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During the London Design Festival this coming month, a new Swedish brand is planning their attack. Based in Malmö, Sweden, founders Johannes Herbertsson and Jonas Nordgren of RVW have been working on their inaugural collection since last year in preparation for their huge Tramshed exhibition from the 22 to 26 September in east London. Read more…
Can you imagine being the custodian of an entire legacy of design? That’s the task faced by Marie Wabbes, widow of famed Belgian designer Jules Wabbes, whose aesthetic of simple, clean lines and exquisite craftsmanship was a palpable influence on Belgian—and, by extension, European—design, especially during the 50s and 60s. Mrs. Wabbes has taken the job in stride, tirelessly defending the designer’s legacy through years of legal wrangling and finally penning an agreement with manufacturer Bulo just last year to re-issue many of his designs. Read more…
The other day I heard about a Parisian cordwainer who creates handmade leather shoes tailored to your foot size and shape. Supposedly, his shoes are so well made that a large french corporation in the design industry bought his business to keep his practice afloat. Read more…
In my multi-year history of perusing the web for innovative products and their equally innovative manufacturers, I’ve never come across quite as evocative a name as “Stone Forest.” Read more…
Animal themed furniture is usually reserved for children: the Eames Elephant immediately comes to mind as one of the classier examples of an animal shaped piece. Other typical forms of animal decor include the use of the hide, which can be used as an upholstery or a rug. 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…
It’s always exciting when we get a tantalizing taste of a new, innovative concept—even more so when the designer is someone like Russia’s Dima Loginoff, author of such perennial 3rings favorites as the Bless You Lamp, the Anomaly Loveseat, Read more…
What are you looking for in your kitchen? the sublime new shapes and styles of La Cucina Alessi? The eco-durability of new materials as in Silestone’s Countertops and Kitchen Surfaces? Or perhaps you prefer the modular disappearing trick of the Logica Kitchen System? Read more…
When Sebastian Cox talks about his sustainable wood furniture, he references coppiced hazel as his primary working material. The term coppiced is a new one for me, which lead to a little investigation into the practice. “Coppicing is the art of cutting of trees and shrubs to ground level allowing vigorous regrowth Read more…
