Google the Slovenian designer Nuša Jelenec and you’ll hit hundreds of references to the turtleneck-inspired Col-letto bed she designed for Lago. After recently winning the Elle Decor International Design award, there is no lack of images and write ups, Read more…
Although I have always loved sterile, impermeable bathrooms, today I became a hypocrite. But it’s not my fault, I blame Descartes and Agape. The modern philosopher who challenged traditional thought in mathematics and natural sciences has also inspired the presence of wood in a new bathtub by Benedini Associati for Agape. Read more…
Although home construction around the globe seems to have slowed in the past couple of years, Italian construction seems to be just about the same as it was 500 years ago. Instead of knowing what it would be like to build quickly - in wood, brick, or simply in speed between coffee breaks Read more…
To the untrained eye, interior glass doors are as transparent to a space as the gifted vase on your shelf. With the new Vetroslide manual glass sliding door system by GEZE UK, the modest chemistry of a glass door and its innovation becomes, well, clear. Read more…
It’s been quite a week for innovations in office space. We started off with a look at the very green and rather evolutionary potential of Pierandrei Associati’s Beta System. Read more…
Manufacturer Teknion is looking to the future of the office (which is actually the here and now). Theorizing a better use for the historically under-used office lounge (“Traditionally, the office lounge was located adjacent to the reception desk Read more…
On the heels of last week’s Elements Desk System, by Agati this terrific Tuesday brings another re-vamping of the modular office. Beta by Pierandrei Associati for Tecno shares Elements’ yen for customized flexibility while striking out into unprecedented aesthetic territory. Read more…
For years I’ve raved about Restoration Timber, a Bay Area flooring company that reclaims wood from old buildings. Now, I’m all about another luxurious reuse of materials that will whip your floor into a more sustainable shape. With two small offices in London and Los Angeles, word of designer Inghua Ting’s Vintage Leather Belt Floor Tiles Read more…
Here’s a new contribution to the pool of clever and descriptive terminology for the multiform shapes and sizes of contemporary A & D: “topographical.” The product that promotes this new vocabulary is the Hillside modular storage system (for Arflex), Read more…
Stand in front of Patricia Urquiola during one of her press interviews and you’ll have trouble just scribbling notes or snapping photos behind your lens. In fact, her down-to-earth, Read more…