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Triple Rolls and Lounge Goals
If a boulder could beckon, it might look like Nagare Lounge Type by Okamura. Designed in collaboration with Rainlight Studio, this… Full Story
Triple Rolls and Lounge Goals
If a boulder could beckon, it might look like Nagare Lounge Type by Okamura. Designed in collaboration with Rainlight Studio, this… Full Story
Dry, Vertical, and Handsome: The Ultimate Vertical Towel Rail
The vertical towel rail doesn’t usually get top billing—but Gordon by Eskimo makes a bold case for rethinking the form entirely. Mounted… Full Story
Capsule Reviews
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Urban Furniture, Rewired by Hall Haus
Hall Haus is designing for the future—and they’re doing it in full color. The Paris-based collective’s latest showcase, Creative Laboratory, to… Full Story
Hydrotherapy, But Make It Chic
The classic soaking tub has been reinterpreted so many times, it’s easy to tune out the latest “luxury” releases. But Hydro… Full Story
Shimmer, Softened
Few materials are asked to do as much as carpet—especially in luxury hospitality design. It must ground a space, set… Full Story
Material Truths, Three Ways
Joyce Lin doesn’t just build chairs—she deconstructs them. Each of her sculptural seating pieces reveals, interrupts, or encases the act… Full Story
Straw, Stitch, and Sunlight
At a glance, they read as simple mats—sun-washed, quietly woven, cheerfully trimmed. But look again. These are High Tech Rugs… Full Story
Integrated Lighting with Purpose
In a sea of single-purpose floor lamps, the Overfly PT by Olev offers a more generous gesture. Designed by Marc Sadler, this sculptural LED fixture… Full Story
Concrete Forms, Skater Soul
The Via Collection by Luis Gimeno brings swagger to the sidewalk—and a soft punch to the plaza. Made entirely of pigmented concrete, the… Full Story
Serve Looks, Not Just Aces
For years, the ping pong table has been a guilty design compromise—fun in use, but clunky when idle. Sean Woolsey… Full Story
Paper Art Lighting: Nature Refracted in Light
In Helen Musselwhite’s hands, paper becomes more than material. It becomes narrative. For Foscarini’s “What’s in a Lamp?” project, the British… Full Story
Built to Bend, Made to Move
Here Now’s Tate Modular Collection redefines the modular seating system. With soft forms, bold colors, and playful geometry, it offers designers a… Full Story
Circular Lounge Chair, Reimagined
A circular lounge chair rarely feels commanding. But Bonaldo’s Globalove by Karim Rashid is anything but soft-spoken. Winner of the… Full Story
Folding Form into Memory
Leave it to Porro to make geometry feel emotional. In Between Folds—a centennial showcase at Bangkok’s Boundary gallery—the Italian brand taps… Full Story
Form-driven Lighting Spins Into Orbit
The circle gets an ethereal upgrade with the Helios LT, a sculptural light fixture from Gaspare Asaro that feels both otherworldly and exactingly… Full Story
A Palette with Provenance
Color isn’t just mood—it’s memory, material, and meaning. Shaw Contract’s new Origin of Color collection speaks to all three, reframing… Full Story
Textural Turf
9 mm felt has a bold new look with Turf’s Wood Textures Line. Three new patterns, Rift, Rotary, and Flat,… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Evo is for Everyone!
At this year’s Fulton Market Design Days, Allsteel transformed their Chicago Experience Center into a celebration of “The Intentional Community… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Titanic Achievement
Why did the RedDot award-winning Titan Z-Bar Floor Lamp also take home NeoCon Best of in Task Lighting? Let me… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Idyllwild by Momentum
The Idyllwild Collection for Momentum Textiles and Wallcovering is a love letter to San Diego penned by designer Ellie Moser…. Full Story
NeoCon 2025: A More Comfortable Table
Take a tumble (while staying perfectly upright and balanced) with KFI Stuidios’ latest, a textural tour de force that pays… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Morph with Me
Is your 45″ television a wonder of vivid entertainment when lit, but enters the realm of monstrous eyesore when dark?… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Stinson’s Collective Wins Gold
Stinson took home a Best of NeoCon Gold award in the textiles upholstery category for their collection entitled The Collective…. Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Tapestra by Arktura
For the first time in NeoCon history, attendees had a chance to cast their vote for their favorite products in… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: A Suite for One
Is there any form in nature as elegant and elusive as the bountiful blooming tulip? There’s a reason that the… Full Story
Live at NeoCon: Bookcase. Console. Wall.
