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Indesign x Wilkhahn: Melbourne, where are you working?
Our latest collaboration saw a range of designers come together at Wilkhahn’s Melbourne showroom for a discussion on the workplace dynamics specific to the Victorian capital.
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3days: Seven ways to get from more to meaningful
We round up the seven projects at Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign that best reflected this year’s theme: Make This Moment Matter.
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“I’m not trying to design a shape, I’m trying to shape a feeling”: Eugeni Quitllet & Pedrali in Milan
At Salone del Mobile 2026, Catalan designer Eugeni Quitllet launched Libre, a new seating collection with Pedrali that focuses on form, function and ergonomics.
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Led by designers: Casting a curatorial eye across Melbourne Design Week
Curator, writer and educator Kate Goodwin was in town for Melbourne Design Week. Here, she reflects on how light-touch organising and designer-led spaces created some of the most impactful, distinctive exhibitions.
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The domestic grind: How Foolscap turned a neighbourly bond into Allpress’ latest outpost
In Brisbane, Foolscap Studio continues a longstanding relationship with the coffeemakers at a new cafe-store featuring calm tones and coffee waste materials.
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Some special commercial pieces from Salone del Mobile
Milan Design Week means more than lounging in luxury and the latest in bathroom beauty. We pull out a handful of exciting commercial furniture highlights.
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Eames Demetrios on continuity and innovation as he visits Australia
He’s the Director of Eames Office and an all-round creative polymath – and Eames Demetrios has just been in our region with Living Edge.
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The Little Perillo Eco makes a very big impression.
We think of the chair as a ubiquitous object but every now and then there is a design that ticks all the boxes and makes its presence felt on the global stage.
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A decade of quiet elegance with Pedrali’s Nemea chair
Pedrali’s Nemea collection, designed by Cazzaniga Mandelli Pagliarulo, marks 10 years of refined presence in hospitality and commercial spaces around the world. With its sculptural timber form and enduring versatility, Nemea proves that timeless design is never out of place.
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Highlights from across Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign 2025
Take a whirlwind tour of some of the standout appearances at 3daysofdesign 2025.
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We talk to Arper’s head of sustainability at Milan Design Week
Andrea Mulloni is the head of sustainability at furniture manufacturer, Arper. With a particular emphasis on the evolving Catifa Carta chair, we chatted to him at Arper’s stand during Milan Design Week.
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Product launches from Milan Design Week 2025
So many product launches – where to begin with Milan? Well, across some of our favourite brands and all kinds of areas, here are some of the highlights we saw this year.
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Rethinking Plastics in Product Design: The new book aiming to guide sustainable transitions
Geoff Isaac’s book provides industrial designers and manufacturers with the knowledge needed for a transition to sustainable material choices.
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Highlights from Stockholm Design Week 2025
From bio-based innovations to circular design, this year’s fair redefined the role of materials in shaping the future of interiors as sustainable materials and a thoughtful approach to the impact of design on our world took centre stage.
Products
Hot desking just got a lot better with this new, climate-neutral task chair
This chair makes flexible working easier than ever, thanks to intelligent engineering and human centred design.
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This bold new studio space is all about sensory and energy-based design
A collaboration between Humanscale and Hames Sharley saw sustainability take centre stage in this Melbourne project.
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Nine products to whet your appetite for Milan’s Salone del Mobile 2024
With Milan 2024 only a few weeks away, we sneak a view of some of the most exciting pieces set to go on show – from lighting design to furniture, here are nine preview products.
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Seating designed for everyone
In collaboration with Sydney artist Bella Rose, Haworth’s reimagining of its classic Zody chairs are a celebration of inclusivity, diversity and self-expression.
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Lighter, softer, greener: Unveiling the new JAC seating collection
Discover the latest milestones and updates that have made Zenith’s JAC collection the new benchmark for style, ergonomic excellence, and environmental consciousness.
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How to make a Bellini: Kate Stokes gives us the design masterclass
Kate Stokes of Coco Flip recently launched the Bellini collection, a series of seats that responds to a gap in the market for comfortable bench seating. It feels both laid back and luxe.
