Designer profiles, design news, iconic furniture & more.
Bent tubular metal, leather or fabric, clean lines: this iconic chair looks so modern that it is hard to believe its age, as the Wassily is now a hundred years old!
By taking industrial materials and using them in an entirely new way, the young Marcel Breuer (1902–1981) helped invent 20th-century design.
Here is the story of this revolutionary creation, designed in 1925 at the Bauhaus school.
Born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Cees Braakman began his career as a designer at a very young age, joining the furniture company Pastoe, where his father worked as a draughtsman. He became the company’s director in 1948.
Scandinavian design, recognizable by its clean lines and refined forms, has remained relevant across the decades.
Born in the Nordic countries, it is based on a clear philosophy: “Making beauty accessible, without ever separating aesthetics from function.”
This connection between nature, utility and human harmony lies at the heart of the style.
Born in Paris in 1929, Roger Tallon embodied the very essence of design: a combination of intelligence, sensitivity and creative generosity.
His remarkable career has been celebrated through several major retrospectives, including “Roger Tallon, Design in Motion” at the Centre Pompidou in 1993, followed by an exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 2016, drawing on the archives he himself donated to the museum.
Le Corbusier, Eames, Jacobsen, Knoll, Bertoia, Saarinen or Sarfatti: copies of iconic pieces are everywhere, even when they are not allowed in serious fairs and sales.
Some are well made and can be difficult to identify, which makes vigilance essential.
Except for prototypes and very specific commissions, designer furniture is usually created to be produced in series.
Once a piece is ready, a publisher finances and organizes its production. This role is central to the history, quality and authenticity of design furniture.
In 2016, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Oslo paid tribute to Norwegian designer Terje Ekstrøm, who died in 2013, with a major retrospective.
For the first time, the exhibition traced the full scope of his creative approach, defined by boundless enthusiasm and a constant pursuit of originality.
Alongside Svein Asbjørnsen, Svein Gusrud, Terje Meyer and Peter Opsvik, Ekstrøm played a major role in redefining the language of modern Norwegian design.
Founded in Turin in 1966, the Italian design publisher Gufram celebrates half a century of radical creation and unconventional design. It is the perfect opportunity to revisit the singular story of an iconoclastic brand that has always challenged conventions.
