Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Miniforms and design studio E-ggs have expanded on their Nebula family of seating with Nebulona – a rounded and enveloping armchair. The Nebulona armchair continues the embracing shape and teardrop-shaped arms that characterise the furniture family’s upholstered seating but modifies it with a plump, pouf-style base and low stature that gives the…
Dezeen Showroom: Parisian furniture brand Tiptoe has collaborated with the Archives Yves Klein to reimagine eight of its products in the distinctive ultramarine blue popularised by French artist Yves Klein. The limited edition modular table legs in two sizes, as well as the round coffee table, bench and Lou stool – alongside new additions like the SSD…
Promotion: Italian manufacturer Meridiani has released a series of “full and soft” furniture pieces designed by its designer and art director Andrea Parisio. It features a variety of seating concepts and a storage unit designed for use by creatives. Parisio conceived of four different seats for Meridiani, including an armchair and pouffe. The collection was…
London’s Aram Store has unveiled the Adaptations exhibition, in partnership with Swiss modular furniture brand USM, at its own gallery in Covent Garden. The exhibition, which is taking place at the Aram Gallery in London, presents work by 10 studios and practitioners who used components from USM’s Haller modular system – normally used to create…
Dezeen Showroom: Danish architect Kristian Ahlmark has designed a kitchen unit for Lithuanian brand Kongacph that is made from a single oak log crafted to highlight the material’s natural beauty. The Tenon kitchen is defined by its tenon-mortise joinery, adopting the traditional carpentry technique to create a clean, modern design, which Ahlmark has also integrated into…
Czech design brand Two Hundred Tons has developed a furniture collection made from standard steel tubes that are laser-cut and unfolded to create lightweight structural components. The Unroll collection comprises a shelving unit, coffee tables and coat hooks, all produced by designers Adam and Monika Štok using deconstructed steel tubes. The objects are made by…
South African furniture brand Wunders has worked with designer Heath Nash to open its waste stores permanently to local Cape Town makers following a workshop and exhibition that showed the potential of reclaimed materials. MakeSpace is a newly opened studio located in the Wunders factory, where members of the public can come to access and…
Dezeen Showroom: a rug woven from New Zealand wool that features a blocky pattern informed by Stonehenge in the UK is among 11 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Stone rug by Arturel Danish design brand Arturel looked to the famous British prehistoric landmark Stonehenge to inform the boxy, rectilinear pattern of its woollen Stone…
This month’s Dezeen in Depth newsletter examines the role of polyurethane foam in furniture manufacturing and features an interview with Rafael Pelli. Subscribe to Dezeen in Depth today! For more than half a century, fossil fuel-based polyurethane foam has been a staple in furniture manufacturing. Jane Englefield explores the impact of this reliable yet unsustainable material. “Our…
From the solo furniture shows of Jomo Tariku, Chris Schank and Norman Teague to an exhibition imagining the ramifications of cities on a planetary scale, Dezeen’s US editor Ben Dreith selects worthwhile exhibitions from the United States. From the statewide PST Art fair in California to trade shows such as BDNY in New York, there…
