of simple, handcrafted furniture has attracted nationwide attention, despite coming from a two-person operation in a small Seattle studio.READ»
Wouldn't life be easier if you could look at a product and get an easy-to-understand explanation of how sustainable it was? A score that took into account whether the product can be recycled, amount of toxic chemicals used in ...READ»
Psychologists say the infinity of human emotion can be boiled down to six basic feelings: joy, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, and disgust. In his "Emoticons" project, designer Tomas Ekström is interested in extracting the same kind ...READ»
If your living room went on a crash diet, it’d look ‘round about like what you see here. The Light-room, by the staggeringly talented Dutch designer Studio Bram Geenen, is an exercise in exploiting sexy new technology to reduce ...READ»
The DIY project you see here, by Sweden's Pål Rodenius, follows a logic that has doubtless passed through the gray matter of anyone who's ever spent a Saturday night with a hammer and a printout from Instructables.com: If people use ...READ»
There are countless reasons why your indoor office should look more like the great outdoors. Research has shown that vegetation can purify the air, improve employee productivity, and create a natural sound barrier between you and your ...READ»
Charles and Ray Eames revolutionized furniture design more than 50 years ago, when they pioneered a technique for molding and pressing plywood to create gorgeous, curvaceous chairs and tables previously thought impossible.
Now, ...READ»
Even if you've got a passion for modern design, it can be hard to see anything new in the works of Charles and Ray Eames. Endlessly imitated, knocked off, resold, and referenced, their genius hides in plain sight, thanks to its ...READ»
The Eindhoven design pair BCXSY has unveiled a gorgeous series of room screens that resemble something Timothy Leary might’ve hallucinated on a bender in a Chinese brothel.
The paper dividers feature a silk-screened starburst ...READ»
With a blend of artistry and commercial savvy, Patricia Urquiola enthralls tony Italian furniture makers--as well as BMW, H&M, and high-end hotel chains such as Mandarin Oriental. Here's a look at her beautiful business.READ»
