Mid-century modern is an architectural, interior, product and graphic design that generally describes mid-20th century developments in modern design, architecture and urban development from roughly 1933 to 1965. Mid-century modern style is trendy right now as boomers feel nostalgic about it and millennials and zoomers love its coziness and rediscover it for themselves, and many...
VALUE Furniture Upholstered With Old Paper Money
Paper money isn’t worth anything without its assigned value – otherwise, it would be nothing more than just a blend of cotton and linen. Most money only has a lifespan of no more than 18 months before it’s decommissioned and sent to be burned. Instead of discarding old bills, London-based designer Angela Mathis gives them...
Unique Calibre 32 Stools Inspired By Horology
Calibre 32 is a stool by Richard Yasmine that’s inspired by horology and ancient Lebanese civilization. As part of a series of 10 stools designed by various designers for Squad Design with the constraints that they need to be made out of wood and designed to fit inside a 35x35x35cm cardboard box. Translated to mean...
Stone Foam Stool: Looking Hard And Being Soft
The perception, interaction and contradictions are brought together in the Stone Foam Stool by designer Matthijs Kok. This stool looks hard but it is unexpectedly soft as adding clay grains and pigment to liquid soft foam gives the expanded foam a raw stone texture. During expanding, the stone foam takes over the shape of the...
Plywood Print Stool Collection With Dutch Masterpieces
The most recognizable paintings from the art collection of Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum are printed onto the seats of these plywood stools by Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek. Hein Eek combined modern wood cutting and printing technology with traditionally painted images by Dutch Masters. By printing directly onto the surface of the seat, the grain of the...
Biknit Chaise Redefines Comfort, Luxury And Elegance
Designer Patricia Urquiola perfectly utilizes texture, dramatic patterns, and exaggerated aesthetics to bring out both the abstract and functional aspects. The Biknit Chaise shows informality and elegance at once, interplay of comfort and sophistication. The wooden base of the chair is built of thermo-stabilized ash and is designed to endure the elements without losing its...
Iconic And Functional Bertoia Seating Collection
Harry Bertoia’s iconic steel wire seating collection was originally created in 1951, and today Bertoia chairs come back again. They are made of metal frame and steel wire, and can easily blend any space. It’s hard not to be drawn to the strictness of steel wiring made delicate by the transparency of the grid. The...
Feminine Bouji Furniture Collection With Modern Aesthetics
This Bouji Collection through Made is a series of whimsically comfortable occasional chairs, ottomans and benches infused with the traditional aspect of tufting, nail head trim and turned legs within a Baroque silhouette and contemporary palette of colors. The concept of highlighting the nails in saturated colors is a fun way to give the trim...
Curvy Chairs And Stools Of Different Materials By Martz Edition
The Martz Collection of chairs is for those who love organic shapes and playful touches in furniture. There are three main versions – Tube, Ellipse and Galaxy, each consisting of two to four different models. The chairs and stools are made of plywood and metal, in various shapes and sizes, and different materials and combinations...
Pod-Like Seating For A Private Talk
Industrial designer Arik Levy is interested in the feelings and behaviors of people, and this theme is seen throughout his work. This time it’s an ultra-private seating of pod-like shape resembling of a confessional booth, so that a conversation can take place between the inhabitants of two booths standing side by side. Today it’s difficult...