Lighting + Furniture…Lee Broom’s Glamorous Style
If you look at British designer Lee Broom’s work, his style has glamour as a consistent feature. His bio points to a beginning in the theater, and that drama is boldly expressed in his lighting and staging. The first thing to catch my eye was his Tube Light, milled from a single piece of Carrera Marble containing an LED strip bracketed with brushed brass caps at with end. The result is a glowing is a warm glowing stone. The marble veining ensures that no two lights will look alike. He is clearly tuning in to the art deco postmodernism revival, and making it his own. His mastery and experimentation with material and form are very exciting, and his portfolio is vast. Since opening his studio in 2007 he has designed over 100 pieces of furniture, lighting, and accessories, as well as products for interiors for leading global brands.
Lighting + Furniture…Lee Broom’s Glamorous Style
If you look at British designer Lee Broom's work, his style is all over the place, but glamour is consistent.
Day + Night…Light With A Purpose
One thing becomes evident when browsing Eleonore Delisse's work - she cares about more than just design for design's sake. Take, for example, her Day & Night Light which recently won Wallpaper Magazine's Life Enhancer of the Year Design Award. It
Inspiration…A Look Back At Ettore Sottsass
I happened upon the work by Ettore Sottsas while browsing the Phillips design catalog and was inspired to reacquaint myself with this prolific designer. I learned, for example, that he spent time in a concentration camp in Yugoslavia before setting up his architectural and
Unique Furniture…Ian Stell Adapts
Are you looking for adaptability? RISD trained designer Ian Stell clearly is. His furniture line contains about 10 designs based on flexibility, some of which are absolutely fascinating. The Big Pivot, Lattice and Sinan tables and Telecandela in particular are beautiful
Waka Waka + Intro / NY at Eyebeam
Waka Waka, Japanese designer Shin Okuda's hand crafted furniture and functional objects line, was nicely on display at Eyebeam during this year's design week through INTRO/NY.
New…OGN Cooperation
OGN is a Norwegian cooperation made up of two graphic design studios and a product design studio - Oh Yeah Studio, Gala and Nokoanna. It meets nicely right in the middle of both disciplines.
New…Russell by Egg Collective
If you do not know Egg Collective, you should. The designers - Stephanie Beamer, Crystal Ellis, and Hillary Petrie - pool their talents from various fields to make exquisite hand crafted furniture. They produce their pieces in their Brooklyn wood shop,