furniture design

HOLON MUSEUM | Comment

Ron Arad Rips Off Richard Serra in His First Major Building

BY Cliff KuangMon Nov 23, 2009 at 4:15 PM

The path-breaking furniture designer is about to complete a design museum in IsraelREAD»

APPLE | Comment

The Enduring Genius of Dieter Rams

BY Cliff KuangThu Nov 19, 2009 at 3:26 PM

Dieter Rams is a living legend. As Braun's head designer for almost 35 years, he defined what simple, functional products should look like. On Friday, London's Design Museum opens a mammoth survey of the more than 500 objects that Rams designed in his 50 year career, "Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams." Here are some highlights.READ»

CABINETMAKERS’ AUTUMN EXHIBITION | 1 comment

Nine Chairs Designed to Save the World

BY Cliff KuangWed Nov 18, 2009 at 11:41 AM

In advance of the Copenhagen climate summit, dozens of young designers produce chairs meant to ease the negotiation process.READ»

ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO | Comment

Opening Today: Konstantin Grcic's "Decisive Designs" at the Art Institute of Chicago

BY Cliff KuangWed Nov 18, 2009 at 11:20 AM

Konstantin Grcic has quickly established himself as a master of contemporary design in the last twenty years. His grand theme has been a hyper-logical, ultra high-tech approach. Today marks his first U.S. retrospective, "Decisive Designs," at the Art Institute of Chicago. Here's a taste.READ»

FURNITURE DESIGN | Comment

A Japanese Design Master's Disappearing Act

BY Cliff KuangMon Nov 9, 2009 at 4:22 PM

Oki Sato, who heads the firm Nendo, is one brightest talents in a new generation of Japanese minimalist designers. His designs have seldom been seen in the U.S.--but that changes with "Ghost Stories: New Works from Nendo," a new show at New York's Museum of Art and design which runs through January 10.READ»

BRAIN WAVE SOFA | Comment

Infographic of the Day: This Is Your Brain on Design

BY Cliff KuangThu Oct 29, 2009 at 12:06 PM

The designer sat down for a brain scan, thought of comfort--and turned the resulting pattern into a sofa.READ»

NENDO | Comment

Not So Heavy Metal: Three Experimental Designs

BY Cliff KuangThu Oct 22, 2009 at 1:57 PM

Good designers have a way of fashioning surprises from familiar materials. Here's three new projects--all of which elevate metal into something wonderfully strange--that made us sit up. Tim Parson's zooms in on materials with a ...READ»

OFFICE DESIGN | 3 comments

The New Work Space: Will Lounge-Like Office Furniture Inspire Big Ideas?

BY Cliff KuangThu Oct 8, 2009 at 11:02 AM

The new pieces reflect changes in the way work gets done: It's less about the desk, and more about the coffee-break gabfest.READ»

FURNITURE DESIGN | 4 comments

Cute Design That Isn't Dumb

BY Cliff KuangFri Sep 11, 2009 at 12:26 PM

The portfolio of Merry, a Spanish firm, offers clues about how cutesy can be elevated into something higher.READ»

MAEZM | 3 comments

Tablecloth That Doubles as Dishware, and Other Re-usable Ideas

BY Cliff KuangFri Aug 28, 2009 at 9:11 AM

Intriguing and poetic designs by Maezm, a young South Korean design duo.READ»

DANISH DESIGN | Comment

Building Denmark's Design Identity, One Sale at a Time

BY Cliff KuangThu Aug 20, 2009 at 10:33 AM

The Crafts Collection promotes Danish designers who might otherwise get overshadowed. Their new wares include brilliant stacking mugs and gorgeous bikes.READ»

ANTONI GAUDI | Comment

Gaudi's Genius Lives, in a Gorgeous High-Tech Stool

BY Cliff KuangWed Aug 19, 2009 at 3:14 PM

Inspired by the master architect's model making, a design student updates the process using 21st-century techniques.READ»

FUTUREFACTORIES | Comment

21st Century Doily: Algorithms Create Frilly Decorations, All by Themselves

BY Cliff KuangTue Aug 4, 2009 at 1:29 PM

Designer Lionel Theodore Dean invents algorithms that generate and produce decorative chair covers, on their own.READ»