Build out your space and create copious storage too with Teknion’s Open Bookcase Console. A modular unit that runs from… Full Story
Iconic Design
High on Life
Alta, designed by Oscar Niemayer and his daughter, Anna Maria, is firmly grounded in a Modernist aesthetic but also looks… Full Story
Urquiola’s Untold Treasures
We’ve covered more work by the iconic Patricia Urquiola than I care to count (actually, most recent tally is 37… Full Story
Arpita Singh’s Remembering at Serpentine North
Serpentine North, an art gallery located in London, is currently in the installation process for a new exhibit coming soon:… Full Story
A Ribbon to Sit Upon
We couldn’t do a week of writing around the theme of “ribbons” and not include Pierre Paulin’s iconic Ribbon chair… Full Story
Meet Mocha Mousse: Pantone Color of the Year 2025!
If you feel like you’re longing for peace, you’re not alone. Pantone has once again picked up on our collective… Full Story
Redondo Chair by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso
Products by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola command attention. It seems like she creates something spectacular for every furniture show—and many… Full Story
Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio
When Finnish designer Eero Aarnio created the Ball Chair in 1963, he had no idea it would propel him to… Full Story
Pretty in Pink: PH Artichoke and PH Snowball Anniversary Editions by Louis Poulsen
If you make it 150 years in the design business, then perhaps you do have rose-colored glasses on! In honor… Full Story
Icons by Flos
Italian lighting giant Flos has created a visual narrative entitled Icons. With photography by Catalan visual artist Daniel Riera and… Full Story
From the Era of Tubular: K-106
The bold and brash K-106 makes the cut for this week’s Geometric theme courtesy of its swooping, stadium-style tubular arms…. Full Story
Puppy by Magis
Puppy by Magis was designed in 2005 by Finnish interior designer Eero Aarnio. From its inception, Puppy became a fan… Full Story
BuzziSpace Gets Peachy Keen
BuzziSpace is getting in on the Pantone Color of the Year 2024. The acoustics brand offers noise-reducing solutions that revel… Full Story
Ultrafabrics x Pantone 2024
The Ultrafabrics x Pantone collaboration by Ultrafabrics pays homage to the Pantone Color of the Year 2024: Peach Fuzz. Ultrafabrics… Full Story
Spoonflower x Pantone Peach Fuzz Collab
Spoonflower has made a name for itself by featuring the work of independent artists on wallpaper, fabrics, and other home… Full Story
Ruggable and Pantone Peach Fuzz Collab
Ruggable x Pantone Collection interprets Pantone’s Color of the Year 2024 in a set of three rugs, a doormat, and… Full Story
Peach Fuzz: Pantone Color of the Year 2024
Although it was announced in December, Pantone’s Color of the Year 2024 doesn’t officially start until January, so 3rings waited… Full Story
45 Years of the Parker Table
Sergio Rodrigues’ Mesa Parker table and chairs was commissioned by the Parker family in Rio circa 1978. Made of solid… Full Story
Armchair 6950
Jaroslav Šmídek is probably not very well known outside of the Czech Republic. Yet his work demonstrates a keen influence… Full Story
Cool Credenza from Moroso
Does anything from Moroso not qualify as iconic? Perf, by Diesel Designs, is just approaching its 10th. anniversary, yet is… Full Story
Daring Desk and More from Alessandro Mendini
Alessandro Mendini, the famed Italian designer who died in 2019, is speaking to us from the beyond with Porro’s recent… Full Story
Ptolomeo: Lover of Books
We’re just a few months shy of the 20th. anniversary of Opinion Ciatti’s Original Ptolomeo, the iconic furnishing that turns… Full Story
If the Cubists Made a Sofa
In fact, they did! At least, Czechoslovakian architect Vlastislav Hofman did. An innovative thinker, craftsman, designer, and author, Hofman came… Full Story
Take Five
Stefano Sandoná’s Colorfive chair for Gaber is a sharply striped and striated chair with a distinctive aesthetic and prêt à… Full Story
Bartoli Design Gives a New Look to Tango
Tango with these two new versions of the seminal cylindrical cabinets by Bartoli Design for Laurameroni. A surprising shape that… Full Story
High on Life
Alta, designed by Oscar Niemayer and his daughter, Anna Maria, is firmly grounded in a Modernist aesthetic but also looks… Full Story
Interviews and Profiles
Floating Harbor: Harbinger of the Future
What was, what is, and what can be: the Harbor Wetland may be explained in these terms. A 10,000 square-foot… Full Story
Happy Earth Day from Heller!
