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Ronan Bouroullec Résonance at Centre Pompidou
From Japanese-influenced ceramics to impromptu line drawings, from a carefully crafted new candelabra for brand Mutina to a bas relief… Full Story
Ronan Bouroullec Résonance at Centre Pompidou
From Japanese-influenced ceramics to impromptu line drawings, from a carefully crafted new candelabra for brand Mutina to a bas relief… Full Story
untitled. by Erika Avery and Stu Cole
Fresh from Behance, untitled. is a series of modular components that form seating and surface solutions. The creators state, “The… Full Story
Capsule Reviews
Featured Products
Sublime Sinks and More by London Basin
Mother/daughter team Anna and Nathalie founded London Basin on a simple premise: why should bathrooms settle for plain, white porcelain… Full Story
Juliette Chair by Nika Zupanc for Houtique
The Juliette Chair designed by Nika Zupanc for Houtique is all personality. She’s not Juliet, she’s Juliette. According to her… Full Story
An Even Ten: New Modern Colors Expand Ultrafabrics’ Ultraleather Collection
In honor of their 25th anniversary, Ultrafabrics announces a color refresh for Ultraleather, one of their most popular fabric collections…. Full Story
A New Twist on Exterior Facades
Construction Specialties has developed a unique and innovative exterior facade solution. Twisted Sunshades features extruded lengths of aluminum with a… Full Story
Salone 2024: Melt Me by Nika Zupanc for Driade
Parts of Milan are melting this week. The larger-than-life, 3-D Melt Me campaign from Driade and 150UP, the Milan-based creative… Full Story
Salone 2024: Hello, Earth Speaking by The Good Plastic Company and StudioXAG
Earth has plunked itself down in front of a microphone at Milan Design Week. After clearing its throat and squinting… Full Story
Salone 2024 Preview: Narbutas’ Offers Sustainability, Design, and Custom-Made Production
Among the 2000+ design firms represented at Salone, Narbutas represents a bit of a darkhorse. Though the Lithuanian company has… Full Story
Salone 2024 Preview: Choice by Tom Dixon
It’s Spring—the season of birth and rebirth—which means it’s time for the design world to gather in Milan for Salone… Full Story
Pink Paris: Liberté Color by Suzanne Kasler for La Cornue
The soft pink Liberté color by interior designer Suzanne Kasler adds a fanciful romanticism to the already dreamy La Cornue… Full Story
Dream Big with Barbie™ x Joybird
One year at my birthday party when I was a kid I got two of the same doll. I opened… Full Story
Barbieshoppe: Barbie x Wallshoppe Collab
Barbieshoppe, the official Barbie x Wallshoppe Collaboration, includes more than 800 Barbie designs—proving that Barbie has never lost her popularity…. Full Story
Bonsai & Meridian by Brodie Neill
Bonsai and Meridian by Brodie Neill illustrate the designer’s sculptural work, which transforms sustainable materials into “museum-grade pieces that blend… Full Story
Poppin’s QT Lounge Pops with Color
Before Greta Gerwig’s inspired reinvention of Barbie and re-appropriation of the color pink, there was Poppin’s colorful QT Lounge, available… Full Story
5-Drawer Pivot Cabinet by MoMa Design Store
The 5-Drawer Pivot Cabinet by MoMa (the Museum of Modern Art) is made of powder-coated steel. Its drawers swing out… Full Story
Rainbow Chair by Patrick Norguet
Why are we all so drawn to rainbows? What is it about the colorful and semitransparent that calls to us?… Full Story
Kida Armchair for Summer
Stephen Burks’ Kida Armchair for Dedon is a powder-coated aluminum armchair for outdoor use that offers a unique look of… Full Story
Infusion Pendants by Jamie Harris for Todd Merrill Studio
Glass artist Jamie Harris created Infusion Pendants for Todd Merrill Studio. These little lighted lollipops are equally beautiful when lit… Full Story
Deco Delights: Sonne and Gatsby by Philip Watts
Sonne by Philip Watts virtually begs you to turn the handle and come inside. Sonne (German for sun) is a… Full Story
New Textile Lampshades by Svenskt Tenn
One of the best things about 3Rings is that we are not shy about exposing you to designers and manufacturers… Full Story
New Compact Pods from Spacestor
The idea of “Huddling Up” may be cliché, but it’s apropos of the kind of easy collaboration achieved with Spacestor’s… Full Story
Altos by Jaime Hayon
In his poem about the conversational nature of reality “Everything is Waiting For You,” David Whyte writes, “The stairs are… Full Story
Cherry Mosaic by Artistic Tile
We are featuring two designs in glass tile by Artistic Tile this week: Light Cherry Moonbeam Mosaic and Dark Cherry Dizzy… Full Story
Oval Rings Pendant Light by Vakkerlight
