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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Included in the Design Collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ASID and Roscoe Awards. It was 1977 when Mario Bellini developed this brilliant concept… a flexible steel frame covered with a ‘skin’ of saddle leather. The use of zippers completes the piece to create a timeless design that […]

Working extensively across the disciplines of architecture and art direction, Los Angeles-based designer Alexander Purcell Rodrigues opened his own multi-disciplinary design studio in 2012. The studio’s diverse portfolio ranges from furniture design to interior architecture. New launch: An aircraft grade aluminum chair built using new aluminum fabrication methodologies and featuring mathematically-generated ornamental patterns. Called the […]

All Grenson shoes are “Goodyear Welted”, a process invented in the 1800’s in England that is a time consuming way of making shoes, but means that the product lasts longer than any other type of shoes. It also means that the shoe can be re-soled many times over making them a wonderful investment. Fred is […]

All Grenson shoes are “Goodyear Welted”, a process invented in the 1800s in England that is a time consuming way of making shoes, but means that the product lasts longer than any other type of shoes. It also means that the shoe can be re-soled many times over making them a wonderful investment. Emma is […]

The Jean seat system, designed for the home, has been extended to the contract sector with two armchairs with or without back cushion and with single or bi-colour covers in leather or a limited range of fabrics. The supporting structure remains the same and is available in glossy brushed aluminium or painted in chalk white, […]

Like many previous chair projects I have designed the Lightwood Chair is about structure, making use of the unbeatable craftsmanship of Maruni’s wood technology to achieve a light wooden structure. This can be completed with a variety of different solutions for the seat, starting with the lightest, a white mesh, which leaves the structure partially […]

The George system consists of two different types of sofas which both have a tubular metal base, yet are available with or without seat cushions. The second system, without seat cushions but still with cross-stitching, is deeper and has wider armrests. The system comprises a sofa, end units in two sizes, and two chaise-longue end […]