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A new take on the classic nesting chair
The Fuld Nesting Chair from Herman Miller elevates the experience of a nesting chair while enabling flexible configurations for workspaces.
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Sun yourself on this outdoor timber chair by Jarrod Lim
We can’t get enough of this outdoor timber chair – the Sun Lounge – presented at FIND Design Fair Asia. Designed for superior comfort and longevity – Jarrod Lim’s newest seating piece was on show at the fair’s EMERGE showcase.
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Design better, live better: 5 mins with Zenith’s Oliver Field
‘Designing for a better life’ encapsulates the ways that Zenith conducts best practice when designing and manufacturing products. In conversation with Zenith Design Studio’s creative director Oliver Field, we find out how this plays out in his day-to-day work.
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The era of Eero Saarinen: A life of iconic design
The life and career of Finnish-American architect and industrial designer Eero Saarinen set the stage for some of the world’s most iconic landmarks – both in the public realm and within our very own lounge rooms and workplaces. On the 75th anniversary of his Womb Chair we take a look back over Saarinen’s career.
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Nathan Yong explores the lifecycle of curiosity with AHEC
Renowned designer Nathan Yong’s visionary philosophy comes to life in the Lifecycles collection, a collaboration with the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) that redefines sustainable design.
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Introducing the sophisticated all-rounder of the seating world
The Max Chair offers architects and designers an exceptional seating solution that adds value to any commercial space by combining design versatility, ergonomic excellence, careful material selection and a variety of customisation options.
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“Dynamic comfort”: Welcome to the Karman effect
Karman, the ultimate ergonomic mesh chair from Steelcase, represents an elevation in seating innovation and Steelcase’s contemporary vision for the workplace.
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Very, very good looking! Beam by Adam Cornish and Mast Furniture
Mast Furniture and Adam Cornish give us a taste of Australian design at its best. Voluptuous in form and made for comfort, the Beam Collection shines on the product landscape and is certain to make its mark.
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<strong>Mesh to impress: Steelcase launches Karman</strong>
With the opening of Steelcase’s new Sydney showroom comes the launch of Karman. A task chair that heralds a changing of the times.
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Above and beyond: The circularity of Yonda
Globally recognised environmental pioneers Wilkhahn are once again taking bold strides forward in the name of sustainability. The award-winning Yonda collection is their magnum opus of design circularity.
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Subtle touches to bring new life to a Børge Mogensen classic
Børge Mogensen is a name seen with increasing regularity as his classic Danish designs prove to be as comfortable as they are iconic. Original lounges are a constant in auctions with original pieces fetching high prices.
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43 products to create your very own home office
There has been a shift in the way we approach the home office. Gillian Serisier rounds up 43 design products, from shelving to seating, accessories, soft furnishings and more, to make your home office a place you crave to be.
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For the future workplace: Your first look at nau’s exciting new contract collection
The workplace of the future takes shape with the release of Cult’s new nau contract look book. Discover within new releases from designers Adam Goodrum and Tom Fereday for Cult’s in-house design brand, nau.
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“It’s a new sensibility”: Claudio Bellini on our modern work-life
The Elinor Low Back by Claudio Bellini for Pedrali encapsulates the modern sensibilities that define our modern work lives. Alice Blackwood speaks with Mr Bellini at Orgatec.
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Ross Didier blows us away with his new Puffalo campaign
Ross Didier brings his artistic inspiration to the fore with a new vision of photographic stills for the Puffalo and Fable collections.
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Tait’s Zephyr Lounger wins The Object at the 2022 INDE.Awards
From a shortlist of outstanding objects in this year’s INDE.Awards, the winner of The Object category ticks all the boxes and then some.
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Functional art, or artful furniture? 8 sculptural creations
In a wide variety of shapes and lines, yet equal in their supreme craftsmanship, we look at eight pieces of sculptural furniture that turn your living and working spaces into an art gallery.