Among the many worrisome accounts of environmental woe, we bring you good news. As of April 1, 2025, Heller is… Full Story
WAF Says, “See You in Miami!”
The World Architecture Festival has announced they are coming to Miami. For the first time in the organization’s 18-year history,… Full Story
Bar Buraco Quente Must be the Place
The Buraco Quente bar in Santa Catarina, Brazil has been serving up healthy doses of purple and pink since January… Full Story
Womanifesto!
Honored by Maison&Objet as the 2025 Designer of the Year, Faye Toogood (amazingly, it is her given name) is an… Full Story
PANTONE
PANTONE is a unique New Jersey company whose color matching systems are available to both professionals and consumers. It is… Full Story
Cray Bauxmont-Flynn
A tribal citizen of the Cherokee Nation and the Delaware Tribe of Indians, Clay Bauxmont-Flynn is an architect, designer, and… Full Story
Alexander Diaz Andersson
It’s probably an easy way out to say that the work of Alexander Diaz Andersson is a study in contrasts…. Full Story
Bethan Laura Wood
For this week’s theme, we are inspired by the work of Bethan Laura Wood—The Queen of Super-Too-Much. A UK multidisciplinary… Full Story
Within Reach: Gensler and REACH LA Collaborate on a Bold Renovation of an LGBTQ+ Youth Center
In September of 2020, smack in the heart of the pandemic and the reeling aftermath of the murder of George… Full Story
Ronan Bouroullec Résonance at Centre Pompidou
From Japanese-influenced ceramics to impromptu line drawings, from a carefully crafted new candelabra for brand Mutina to a bas relief… Full Story
New Exhibit from Estúdio Campana
Estúdio Campana and Friedman Benda present “On the Road,” a new exhibition featuring solo work by Humberto Campana—the first output… Full Story
Christina Seilern wins DNA Paris Design Award for Oak Cottage
Christina Seilern, principal of Studio Seleirn Architects, won a DNA Paris Design Award for Oak Cottage. A low-carbon extension to… Full Story
DNM Architecture and Wellmade Team Up for an Accessory Dwelling Unit Partnership
The recently announced partnership between DNM Architecture and Wellmade makes the idea of moving into your own back yard even… Full Story
Nelson Mandela Cultural Center Opens in Pantin, France
Le Centre Culturel Nelson Mandela recently opened in Pantin, a northeastern suburb of Paris. Designed by architect Jean-Pierre Lott, the… Full Story
Casa Alesan by BACH Arquitectes
Architects Jaume Bach and Anna & Eugeni Bach of BACH Arquitectes recently completed a restoration and extension of Casa Alesan,… Full Story
The Wondrous World of Wonderwall Studios
I’m no expert on the Netherlands—in fact, my cultural reference points for the region are limited to familiarity with breath-work… Full Story
One Size Does Not Fit All: Gensler and Pair Collaborate on the Future-Forward Gradient
Though it may sound like a cliché, there’s something transcendent about connection. As quantum science has shown, even at the… Full Story
Interwar Architecture Museum Opens in Kaunas, Lithuania
An argument can be made that the city of Kaunas, in central Lithuania, owes its identity to war. More specifically,… Full Story
Saskatchewan’s Dakota Dunes Hotel Harmonizes with Values of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation
The vast prairies of Saskatchewan are always austere and often harsh. Much like the terrain of the Dakotas or Southwestern… Full Story
Architecture 101: Children’s Book Features 25 Modern Buildings Across the Globe
Architect/author Annette Roeder, illustrator Pamela Baron, and publisher Prestel have collaborated on a children’s book titled The Power of Architecture:… Full Story
Doodlephilia Hits the English Countryside
Sam Cox, the artist known as Mr. Doodle, recently completed one of his dream projects—the Doodle House. Located in Tenterden,… Full Story
Ready? Set? Cassette!
