The 10th Anniversary of Kartell’s Bourgie Lamp : An exclusive look at how Pharrell Williams, Rafael de Cardenas and Snarkitecture reinterpreted the iconic design

The 10th Anniversary of Kartell's Bourgie Lamp


Kartell is taking the 10th anniversary of its famed Bourgie Lamp, the classical baroque silhouette preserved ironically in plastic designed by Ferruccio Laviani, quite seriously. Earlier this year, the Italian…

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ICFF Preview: Assembly Design + New Friends’ US Chair: Two NYC studios’ styles collide for a striking, limited-edition furniture collaboration

ICFF Preview: Assembly Design + New Friends' US Chair


In anticipation of the second official NYCxDesign week and this weekend’s opening of ICFF, New York-based furniture studio Assembly Design paired up with textile innovators …

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ICFF 2014 Preview: Wintercheck Factory: Furniture and lighting from the Brooklyn-based design-and-build brand

ICFF 2014 Preview: Wintercheck Factory


Since 2010 Brooklyn’s Wintercheck Factory has routinely rolled out new designs across apparel and homeware, to furniture and lighting. While the urge to design across all platforms is still alive and well, founder Kristen Wentrcek…

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Felicia Ferrone Furniture: Birdcage-like lamps and sculptural side tables blur the boundaries of shape and form in her newest collection

Felicia Ferrone Furniture


by Paul Armstrong Born and based in Chicago, furniture designer Felicia Ferrone is set to launch a brand new collection that pushes her in a different direction, with a mix of organic shapes constrained (or accentuated) by…

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Commune for Environment: Two LA-based companies create a sustainable range of semi-modular furniture

Commune for Environment


While many designers during NYC Design Week staked their savings on exploring the limits of material and form, Los Angeles-based design studio Commune stuck to their guns for their…

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Zoë Mowat Design: Sculptural homewares from the Montreal-based designer

Zoë Mowat Design


by LinYee Yuan Memphis meets Montreal in Zoë Mowat’s sculptural pieces. The young designer fabricates and designs out of her Montreal studio, drawing inspiration from nature, textures and a minimalist approach to form. At this year’s…

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MatterMade + Roman and Williams: The NYC-based designers collaborate on an imposing collection of wood and leather furniture

MatterMade + Roman and Williams


While many brands looking for a new audience during NYC Design Week take the traditional route of exhibiting at one of the many group showcases, contemporary design store and manufacturer Matter chose to do both—showing…

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Copper Shines at NYC Design Week: Six designers call upon copper as the material of choice for a range of industrial designs

Copper Shines at NYC Design Week


The use of copper in functional industrial design has been on the rise for some time now, especially since seeing it all over London Design Festival last September. We spotted six new products during this year’s NYC Design Week that prove even more designers are embracing the multifaceted,…

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Noho Next 2013: Five highlights from Noho Design District’s most captivating exhibit during NYC Design Week

Noho Next 2013


Always a high point of our NYC Design Week, Noho Design District has fast become a destination for up and coming and established designers looking to introduce their latest work outside the conventional confines of…

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Herman Miller Wireframe Sofa: Physical and visual lightness in furniture designed by Sam Hecht and Kim Colin of London’s Industrial Facility

Herman Miller Wireframe Sofa


As one of the more exciting seating designs to be introduced to Herman Miller’s already near-comprehensive offering of home and office furnishings, the Wireframe Sofa Group blends a comfortably minimal aesthetic with a visual and…

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