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A chair for you and your inner-child
DesignByThem’s newest release leans into nostalgia to create a chair that’s simultaneously playful and practical.
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Danielle Brustman meets Mazda in this artistic collab
What do you get when you cross an interior designer with a premium automotive brand? In this artistic collaboration with Mazda, Danielle Brustman has created three chairs inspired by three Mazda models.
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Why we love Helen Kontouris: 5 designs for all time
Leanne Amodeo rounds up the Indesign team’s favourite Helen Kontouris designs.
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Delicious design: Furnished Forever serves up Waffle
Emphasising the differences between hard and soft surfaces, the geometric planes of the Waffle’s upholstered grid offers a satisfying squish of comfort.
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Workspace and polytec’s latest launch: The Forza Collection
During a marvellous event, celebrating the return of in-person activities, Workspace revealed their latest product collection Forza, in collaboration with polytec.
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An elegant, simple family affair – Maki by Adam Cornish
In a new collaboration with Italian timber furniture manufacturer, Cantarutti, Adam Cornish has brought his artistic flair to crafting a family of chairs, named Maki.
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A playful spin on a classic swivel
Herman Miller’s new performance chair is a joyful fusion of mid-century modern aesthetic, contemporary ergonomics – and a layered palette of colours and textures that will turn any space into a creative playground.
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The moment of solace we’re all seeking: Valli
The new sofa collection Valli by Schiavello shines as a purpose-driven workplace sofa, providing a quick retreat as Australia returns to the office.
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Brodie Neill is making waves at Sotheby’s
Brodie Neill is making waves – that is ocean waves – with a new exhibition in London. He’s creating products from ocean plastics, reclaimed timbers and circular metals, to raise awareness of re-use through great design.
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Luxury personified in Moroso’s new textile collection for its sofas and chairs
Textile partners Kvadrat and Rubelli create a sumptuous textile collection that offers a new interpretation of Moroso’s hallmark products.
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5 mins with Sebastian Herkner and Blume
In this intimate chat with Sebastian Herkner, German designer of international renown, we learn about his love for camping, the craftsmanship essential to his work, and his Blume collection for Pedrali.
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HÅG Capisco Puls: An office chair for the future
With its saddle seat and superior sustainability credentials, Capisco Puls by HÅG taps in to our collective intention to work flexibly, and live consciously.
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The timeless presence of Fritz Hansen’s Series 7 chair in Essential Leather
The globally iconic Series 7 chair in Essential Leather is available through W. Atelier, bringing Singapore a contemporary piece that is beautifully unique in its form and functionality.
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The world’s best work chair just got better
With the re-release of their most acclaimed performance chair, Herman Miller boosts Aeron’s sustainability credentials – and proves that perfection can, in fact, be improved upon.
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Herman Miller champions ergonomic seating and human-driven design
Herman Miller continues to challenge the possibilities of furniture design, time and time again. In this edition of the Indesign Edit, we take a look at the revered Performance Seating Collection – a range of chairs that have changed the dynamic of comfort in the office.
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Reflecting on 2020 with the JAC Chair
Design firms from across Asia present their take on 2020 in a design competition by Zenith Interiors.
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Reflecting on 2020 with the JAC Chair
Design firms from Asia present their take on 2020 in a design competition by Zenith Interiors.
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The N02 Recycle Chair – Good Design, Good for the Earth
From nendo comes the Fritz Hansen N02 Recycle Chair – a new, all-purpose chair made of upcycled plastic household waste.
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Design Within Reach – Now Within Reach for Australia and NZ
Design that inspires and solves problems. This is the philosophy of Design Within Reach – and thanks to Herman Miller, the exceptionally crafted collections of this San Francisco founded design giant are now available in Australia and New Zealand.
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Exclusive Discounts On GUBI Icons
For the month of November, Cult are offering a series of amazing savings opportunities on a range of iconic products from the GUBI collection in two exclusive discounts.
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Good times ahead with the Decade chair
After two years in the making, we welcome Decade by Blu Dot: the timeless plastic chair that is here to stay for a good, long time.