A dipped bubble wand? The eye for the thread at the end of a sewing needle? Oval Rings Pendant Light… Full Story
cerrō by mudd. concrete
In honor of this week’s oval-inspired theme, we present to you cerrō by mudd. concrete. This handmade obround wash basin… Full Story
Iconic Design
Puppy by Magis
Puppy by Magis was designed in 2005 by Finnish interior designer Eero Aarnio. From its inception, Puppy became a fan… Full Story
BuzziSpace Gets Peachy Keen
BuzziSpace is getting in on the Pantone Color of the Year 2024. The acoustics brand offers noise-reducing solutions that revel… Full Story
Ultrafabrics x Pantone 2024
The Ultrafabrics x Pantone collaboration by Ultrafabrics pays homage to the Pantone Color of the Year 2024: Peach Fuzz. Ultrafabrics… Full Story
Spoonflower x Pantone Peach Fuzz Collab
Spoonflower has made a name for itself by featuring the work of independent artists on wallpaper, fabrics, and other home… Full Story
Ruggable and Pantone Peach Fuzz Collab
Ruggable x Pantone Collection interprets Pantone’s Color of the Year 2024 in a set of three rugs, a doormat, and… Full Story
Peach Fuzz: Pantone Color of the Year 2024
Although it was announced in December, Pantone’s Color of the Year 2024 doesn’t officially start until January, so 3rings waited… Full Story
45 Years of the Parker Table
Sergio Rodrigues’ Mesa Parker table and chairs was commissioned by the Parker family in Rio circa 1978. Made of solid… Full Story
Armchair 6950
Jaroslav Šmídek is probably not very well known outside of the Czech Republic. Yet his work demonstrates a keen influence… Full Story
Cool Credenza from Moroso
Does anything from Moroso not qualify as iconic? Perf, by Diesel Designs, is just approaching its 10th. anniversary, yet is… Full Story
Daring Desk and More from Alessandro Mendini
Alessandro Mendini, the famed Italian designer who died in 2019, is speaking to us from the beyond with Porro’s recent… Full Story
Ptolomeo: Lover of Books
We’re just a few months shy of the 20th. anniversary of Opinion Ciatti’s Original Ptolomeo, the iconic furnishing that turns… Full Story
If the Cubists Made a Sofa
In fact, they did! At least, Czechoslovakian architect Vlastislav Hofman did. An innovative thinker, craftsman, designer, and author, Hofman came… Full Story
Take Five
Stefano Sandoná’s Colorfive chair for Gaber is a sharply striped and striated chair with a distinctive aesthetic and prêt à… Full Story
Bartoli Design Gives a New Look to Tango
Tango with these two new versions of the seminal cylindrical cabinets by Bartoli Design for Laurameroni. A surprising shape that… Full Story
Mah Jong Anyone?
Hans Hopfer’s iconic Mah Jong sofa turns 50 this year, and manufacturer Roche Bobois is celebrating the milestone with yet… Full Story
P.R. Lounge
If you’d really like to make clients feel special, then consider investing in Alexander Calder’s P.R. Lounge Chair. Inspired by… Full Story
Floger Lounge Chair
2010 A’Design award winner the Floger Lounge seems more relevant today then ever. From industrial designer Hakan Gürsu, Floger hinges… Full Story
Louis Poulsen to Re-issue AJ Oxford Lamp
An auteur in the truest sense of the word, Arne Jacobsen is known for his cohesive aesthetic and meticulous attention… Full Story
A Shell of a Sofa
When the Brothers Bouroullec announce a new product, one can be certain that the item will go beyond a mere… Full Story
Cadeira Três Pés
Joaquim Tenreiro is somewhat unknown in the Northern hemispheres, but in Brazil he’s heralded as the father of Modern design…. Full Story
Betting On Brass
“Brass is back!” I may be paraphrasing, as well as speaking hyperbolically, yet brass has been pinpointed as an “on-trend”… Full Story
My Beautiful Backside by Moroso
Designed by Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien in 2008 for Moroso, My Beautiful Backside is a sofa that captures the… Full Story
Backbend Starfish Coffee Table
Love it or hate it, there’s not much room for ambiguity or apathy with Misha Kahn’s “Backbend Starfish Puts on… Full Story
Hayon x Nani Rug for Nani Marquina
If it’s envisioned by Spanish designer Jaime Hayon, then it’s probably a conversation piece. The Hayon x Nani Rug for… Full Story
Puppy by Magis
Puppy by Magis was designed in 2005 by Finnish interior designer Eero Aarnio. From its inception, Puppy became a fan… Full Story
Interviews and Profiles
New Exhibit from Estúdio Campana
Estúdio Campana and Friedman Benda present “On the Road,” a new exhibition featuring solo work by Humberto Campana—the first output… Full Story
Christina Seilern wins DNA Paris Design Award for Oak Cottage
