With growing environmental consciousness and a need to be even closer to nature, furniture is providing a more diverse interplay between indoor and outdoor. From a winter garden to a living room, the frontiers become blurry: outside and inside are mixed. This furniture for gardens, terraces, balconies, and patios highlight beautiful materials and are designed […]

Berlin design studio Osko+Deichmann has extended its range of kinked tubular steel chairs for Swedish brand Blå Station. The Superkink armchairs and sofas feature tubular steel frames that have been folded to produce sharp angles. Osko+Deichmann’s kinking technique came about as an alternative to using soft curves when bending steel. The designers’ method means that […]

This collection of wooden furniture by Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto is built using traditional techniques derived from shipbuilding. Pieces in Jin Kuramoto’s Nadia range for his new brand Matsuso T are constructed using a particular interlocking technique known as kumiki. “The heritage of many of the woodworking techniques used by Japanese carpenters originates from Japanese […]

Top-heavy chairs by Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune were currently on show at Milan’s Salone del Mobile. Inspired by the block colours and simple shapes found in the work of American minimalist artist Ellsworth Kelly, Claesson Koivisto Rune has upholstered the pair of padded Kelly chairs in vivid tones. The rounded seat and back of […]

Design duo Färg & Blanche created this furniture collection by sewing pieces of plywood together. Färg & Blanche used a heavy-duty sewing machine more commonly used for making car seats to stitch together sections of plywood. After discovering that it was possible to sew the wood together, the pair experimented with different thicknesses and densities […]

Landscape forms has announced the introduction of multipliCITY, a collection of sustainable outdoor public furniture. created and developed in partnership with yves behar from fuseproject, ‘multipliCITY’ integrates the fundamentals of mass production and carbon-reduction through flat-pack shipping. the flexible furniture system includes seven elements: a backed and backless bench, table, bike rack, path-light and single-sided […]

All of the solid wood furniture in Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune’s collection for Japanese brand Matsuso T has five sides. The maple wood collection includes an armchair, a stool, dining and coffee tables, a coat stand, a clothes rail and a bench, each with softened corners. “We live in a world of five elements […]

The wooden base of this sofa by Swedish firm Note Design Studio extends outwards to become a side table. The low table was formed by continuing the ash wood platform out from one end of the sofa, which is part of Note’s Rise collection designed for Swedish furniture brand Fogia. “The integrated side table becomes […]

German designer Christian Werner has created a sofa for French brand Ligne Roset with backrests that can be placed in any position. Werner designed the Prado sofa to allow users the freedom to configure the sofa to suit their mood or lifestyle. Weighted cushions that act as movable backrests and additional bolster cushions can be […]

Among the many objects presented by German furniture manufacturer Walter Knoll at the recent Orgatec 2012, the leading international fair for office and facility in Cologne, the company presented the Liz Chari, by Claudio Bellini. The new chair has been reduced to an essence, of what Walter Knoll describes as “what is most beautiful.” The […]