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Revamp the WFH routine with your very own ‘Ready-To-Ship Home Office’
Change up the daily routine! CULT’s new ‘Ready-To-Ship Home Office’ offers three dream setups to take your work from home experience to the next level.
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A culinary voyage around the world with the Ester collection
Renowned Italian furniture brand, Pedrali celebrates the charm of Ester in some of the most esteemed restaurants across the globe.
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The Rachel Chair: Minimalism at its finest
With a decade in the making, Los Angeles-based brand, Bend Goods mark their 10-year anniversary with Rachel. Local brand, Ownworld brings the innovative playfulness of the Rachel Chair to Australian shores.
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Bringing Italian opulence and heritage into the home
Family-owned brand, Cattelan Italia continues to redefine the art of living with evocative, graceful and refined Italian furniture for 41 years and counting.
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The masculine charm of the Stanford collection
From Poliform and designer Jean-Marie Massaud comes the Stanford collection – a clean and clear chair range for discerning tastes and contemporary interior spaces.
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The striking form and comfort of the Pola Round collection
From Italy’s Crassevig comes the Pola Round seating collection – a beguiling simple range designed to impress and relax.
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Smart technology, smarter design with Smatrik
Smatrik sees advanced technology and considered design come to together to create an inspired and welcoming chair collection, from Kartell.
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Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Doll chair
The Doll chair collection was Emilio Nanni’s first project for Billiani, and ten years on it’s as charming and popular as ever, and now available in a new finish.
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Pedrali and the importance of sustainable design
As the design community evolves and changes, sustainable design has become an increasingly vital part of the design process. For Pedrali, this is already standard practice.
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Bika: A Colourful Solution to Workplace Monotony
With more and more workplaces embracing open-plan seating and hot-desk culture, the Bika chair, offers a versatile solution to flexible work spaces.
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Take a Seat – Marketing to Millennials
With one chair, one engaging entertainer, 50 relatable scenarios and millions of views, KE-ZU has tapped a new audience.
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Copa Chairs: Enriching the retail shopping experience
Distributed exclusively in Australia by KE-ZU, Copa chairs from Expormim are using their attractive design to help attract and retain customers.
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An Avant-Garde Perspective From Cassina
The Cassina archives contain furniture dating back more than a century, sitting cohesively alongside innovations from today’s design leaders. The thread that binds them is a conscious and futuristic design approach married with excellence.
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5 Minutes With… SP01’s Matt Lorrain
Co-founder and Creative Director of SP01 Matt Lorrain talks us through the furniture brand’s latest collections, its evolving creative process, and future collabs.
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HAY’s Hee Welling on democratic design in the age of globalisation
In Australia to launch a new series of chairs for HAY, Hee Welling pauses to chat with us about evolution, democratic design and drawing classes.
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Soft-Edged Mid-Century Modern At PPP Coffee By Foreign Policy
Designed by Foreign Policy Design Group, the PPP Coffee store at Funan offers a multisensorial coffee retail experience in a setting that feels at once nostalgic and new.
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Revisiting traditional design craft
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH (GTV) has unveiled a new range of products and collaborations at the 2019 Milan design week – celebrating traditional design and artisan craft.
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Tait’s Seam Collection Is Tailored To Fit The Outdoors
Seam, the latest furniture collection from Tait by Australian designer Adam Cornish, heroes aluminium sheet, which is cut, ‘tailored’ and paired with durable and recyclable materials to create the perfect family of outdoor furniture.
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SEELA: a fusion of ergonomic and aesthetics
Lapalma’s story began in the 1980s, and while it has embraced modernity, SEELA is proof the company’s love of classic design shapes is here to stay.
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Cassina Releases Limited-Edition Rietveld
Cassina’s limited-edition version of Gerrit T. Rietveld’s Beugel chair features a tribute motif designed by Dutch illustrator Joost Swarte.