Lights. Camera. Action! Dafna Kaplan, CEO of Cassette Systems, likens multi-family construction to making a film. While at first I… Full Story
Exploring the Pattern Map: a Conversation with Uriah Bueller of Parasoleil
Think for a second about “pattern.” Now before doing anything else, create for yourself a compact, concise definition. Done? Make… Full Story
Floating Harbor: Harbinger of the Future
What was, what is, and what can be: the Harbor Wetland may be explained in these terms. A 10,000 square-foot… Full Story
Show Coverage
Urban Furniture, Rewired by Hall Haus
Hall Haus is designing for the future—and they’re doing it in full color. The Paris-based collective’s latest showcase, Creative Laboratory, to… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Evo is for Everyone!
At this year’s Fulton Market Design Days, Allsteel transformed their Chicago Experience Center into a celebration of “The Intentional Community… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Titanic Achievement
Why did the RedDot award-winning Titan Z-Bar Floor Lamp also take home NeoCon Best of in Task Lighting? Let me… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Get Charged in Style with Combi
How many times a day does a hotel guest search fruitlessly for a place to charge their phone, tablet, or… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Idyllwild by Momentum
The Idyllwild Collection for Momentum Textiles and Wallcovering is a love letter to San Diego penned by designer Ellie Moser…. Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Play Peek-a-Boo with Ila by Pedrali
Patrick Jouin lights up when he describes his Ila Lounge for Pedrali, which beckoned passersby with its encompassing silhouette at… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: A More Comfortable Table
Take a tumble (while staying perfectly upright and balanced) with KFI Stuidios’ latest, a textural tour de force that pays… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Morph with Me
Is your 45″ television a wonder of vivid entertainment when lit, but enters the realm of monstrous eyesore when dark?… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Guest What?
Fresh off their win in the Guest and Lounge Seating category at NeoCon, Integra has proven justified in their assertion… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Leaf Chaise Lounge by Arper
I toured a lot of showrooms while working my way through Fulton Market Design Days in Chicago while 3rings worked… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Stinson’s Collective Wins Gold
Stinson took home a Best of NeoCon Gold award in the textiles upholstery category for their collection entitled The Collective…. Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Cabin with a “K”
Ahhh, the little cabin in the woods—the retreat from the motley crowd of the everyday, the place to relax, breathe,… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Glimpsing the Future at the Haworth DesignLab
There are certain things that stick with you after you’ve gone home from something like NeoCon 2025. Of all the… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Tapestra by Arktura
For the first time in NeoCon history, attendees had a chance to cast their vote for their favorite products in… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: Tip Me Over and Pour Me Out
Herman Miller’s Spout is such a personable little table that the charming ditty immediately comes to mind. But how does… Full Story
NeoCon 2025: A Suite for One
Is there any form in nature as elegant and elusive as the bountiful blooming tulip? There’s a reason that the… Full Story
Live at NeoCon: Bookcase. Console. Wall.
Build out your space and create copious storage too with Teknion’s Open Bookcase Console. A modular unit that runs from… Full Story
Live at NeoCon: Looking Fetching for Fetch!
While NeoCon may not necessarily agree, the HiP Awards concur that “Best in Show” is Best in Show. How could… Full Story
Live at NeoCon: Candy-Colored Lighting Is Sweet
Born in 1982, Ferroluce has one simple goal: “The aim is to create lamps for the whole world to fall… Full Story
Live at NeoCon: Cargo’s Hold
New from Mizetto, Cargo is a modular sofa that launched two weeks ago at ICFF in New York. Cargo has… Full Story
Live at NeoCon: Welcome to Camp Kindness
Part of the fun of attending NeoCon in THE MART’s 3.7 million square feet of space is all the people… Full Story
Live at NeoCon: Fractals!
The verdant green growth spiraling across the walls of the Momentum showroom isn’t evidence of an HVAC malfunction but rather… Full Story
Live at NeoCon: HiP, HiP Hooray for Heller
The eighth letter of the alphabet is on prominent display at NeoCon 2025 today. Sunday eve, Interior Design’s HiP awards… Full Story
Live at NeoCon: This Table is no Relic
We’re kicking off our live NeoCon coverage with a new look for a collaborative table by U.K.-based manufacturer Frövi. Relic… Full Story
Urban Furniture, Rewired by Hall Haus
Hall Haus is designing for the future—and they’re doing it in full color. The Paris-based collective’s latest showcase, Creative Laboratory, to… Full Story
