It would be difficult to find another table in 20th century furniture design that matches the striking image of Trapeze. Its name refers to the distinctive shape of the table’s paired legs. Together with the thick, obliquely canted edges of the tabletop, they give visual emphasis to the construction’s stability. Trapeze works well as a […]

The Cassina Utrecht Armchair is a stunning design that still looks modern after 70 years. Designed by Gerrit T Rietveld back in 1935, the Utrecht is built around a steel frame with polyurethane foam and polyester padding combining to give the impression of a ‘floating’ chair, even though it’s as solid as any chair on […]

Ready Made Curtain, an original and simple hanging system to suit every window has been developed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and Kvadrat to solve the challenges posed by a little explored area of domestic interior architecture: the curtain. Ready Made Curtain is a simple yet novel approach for consumers to introduce high quality curtains […]

Rqr Studio is based in Valencia and formed by industrial designers Roberto Celada and Raquel Esteve. Their work is conceived not only as a response to company needs but also as an outcome to their personal and creative concerns. Their aim is to create functional objects whilst projecting all the possibilities that materials and processes […]

Japanese studio Nendo have designed a zig-zagging wooden bookshelf. Called Fold, the piece for Japanese producer Conde House is made of interlocking wooden boards and has a zig-zag footprint so books can be slotted into recesses facing diagonally outwards in two directions. Apertures in the back of shelves in one orientation mean they can be […]

The London Design Festival has been chosen as the international platform to launch WRONG FOR HAY, the new venture of Danish design company HAY and London-design based Sebastian Wrong. Wrong is well known as the design development director of Established & Sons, the British design company that he co-founded in 2005. The collection includes furniture, […]

Volvo is famous around the world for its safe, boxy, slightly boring station wagons. But it isn’t particularly well known for producing green and efficient cars. A few weeks ago, while sitting for the first time behind the wheel of Volvo’s V60 plug-in hybrid—only available in Europe—there’s an element of disbelief about how this £48,775 […]

The Less Less table series by Jean Nouvel utilizes clever methods of folded and ribbed sheet aluminum as well as boxed aluminum and epoxy to maintain a balance of structural integrity and light weight. The entire table is made of painted aluminum save for the nylon feet. The Less Less table collection consists of nine […]

Originally designed by A.G. Fronzoni in 1964 as part of the ’64 collection, the 64 bed is a modern and simplistic bed concept, comprised only of lacquered metal square tubing and staves of wood that support the mattress. Available in three sizes and various lacquer finishes including white, anthracite, India blue, sun-yellow and cherry-red. color […]

Originally created in 1934 by renowned designer Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, Zig-zag has been chosen by furniture producer Cassina to be reincarnated for 2013. The simple yet ingenious chair is made of solid wood, available in natural cherrywood or ash wood finishes. Ash is also used for the available blue, red, yellow, white and black stained […]