Looking at the creations in the dForm booth at ICFF, all I can manage to think is who is behind these incredible pieces? I’m a sucker for innovative lighting designs, and these pieces are truly works of art. Working art might be more apt, as these pieces look as fabulous when not in use as they do when illuminated. Read more…
All collections in the Richard Schultz outdoor furniture line have a powerful sculptural facet as they have been conceptualized in absolute coherence with contemporary yet artistic aesthetics. The art influenced furniture pieces rise above clichés and push the designs boundaries, which makes them stand out from the rest of the clique. Read more…
If you’re one of those sad unfortunates who has never seen snow—raised, perhaps, in the perpetually blinding blare of SoCal sun, or the tropical stupor of the Sunshine state—then I highly recommend you take the next plane to Oslo, contract a ferry out to Sykklvsfjord, ascend the formidable peaks of Mt. Straumshorn, then throw yourself upon the glacial remnants to make all manner of snow angels. Read more…
Since I’m on a space-saving kick here after having written about the Blue Moon Tub, I need to mention Wippro Doors. Read more…
ixc. Edition’s diverse cornucopia of projects have heightened the company’s creative quest and appetite for both functional and aesthetically pleasing design. Read more…
It’s just too soon to move on. I am still reeling from the fact that my I Beam table will be remaining in New York for the summer - without me! At this point I can’t even bring myself to have a rebound relationship with another coffee table. Read more…
The Blue Moon Tub by Duravit offers a new concept in hot tubs—the hot tub pool. It’s deeper than most tubs, so you’ll feel immersed in a pool of water; in fact, no part of your body should touch the sides or bottom (except your neck, which will rest on the edge), making it seem as if you’re floating. Read more…
Mention office furniture and instinctively the mind conjures up images of restrictive dreary cubicles that act as partitioned containers and choke you with their uniformity. Read more…
What better than the Placentero lounge chair to bring out our inner child? I had seen photos of this chair and it always sparked my curiosity, and finally I had the pleasure of cozying up in it at ICFF. Read more…
The Yale School of Architecture is only one of four Design Schools to be awarded the privilege to participate at ICFF this year—an impressive feat. Eleven students contributed twelve chairs, each one intended to be housed in their larger project: a scholar center in Saqqara, Egypt. Read more…