Ukurant Makes Space: eight highlights by emerging designers in Copenhagen
From a lamp using gravity to shine and a lounger tracing the arc of a spinal column. This year’s Ukurant exhibition blurs craft and function.
Fritz Hansen’ SOUND CLUB makes some noise in Copenhagen
A listening bar, DJ sets in the courtyard, and a podcast lounge — music and design speak the same spatial language at Fritz Hansen’s Sound Club. The 3daysofdesign installation explores what great interiors are truly for: composed around people, not objects.
Form Follows Seam: Designers Show What A Sewing Machine Can Do In Copenhagen
Stitched lamps, enfolded chairs, a leather sling suspended in steel — Erwan Bouroullec, Foster + Partners, and more work with the sewing machine for the VÆRKTØJ exhibition at 3DaysOfDesign.
Joris Laarman weaves craft and technology at Friedman Benda’s Symbio exhibition
In New York, the Dutch designer’s Symbio and Ply Loop collections merge computational design and biodegradable materials.
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.
Comfort Lab by Pearson Lloyd: inside the unconventional design process of an embracing sofa
With the Comfort Lab exhibition, Pearson Lloyd and Cozmo reveal the ‘thinking through making’ approach behind the high-backed Hub sofa.
Muuto’s Dream View Bench by Lise Vester is designed for sky-gazing
Recline, look up and dream a little. Lise Vester’s Dream View Bench “reminds us to reconnect with those fleeting moments of beauty.”
Hem launches Palma Pouf, a paw-like pillowy seat series by British-Ghanan ‘rising star’ Kusheda Mensah
Palma Pouf invites people to gather, lounge, perch, and connect. It’s casual, a little unconventional, and endlessly welcoming—just like a good friend.
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.
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.
Matrizia sofa by Ron Arad for Moroso
Ron Arad transforms a discarded mattress into Matrizia, Moroso’s high-end, ready-made, unconventional sofa.
UNDERBAR at Stockholm Furniture Fair
Jonas Bohlin and Christine Ingridsdotter created Underbar, a temporary and 100% circular bar where every element and material from furniture to walls, lamps, and ceiling will have a second life after the fair.
Front’s ‘Design by Nature’ exhibition at Stockholm Furniture Fair
The ‘Design by Nature’ exhibition plunges visitors into a forest-like environment where some of Front’s most iconic projects are on display, along with sketches and drawings highlighting the studio’s enduring fascination with Nature.
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.
Gropius Chair Military Edition: Ukrainian design ’before’ and ‘after’ February 24
NOOM and volunteers weaving camouflage nets during the first months of the Russian invasion craft the Gropius Chair Military Edition.
Sabine Marcelis’ vibrant urban seats playfully swivel in London
Materiality, movement, gravity, and colour swivel at SolidNature and Sabine Marcelis’ interactive installation for London Design Festival.
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.
St. Patrick’s Day: 7 clover-shaped designs to celebrate Ireland’s national day
From Verner Panton’s modular sofa to Mathieu Lehanneur’s street lamp and Ron Arad’s armchair, we picked 7 clover-shaped designs. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Moooi’s Hortensia Armchair is made from 30.000 flower petals
Have you ever taken a seat in a blooming flower? Born as an impossible digital project on Instagram, the Hortensia Armchair by Andrés Reisinger & Júlia Esqué is a dream come true thanks to Moooi, and now available to all in real life.
‘Flowing Fragments’’ furniture collection by Richard Yasmine raises awareness on antiques trafficking
Classic geometries and minimal contemporary aesthetics blend in Richard Yasmine’s ‘Flowing Fragments’ design collection made from upcycled sedimentary and basaltic stones.
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.
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.
‘Rope Chair’ by the Bouroullec brothers for ARTEK
Ropes and metal tubes compose the Rope Chair by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec which shape shifts according to its user. The designers launch also a wall hook named Tupla.
2019 Best Design: sinking Venetian furniture, rippling benches and tech-crafted chairs
2019 Best Design. A chair made from 100 % recycled plastic from fishing nets in the Arctic, a floor-to-ceiling luminous belt and violently psychedelic benches are among our favourite furniture designs of the year.
6 spooky chairs to celebrate Halloween with style
A haunted soul trapped in a transparent acrylic chair and faint sheet draped gently over the memory of a seat. 6 spooky chairs celebrating Halloween!
5 inflatable and tongue in cheek designs for the summer
A decapitated swan float poking fun of Instagram influencers, patterned inflatable pools and air-filled bouncy furniture for the living room, the garden or the poolside.