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The Fiore chair, back in black
The already popular Fiore from Dauphin is back in a stylish new black, continuing the nature-meets-nurture design philosophy of the original in a sleek new way.
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Fritz Hansen N01 – a modern chair for the modern home
N01, by Japanese studio Nendo for Fritz Hansen, is a modern chair for the design and quality-conscious home, now available from Cult.
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HÅG celebrates 75 years with an iconic launch
2018 is the 75th anniversary year for Norwegian design brand HÅG, and to celebrate they’re releasing a limited edition version of their iconic Capisco chair.
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The distinctive character of Fox armchairs
From Pedrali, Fox is an elegant collection of armchairs with a distinctive character and compact dimensions, ideal for the modern office.
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The cloud like comfort of the Mariposa chair
Originally inspired by the classic Argentinian design, Swedish entrepreneur Lars Kjerstadius went on to dedicate 10 years of his life to perfect the fusion of the whimsical butterfly design and the comfort of a cloud for the Mariposa chair.
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The SP01 Metrica Collection Grows With Ten New Pieces
SP01 has unveiled new furniture pieces by award-winning Milan-based studio Metrica. They offer the quality and craftsmanship the brand has become known for.
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Wilkhahn’s mAx Table And Aula Chair Bring A New Frontier of Flexibility
Wilkhahn, a leader in the commercial furniture industry, welcomes two flexible new additions to its portfolio.
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How Drum chairs honour the legacy of wood design
The Drum collection from Italy’s Billiani is a chair range that is functional and beautiful – serving as a designer statement on the versatility and timeless charm of wood.
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Harbour 1976 and the legacy of local design on the world stage
Since 1976, the Condos family has handcrafted furniture in their Sydney workshop – and since 2008, the Harbour 1976 brand has been a showcase of its mastery of design.
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Francesco Meda’s Debut Chair For Molteni&C Is A Work of Wood And Air
A concern for the efficient use of wood informed the design of Woody – an ergonomic chair with what Meda refers to as ‘airy sections’.
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Masters in Profile: Emilio Nanni
Italian design is full of master craftsmen and artisans, and when it comes to contemporary furniture, it’s impossible to ignore the master of Emilio Nanni.
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Krost’s eye-catching Jive tables
Jive, Krost’s new collection of tables, desks and bench seating, encapsulates simple, modern and practical design.
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Jive: the new eye catching edition from Krost
Jive, Krost’s new collection of tables, desks and bench seating, encapsulates simple, modern and practical design.
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Thinking green with plant based paint
Designer furniture group Pedrali has always been committed to environmental sustainability, but now they’ve take a whole new step on that journey – entirely plant-derived water-based paints.
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Arper’s Catifa Grows Up
Designed by Lievore Altherr Molina in 2001, Arper’s tremendously successful Catifa 53 chair has spawned a family of products. Meet its newest member, Catifa Up.
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AXYL By Benjamin Hubert x Allermuir
Two years in the making, London-based Benjamin Hubert of experience design agency LAYER will launch the AXYL collection for UK furniture brand Allermuir at the 2017 London Design Festival (LDF) next week.
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Ro for Two
Jaime Hayon’s Ro Chair for Fritz Hansen is a perfect place to decompress. Recently launched as a sofa version, now it accommodates two!
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In the Palm of Your Hand: The Harbor Work Lounge
Nicolai Czumaj-Bront has worked with Haworth as an industrial designer since 2005, and is now currently Haworth’s Design Lead for Europe. Having grown up in a creative household, he strives to design product solutions with an emphasis on translating the abstract into something tangible.
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The relaunch of Pot – a 1950s classic
Arne Jacobsen originally designed the Pot lounge for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen in 1959. Today, the lounge chair is relaunched from Cult.
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Mason by Schamburg + Alvisse
The new high backed addition to the modular Mason lounge collection
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Steelcase – Designing Active Learning Spaces
Steelcase create products and research for active learning in education and the workplace
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Comback Chair by Patricia Urquiola for Kartell
A modern take on the classic Windsor chair with bright colours and new geometry