In 1950, there were almost no shops in the U.S. that sold modern furniture and design. Ralph and Mary Rapson wanted to change that. While Ralph selected the designs and worked his day job as a practicing architect and architecture professor at MIT, Mary worked tirelessly on the many details – financial, promotional and operational […]

In 1950, there were almost no shops in the U.S. that sold modern furniture and design. Ralph and Mary Rapson wanted to change that. While Ralph selected the designs and worked his day job as a practicing architect and architecture professor at MIT, Mary worked tirelessly on the many details – financial, promotional and operational […]

The concept for the Loft Evo chair started from analysis of the archetypal chair; then elevating it into an assertive, comfortable and versatile piece of contemporary design.Conceived as a logical evolution for the Loft chair which was first exhibited at the Stockholm Furniture Fair in 2011, Loft Evo has perfected the sculptural lines of its […]

Two Royal Designers for Industry, one from the world of furniture design and one from the world of Formula One racing car design, have collaborated on this super slim composite table. By using state-of-the-art autosport / aerospace technology, and exploiting the inherent rigidity of layered carbon fibre, Terence Woodgate and John Barnard have created an […]

Alternative Furniture is the new brand of furniture born of the union between the interior designer Joan Lao and producer of high-end furniture Mobilfresno, in order to offer a complete product differentiator. Away from the convention, focus is placed after the search for the beauty of simplicity, eliminating from it any artifice and condescending sophistication […]

Open Room No.1 is intended to act as a room within a room. It is an architecturally minded product design with a clear function. Although it is without walls, the workstation has implied boundaries formed by each linking element. This piece is able to create its own private space making it ideal for use as […]

The designer morphs a mid-century modern 1950s style using just Corian, a contemporary material with properties highly suitable for the creation of 360º compound curves. The three-legged tray-style tabletop belies the complex production process. Dimensions: Ø730mm x H450mm Materials: Corian Limited Editions: 12 Color: White designer: michael young producer: established & sons material: corian period: […]

This product is an evolution of the Surface Table, a collaboration between designer Terence Woodgate and famed Formula One designer John Barnard. The same materials and processes define the supreme strength and slim, elegant form. The chair’s slender profile and highly polished finish reveal the structure of this exceptional material inherent in layered carbon fiber. […]

Books are, for many people, colorful, letter and picture-filled treasures. Treasures that transcend time and space to take you as far as your imagination reaches. And who doesn’t want a unique way to store and display their paper-bound treasures? With the Kartell Bookworm Bookshelf, there are three different lengths for you to create your own bookshelf design du jour. Flexible, durable- a smart design to fit your reading curve, you bookworm, you.

designer: ron arad
producer: kartell
material: pvc
period: 1990s

Oh! Look at that chair, standing stoutly, legs a proud width apart. The molded polypropylene seat atop powder-coated steel legs by Karim Rashid is a modern design that works for indoors or outdoors. Declaring personality in bright green, white, black or more-you can mix and match the chairs to fit your desired color scheme. Priced so sensibly, you may catch yourself whispering “Ohh” under your breath.

designer: karim rashid
producer: umbra
material: molded polypropylene
period: 2000s