Christina Seilern, principal of Studio Seleirn Architects, won a DNA Paris Design Award for Oak Cottage. A low-carbon extension to… Full Story
DNM Architecture and Wellmade Team Up for an Accessory Dwelling Unit Partnership
The recently announced partnership between DNM Architecture and Wellmade makes the idea of moving into your own back yard even… Full Story
Nelson Mandela Cultural Center Opens in Pantin, France
Le Centre Culturel Nelson Mandela recently opened in Pantin, a northeastern suburb of Paris. Designed by architect Jean-Pierre Lott, the… Full Story
Casa Alesan by BACH Arquitectes
Architects Jaume Bach and Anna & Eugeni Bach of BACH Arquitectes recently completed a restoration and extension of Casa Alesan,… Full Story
The Wondrous World of Wonderwall Studios
I’m no expert on the Netherlands—in fact, my cultural reference points for the region are limited to familiarity with breath-work… Full Story
One Size Does Not Fit All: Gensler and Pair Collaborate on the Future-Forward Gradient
Though it may sound like a cliché, there’s something transcendent about connection. As quantum science has shown, even at the… Full Story
Interwar Architecture Museum Opens in Kaunas, Lithuania
An argument can be made that the city of Kaunas, in central Lithuania, owes its identity to war. More specifically,… Full Story
Saskatchewan’s Dakota Dunes Hotel Harmonizes with Values of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation
The vast prairies of Saskatchewan are always austere and often harsh. Much like the terrain of the Dakotas or Southwestern… Full Story
Architecture 101: Children’s Book Features 25 Modern Buildings Across the Globe
Architect/author Annette Roeder, illustrator Pamela Baron, and publisher Prestel have collaborated on a children’s book titled The Power of Architecture:… Full Story
Doodlephilia Hits the English Countryside
Sam Cox, the artist known as Mr. Doodle, recently completed one of his dream projects—the Doodle House. Located in Tenterden,… Full Story
Ready? Set? Cassette!
Lights. Camera. Action! Dafna Kaplan, CEO of Cassette Systems, likens multi-family construction to making a film. While at first I… Full Story
Exploring the Pattern Map: a Conversation with Uriah Bueller of Parasoleil
Think for a second about “pattern.” Now before doing anything else, create for yourself a compact, concise definition. Done? Make… Full Story
40 Years in Antique Rugs: a Discussion with Jason Nazmiyal
It’s funny how the incidental nature of Zoom can influence relationships, even one cultivated within the constrained hour-long parameter of… Full Story
Magic Parts: the Art and Design of Sabrina Merayo Nuñez
Sabrina Merayo Nuñez is haunted by pianos. Well, maybe “haunted’ isn’t exactly the right word. Perhaps “pursued” is more accurate…. Full Story
Up to the Future with TK Elevator
When I ask him why we need elevators, David Gerson, Director of Marketing (U.S. and Canada) for TK Elevator, paints… Full Story
The House that Boca do Lobo Built
Detail of Boca do Lobo’s Supernova Chandelier As we’ve seen with recent pieces the Hera Round suspension lamp and Diamond… Full Story
Michiel van der Kley
Designer Michiel van der Kley likens design to jazz: “I sometimes like a design because it makes a large gesture,… Full Story
Authentic Re-Edition of Gio Ponti’s Hotel Parco dei Principi Tiles
If you had the wherewithal, where would you go to experience the bluest blue, the whitest white? Vista of Sorrento,… Full Story
Stack It Up: Timbur Explores the Horizons of Stack Laminate Fabrication
About 15 years back, I had a brief stint in custom furniture fabrication. With a resume of pretty much zero… Full Story
A 60s-Era Milan Apartment by Ettore Sottsass is Exactingly Reconstructed at the Triennale Milano
We’ve all been inside a museum that portends to a period reconstruction: an ancient bedroom in Pompei, the crumbling stone… Full Story
Penny Tiles Preserve Past and Present at the TWA Hotel
Both an homage to and preservation of Eero Saarinen’s iconic JFK TWA terminal building, the TWA Hotel has been in… Full Story
Kohler + Arsham = Stone Flow
If you were at Design Miami this past weekend and came across a staggeringly large pile of rocks in the… Full Story
Being Erwan Bouroullec: An Exclusive Interview
As a product reviewer, one of my favorite moments is finding a product that’s easy to compare to something else…. Full Story
New Exhibit from Estúdio Campana
Estúdio Campana and Friedman Benda present “On the Road,” a new exhibition featuring solo work by Humberto Campana—the first output… Full Story
Show Coverage
Salone 2024: Mutative Transitions into Organic Utopia by Aljoscha
Bioism turns pink at Milan Design Week this year. Tempesta Gallery is presenting Mutative Transitions into Organic Utopia, a site-specific… Full Story
