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Bum Bum Collection designed by Eugeni Quitllet for Vondom.

Image courtesy stpmj ... Now you don’t… Each year the Socrates Sculpture Park in New York City hosts a competition that welcomes proposals for large-scale installation works exploring  “contemporary interpretations of the architectural folly”. New York design company stpmj created the aptly titled entry Invisible Barn. The structure almost seamlessly integrates with its surroundings, giving the illusion of transparency.  Its...

Frames Armchair designed by Jamie Hayon for Expormim, available exclusively from KE-ZU!  

Gemini for Artifort has been designed as individual furniture pieces which can be placed as single seating elements, in pairs or in groups of various sizes and configurations. The concept for the design of the chair centers on flexibility of movement, versatility in seating positions and variety in spatial experiences. Set upon an asymmetric frame, the generously proportioned single-surface body...

José Manuel Ferrero, of Estudi{H}ac, presents Casta, a small armchair based on a castanet, one of the most emblematic Spanish instruments: the image of a lady clapping together two halves of clam-shaped wood is famous the world over. Just as two halves of clam-shaped wood are clapped together with a castanet, the armchair’s curved metal structure is made of two elements...

The Lottus Stool designed by Lievore Altherr Molina for Enea.  

Perigallo Stool designed by Domínguez, García & Ibáñez from Sancal. The word “Perigallo” is taken from a local Spanish dialect. It is used to describe a three legged ladder used to harvest local fruit. Domínguez, García & Ibáñez borrowed this traditional idea and given it a new use. Sancal’s Perigallo is a stool that can be folded away when not...

Alistair lighting collection designed by Jordi Veciana for Parachilna. Made of steel and glass, Alistair is available in a suspension, table and floor version.

Trio Occasional Tables from Expormim.   Trio is a collection of organic coffee tables of gentle nature, each one designed to meet different needs. In the Trio coffee tables the essence of the raw material is enhanced by using blunt wooden tops.  

Image courtesy Jacob Munkhammar Studio & Garage Art theorists may disagree, but we think to appreciate art sometimes you needn’t understand it. This super fun series by Swedish artist Jacob Munkhammer is relatively self-explanatory, we just don’t quite understand it; but that needn’t matter either. This series of images focuses on vintage Citroën cars manipulated to appear as flying...