CHARLOTTE KINGSNORTH | Comment

Ew, Gross: A Sofa Inspired by Obesity

BY Cliff KuangTue Jul 28, 2009 at 9:50 AM

Squint your eyes, and you could mistake this piece for a fat, slouching man.READ»

STEELCASE | Comment

Sign of the Times: Economy Forces Steelcase to Vacate Its Iconically Weird HQ

BY Cliff KuangTue Jul 28, 2009 at 9:18 AM

The company's infamous pyramid, once bustling, will soon be as empty as a tomb.READ»

FAMOUS DESIGNERS | Comment

W Hotels Brings Its Hip, Hot Brand to South Beach

BY Saxon HenryThu Jun 11, 2009 at 4:11 PM

I had the pleasure of interviewing Eva Ziegler, the GlobalBrand Leader for W Hotels Worldwide and Le Méridien, last week when she was intown to help show off the W South Beach, which is nearing its opening date. Wediscussed how the ...READ»

DMY BERLIN | Comment

Furniture That Records the Passing of a Day

BY Cliff KuangFri Jun 5, 2009 at 11:47 AM

Austrian designers create a machine registers the day's sunlight, and then automatically memorializes it in a fabric pattern.READ»

ACTIVE FURNITURE | 4 comments

Inconveniently Designed Furniture That Helps You Burn Calories

BY Cliff KuangThu May 28, 2009 at 11:02 AM

Ferran Lajara believes that furniture design--which is all about convenience and comfort--also makes us lazy and fat. And so, working with Cristina Guardiola and Virginia Pol, he designed pieces that require us to get up and move ...READ»

IKEA | 4 comments

Ikea's Newest Furniture Line: Packed With Ideas

BY Cliff KuangTue May 19, 2009 at 4:32 PM

Ikea doesn't usually show at furniture fairs, but this year the Swedish home furnishings company made an exception at ICFF, to unveil a sprawling new line of ambitious designs. The so-called PS line is Ikea's flagship for ...READ»

ICFF 2009 | Comment

Clever British Furniture Designs, Made From Toothpicks and Sheetmetal

BY Cliff KuangTue May 19, 2009 at 10:41 AM

The British European Design Group--a trade organization--showed off its homegrown student talent at ICFF. Fast Company brought back video of a couple clever designs, and pictures of a few others. You might be amazed what you can do ...READ»

ICFF 2009 | Comment

A Brooklyn Design Star Comes of Age at ICFF 2009

BY Cliff KuangMon May 18, 2009 at 1:26 PM

At ICFF 2009, the famous young Brooklyn designer Jason Miller came into his own, departing from the ironic stance of his earlier works and producing a confident, handsome new line of work. Perhaps no designer is as synonymous ...READ»

ICFF | 2 comments

ICFF's Best New Designers Hail From...Milwaukee?!

BY Cliff KuangMon May 18, 2009 at 11:34 AM

At ICFF 2009, Misewell made an extraordinarily polished debut with its very first furniture collection--and the furniture design company just won the New Designer award, judged by the ICFF Editors committee, which included ...READ»

PRODUCT DESIGN | 1 comment

Dutch Design Arrives in New York

BY Cliff KuangThu May 14, 2009 at 8:22 AM

This Satuday, the Cite gallery will open up 400 Years Later: Cite Goes Dutch, a month-long design exhibition. Curated by Alissia Melka-Teichroew and Jan Habraken--both young Dutch designers living in New York--the exhibition focuses ...READ»

ICFF 2009 | 11 comments

The Kids Are Alright: RISD Students Strut Their Stuff at the ICFF

BY Cliff KuangWed May 13, 2009 at 6:28 PM

Students at the Rhode Island School of Design will show off their work at this year's International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York, which convenes this Friday and runs through Tuesday. The exhibition, titled Immaterialize, ...READ»

SCARY FURNITURE | 15 comments

12 Terrifying Pieces of Furniture That Will Give Your Children Nightmares

BY Cliff KuangWed Apr 29, 2009 at 3:21 PM

Fancy a desk that looks like it's puking its guts out? You're in luck! Plenty of the world's most buzzed-about designers will happily sell you furniture that will make your children cry. Here's some of the most terrifying designs ...READ»