Salone 2024: Satellite of Love
Not quite off the beaten path but yet away from the general hubbub of the central exhibits you’ll find Salone… Full Story
Salone 2024: So Meta! Grocery Shopping with Seletti
Italian super-too-much brand Seletti—with its singular approach to furniture, lighting, objects and more—is celebrating Salone del Mobile with a meta… Full Story
Salone 2024: A Society of Rugs
How, exactly, does one draw a distinction among terms like “floor covering,” “rug,” and “tapestry”? Perhaps it’s best to avoid… Full Story
Salone 2024: Oblò by Paola Navone for Lodes
Italian lighting brand Lodes unveils its collaboration with architect Paola Navone—Oblò. A globose pendant light with oceanic references, Oblò means… Full Story
Salone 2024: Qeeboo’s Outdoor Furniture Is Sure to Turn Heads
New rounded shapes, different material, and a sense of sinking into comfort will gain lots of attention at Salone Del… Full Story
Salone 2024: Melt Me by Nika Zupanc for Driade
Parts of Milan are melting this week. The larger-than-life, 3-D Melt Me campaign from Driade and 150UP, the Milan-based creative… Full Story
Salone 2024: The Magical World of Circu
I wish they had this when I was a kid. Circu, a children’s furniture manufacturer based in Portugal, offers beds,… Full Story
Salone 2024: Arper’s Catifa Carta
Continue your Salone journey with a glimpse into the future of sustainable materials. Catifa Carta, an auspicious re-working of Arper’s… Full Story
Salone 2024: Bridges by Muller Van Severen for BD Barcelona
Bridges Cabinets are presented by BD, a design company founded in Barcelona in 1972 to encourage young designers to realize… Full Story
Salone 2024: Hello, Earth Speaking by The Good Plastic Company and StudioXAG
Earth has plunked itself down in front of a microphone at Milan Design Week. After clearing its throat and squinting… Full Story
Salone 2024: Studio Kohler
Studio Kohler is exhibiting its four brands at Salone del Mobile: Kohler, Kallista, Klafs, and Kast. While the company has… Full Story
Salone 2024: Fornasetti x Poltrona Frau
A fruitful collaboration between Fornasetti and Poltrona Frau comes together at Salone del Mobile. The Vanity Fair XC Imagine Edition… Full Story
Salone 2024 Preview: Wallpepper Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Salone del Mobile 2024 will be held from Tuesday, April 16 to Sunday, April 25th. With over 2500 exhibitors and… Full Story
Salone 2024 Preview: Bolzan World
If you’re dreaming of the perfect night’s sleep, stop by the Bolzan showroom next week at Salone del Mobile.Milano at… Full Story
Salone 2024 Preview: New Turri Collection by Matteo Nunziati
Turri will unveil its new Atelier collection featuring an elegant sofa and a coffee table designed by Matteo Nunziati at… Full Story
Salone 2024 Preview: Karim Rashid Exhibits Global Love Sculptures (Maybe)!
The truth is we don’t know exactly what Karim Rashid will unveil at Salone del Mobile 2024—but we are hoping… Full Story
Salone 2024 Preview: Inbani’s Heritage 50
The groove is the thing with Patrick Norguet’s Heritage 50 Washbasin for Inbani. Exhibiting next week at Salone del Mobile.Milano,… Full Story
Salone 2024 Preview: Bar Unikko by Marimekko and Apartamento
Get ready to dine in style at the upcoming Milano Design Week. In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the… Full Story
Salone 2024 Preview: The Ken Scott Collection by Carpet Edition
The flower power of Ken Scott, the maestro of ultra-floral prints, is alive and well this year at Salone del… Full Story
Salone 2024 Preview: Escape with Re/Creation by Lasvit
Who doesn’t love creative escapism? Lasvit—the Czech company known for their glassmaking techniques, lighting, and architectural glass—is presenting Re/Creation at… Full Story
Salone 2024 Preview: Narbutas’ Offers Sustainability, Design, and Custom-Made Production
Among the 2000+ design firms represented at Salone, Narbutas represents a bit of a darkhorse. Though the Lithuanian company has… Full Story
Salone 2024 Preview: Thinking Room by David Lynch
It’s no surprise that David Lynch’s installation for Salone—”Interiors by David Lynch. A Thinking Room.”—involves the theme of the doppelgänger…. Full Story
Salone 2024 Preview: Choice by Tom Dixon
It’s Spring—the season of birth and rebirth—which means it’s time for the design world to gather in Milan for Salone… Full Story
Salone 2024: Mutative Transitions into Organic Utopia by Aljoscha
Bioism turns pink at Milan Design Week this year. Tempesta Gallery is presenting Mutative Transitions into Organic Utopia, a site-specific… Full Story