Azul y Verde: Lanza Atelier Unveils Architectural Furniture in Mexico City
The Mexican studio experimented with contrasts, reused materials and design for the ‘Azul y Verde’ exhibition.
Vitra reveals Verner Panton’s Heart Cone Chair Anniversary Edition
This limited-edition Heart Cone Chair comes in two beautifully contrasting shades of blue. We delve into the story of a true icon for design lovers.
Ten Outdoor Chairs That Make You Want to Stay Outside All Day
Inspired by Renaissance gardens, baseball stitches and racing bikes, these outdoor chairs make you want to sit back, relax, and maybe never go back inside.
Take a Seat, Take a Swing: Six Design Hammocks for Stylish Laid-Back Living
Whether you’re after a sculptural showpiece or a serene slice of comfort, these design hammocks prove one thing: life’s a little sweeter when you’re hanging in the air.
+Halle launches SHRINX Lounge Chair, a frame of resistance
Designed for clubs and flexible public spaces, the SHRINX Lounge Chair by Boris Berlin features a pre-sewn textile cover that gently drapes over a steel frame, eliminating the need for unsustainable polyurethane foam upholstery.
A Finnish Fusion: Artek+Marimekko Capsule Collection
Alvar Aalto’s furniture designs for Artek are reinterpreted with Marimekko’s bold patterns: a Finnish fusion unveiled in Copenhagen.
Collectible Fair 2025: Six Design Highlights in Brussels
Check out what we liked the most at the Collectible Fair 2025: luminaries inspired by ancestral piled-stone monuments, a tongue-in-cheek ‘poodle’ armchair mixing Jeff Koons’ sculptures with Bauhaus, and more.
Blå Station’s P.Y.R. chair is a statement about design fakes and copies
P.Y.R. celebrates simplicity and challenges the boundaries between what is yours and what is mine. “How do we protect the original in a time where copying or ‘strongly inspired by’ has become the norm?”
Best Design of 2024: responsible chairs, inclusive furniture and Olympic torches
Best Design of 2024: an armchair inviting its owner to optimise laundry sustainably, school furniture that allows children in the autistic spectrum to express themselves freely, a 100% fossil-free chair acting like a tree, and more.
Bottega Veneta’s Ark collection of joyful animal-shaped beanbags shores to Miami
At Design Miami, Italian fashion brand Bottega Veneta showcases the Ark collection, an unconventional crew of playful, crafted beasts inspired by Zanotta’s iconic beanbags.
Ten Unconventional Chairs at Dutch Design Week 2024
A bench made from upcycled wood chips, a seat that prevents unnecessary laundry, and more. Check out these unconventional chairs debuting in Eindhoven.
WANTED 2024: Eight highlights at the ‘Look Book’ design exhibition
WANTED 2024: Postmodern apocalyptic furniture, repurposed lobster cages, Arab lighthouse-inspired lamps, and more.
ICFF 2024: Seven highlights at ‘The Crossroads’ exhibition dedicated to responsible American design
ICFF 2024: A design tool kit upcycling unwanted t-shirts, Meccano-like furniture, seats harnessing the sustainable culture of cork production, and more.
Under Present Conditions: New Sustainable Design Perspectives from New York
Paul Cocksedge, Max Lamb, Estúdio Campana, Erez Nevi Pana, and other designers explore unconventional furniture-making techniques at Friedman Benda’s ‘Under Present Conditions’ exhibition.
Reform office design by Klaesson Koivisto Rune for Edsbyn
Reform is a brand-new shelf system inspired by skyscraper grids. A modular and vibrant design solution for the home and the office.
Mat chair by Normann Copenhagen is made from hemp
Using hemp fibres as the primary material, Normann Copenhagen’s new Mat Chair collection is a new, innovative and more responsible take on the traditional plastic shell chair.
Jwana Hamdan’s ‘Courtyard’ at Downtown Design 2023
Jwana Hamdan returns to Dubai Design Week with brand-new, high-end outdoor furniture inspired by a luxurious courtyard.
Palm Repose bench by Majid Al Bastaki
Emirati architectural photographer Majid Al Bastaki presents Palm Repose, a bench drawn from the palm-rich vistas of the UAE.
Kuthub Chair and Qurs Stool by Dachah Studio
Dubai-based Dachah Studio created two seats inspired by traditional elements, garments and landscapes of the UAE.
Knitty lounge chair by Nika Zupanc for Moooi
Knitty lounge chair resembles a giant ship knot or an oversized ball of yarn every cat would dream of, but it is a beacon of comfiness.
Best of 2022: check our favourite design launches of the year
From Japanese calligraphy-informed furniture to lighting designs inspired by brutalist places of worship. We rounded up our favourite design launches of 2022.
Japanese calligraphy inspires Sabina Blasiotti’s furniture design collection
SABI creates a furniture family informed by the ink-black swift strokes of Japanese calligraphy. “Each piece possesses its own expressional character,” the studio founder Sabina Blasiotti told Archipanic.
Twelve flower-shaped chairs blooming with design
Archipanic’s new design contributor Antonella Galimberti collects 12 flower-shaped chairs and design stories to celebrate spring with comfy alcoves, vibrant petals and crafted bouquets.
SOLILOQUI: MILANO photo exhibition by Gianluca Vassallo x Living Divani
Living Divani Gallery presents SOLILOQUI: MILANO, an exhibition by artist Gianluca Vassallo capturing the city’s dynamic urbanscape and featuring Living Divani’s FROG chairs as a pivotal narrative point of connection between people.
Tom Dixon virtually launches the ‘Burst’ chandelier and the ‘Hydro’ chair in Milan
Tom Dixon visited Milan as a hologram to launch the BURST and HYDRO collections across two iconic architectures in town by Ignazio Gardella and Oscar Niemeyer.
Stockholm 2021: 7 design launches in the Swedish capital
Stockholm 2021: the largest Nordic design week went mostly virtual this year. But that didn’t stop brands and designers from unveiling brilliant furniture designs. Check what we liked the most.
Best of 2020: 10 quirky furniture designs
Frugal chairs by working-class migrants in the UAE and tumbling ‘carwash’ poufs, ‘Dimmable’ measuring tapes-like lamps and 3D printed brutalist chaise seaters. We rounded up 10 quirky furniture designs we liked the most in 2020!
Lee Broom’s MAESTRO collection captures the functional elegance of musical instruments
Lee Broom unveils his MAESTRO collection with a film and a classic concert, staged in a highly stylised set which recalls a Kubrick-like symphony hall.
Brutalist-inspired furniture pushing lightweight beton brut to the extreme
A pointed rocking chair and a Chaise lounge composed of interlacing planes. Thomas Musca and Duyi Han joined forces to cast lightweight beton brut furniture combining brutalist aesthetics with computer programming.
Memphis Group-inspired EBBA chair allows to mix and match graphic lines and colours
Thai design studios KAOI and THINKK translated Ettore Sottsass’ bold design into the playful EBBA chair which can be composed according the user’s personal taste.