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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Jasper Morrison is one of today’s most influential industrial designers. Born in London, he is renowned for his ascetically elegant, quietly humorous style and has designed everything from a tray-table to a tram system. Designed in 1999, Low Pad is a lounge chair with or without armrests, body in bent birch plywood, upholstered with multi-density […]

Danish textile weaver and designer Merethe Erbou Laurent created the Paper Mat with Danish furniture and design company Hay. The mats are constructed entirely of paper and are available in two sizes, small-W600mm x L900mm and large-W900 x L1200mm. The mats are a natural tan color with a choice of three accent colors: lemon, mint […]

Fiat has never hidden the fact that its 500e electric car had been developed primarily for compliance reasons, thus there was little surprise when it was announced that sales would be limited to the state of California, at least, initially. It’s a mixed blessing because confining 2014 sales to California allows Fiat ( or the […]

The cp.1 lounge chair from Charles Pollock’s collection was designed in 2012 and produced by Bernhardt Design. This contemporary and sophisticated lounge chair features a brushed or polished stainless steel frame, with quilted seat fabric available in leather, suede, and felt. The cp.1 is designed with a looped stitch that traces the perimeter of the […]