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Bernadotte & Kylberg unveils own-label furniture in nature-inspired Arken hotel

October 13, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

The design duo of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and Oscar Kylberg have designed landscape-like interiors for a hotel in a Swedish nature reserve, featuring their first own-label furniture collection. The Bernadotte & Kylberg founders have created three unique suites at Arken, part of the Eriksberg Hotel and Nature Reserve in Blekinge, southern Sweden, which

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The organic designs of Eero Saarinen went “beyond the measly ABC” of modernism

October 8, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

We continue our series on mid-century modern design with a profile of Eero Saarinen, the Finnish-American architect and industrial designer whose creations were adopted as the optimistic symbols of a new post-war age. “We have chairs with four legs, with three and even with two, but no one has made one with just one leg,

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Sabine Marcelis and Ini Archibong among designers to collaborate with Japanese artisans

September 17, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

A sound-emitting egg sculpture and a samurai chest of drawers feature in a series of objects made by designers in collaboration with master artisans from Japan’s Tohoku region, on show for London Design Festival. Designers Sabine Marcelis, Ini Archibong, Studio Swine, Yoichi Ochiai, Michael Young and Hideki Yoshimoto all participated in the Craft x Tech

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Eight homes where pull-out furniture creates flexible interiors

September 1, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Folding desks, hide-away dining tables and Murphy beds are the focus of our latest lookbook, exploring homes where pull-out furniture allows rooms to be used in multiple ways. In houses and apartments with limited space, fold-out or wheel-out furniture offers a clever space-saving solution. The Murphy bed, which incorporates a hinge that allows it to

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Under One Roof exhibition celebrates Scotland’s “vibrant” emerging design scene

August 29, 2024 Ruby Betts 0

Design platform Slancha has curated Under One Roof, a furniture and homeware exhibition in Glasgow that spotlights 14 up-and-coming Scottish designers. The inaugural exhibition from Slancha, which is run by designers Findlay MacDonald and Harvey Everson, presented a hand-picked selection of furniture, ceramics and lighting pieces united by an emphasis on materiality and form. MacDonald

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R & Company highlights seven “archetypes” of American collectible design

August 26, 2024 Adrian Madlener 0

New York gallery R & Company has curated collectible design work by 55 contemporary artists and designers based throughout the United States. The exhibition Object USA 2024 is the second instalment in a series of triannual exhibits by the gallery surveying the current state of collectible design practices in the country. The show touches on

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Intervention Architecture hides fold-out furniture behind walls of Florin Court flat

August 26, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

British studio Intervention Architecture designed bespoke plywood joinery to conceal furniture including a pull-down bed and a collapsible dining table inside this micro apartment in north London. The flat is located within Florin Court, a nine-storey art deco building overlooking Charterhouse Square that was designed by Guy Morgan and Partners and built in 1938. The

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Material & Memory exhibition responds to “raw materiality” of Brinkburn Priory and Manor

August 25, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Tutors and researchers from Northumbria University have filled a derelict manor house, nestled in a curve of the River Coquet in Northumberland, with objects informed by the site’s rich history and materiality. The exhibition titled Material & Memory is being held at Brinkburn Priory and Manor, a former 12th-century monastery that fell into ruin and

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51 Small Dining Tables to Save Space Without Sacrificing Style

August 14, 2024 HD Staff 0

Whether you have a studio apartment, a tiny dining room, or simply need compact seating, a small dining table can help reclaim some precious floor space. In this post, we’ve selected our favorite small dining tables for styles ranging from modern farmhouse to mid-century chic and so many on-trend themes in between. Need some storage? […]

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Marie & Alexandre takes over Appartement N°50 at Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse

August 12, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

French designers Marie Cornil and Alexandre Willaume have filled an apartment in Le Corbusier’s iconic Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille with custom furniture, including a leather-and-metal armchair informed by the architect’s work. Marie & Alexandre is the latest design studio to create a scenography within Appartement N°50 after it was restored to its original

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