How Pasta Became Interior Design’s Most Playful Muse
There is something wonderfully unserious, and yet oddly elegant, about pasta-inspired decor. What began as an April Fools’ joke by luxury stone and tile company…
Furniture
A Designer Just Turned His Memories Into Chairs You Can Sit In
The chair is probably the most taken-for-granted object in any room. You pull one out, you sit, you get up and push it back in….
The Modular Table That Actually Works for Public Spaces
A table is arguably the most taken-for-granted object in design. Four legs, a flat surface, repeat. We have been manufacturing and sitting around tables in…
Rareraw Built a Shelf That Runs on Electricity (On Purpose)
The modular shelving category is one of those rare corners of furniture design where almost nothing has changed in decades. You pick your posts, pick…
A Student Built Shelves That Fly Like Kites
The first image that stops you is the outdoor shot: a tall shelving unit suspended in open sky, hovering above a treeline, trailing a thin…
This Retro Arcade Machine Folds Into A Furniture Cabinet Right Out Of Pottery Barn
You bring home a new piece of furniture. It’s a handsome, mid-century modern style cabinet in a rich walnut finish, and your partner is frankly…
This Concept Organizes the First 30 Seconds of Coming Home in the Rain
Home entryway products have a coverage problem. A shoe rack deals with footwear, but not the umbrella. An umbrella stand handles the wet item but…
A Folding Chair Designed to Stay Out, Not Hide Away
I have a complicated relationship with folding chairs. Not a hostile one, just complicated. They are one of those objects that exist in a permanent…
Muuto’s Minimalist Chair Hides A Tiny Heart In Its Details
There are few symbols more familiar than the heart. It appears everywhere, from children’s drawings to luxury branding, which is perhaps why designers rarely touch…
An Office Wall That Moves, Opens, and Looks Like Art
The first thing you notice about FLIP is the texture. The BRICKS panels that make up the surface are three-dimensional, each unit raised and grooved…
LiberNovo Maxis Gives Bigger Builds the Chair They Actually Deserve
The ergonomic chair market has grown considerably over the past decade, with brands competing on lumbar support, adjustability, and build quality. For most people, the…
Herman Miller’s Aeron Just Broke Its Decades-Long Neutrals-Only Rule
Office chairs have largely operated on a color vocabulary of one. Black. Occasionally dark gray. The reasoning is defensible enough: a chair meant to work…