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Get the Royal Treatment with Karim Rashid’s King and Queen Vases
The color purple is a unique blend of red and blue. Red signifies passion, energy, and love, while blue symbolizes… Full Story
Get the Royal Treatment with Karim Rashid’s King and Queen Vases
The color purple is a unique blend of red and blue. Red signifies passion, energy, and love, while blue symbolizes… Full Story
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We don’t usually cover cannabis-related products at 3rings, but the times are changing. At this point, cannabis may be getting… Full Story
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Perfectly Imperfect in Port
Zellige by clé is a handmade authentic Moroccan tile with imperfections in color, size, and texture—and yet it’s plum perfect. Hand-molded,… Full Story
Pulchritude and Luminosity: Chemise for Artemest
We’ve tiptoed up the color scale from last week’s reds and pinks to arrive at purple—our theme of he week… Full Story
Lớp Lamps in Red and Pink
Imagine that you take this small lamp with you when you move or rearrange a room. Its versatility is such… Full Story
A Place Where Time Stands Still
Student Jihyeon Park won the LIV Hospitality Design Award for Emerging Interior Designer of the Year for Limen, a place… Full Story
Loll is A La Carte!
A la carte is famously the option to choose whatever you want on the menu. The freedom! The flexibility! The… Full Story
5 Red Rugs to Love!
We are continuing with our homage to Valentine’s Day, despite our writers’ collective doubt as to the holiday’s legitimacy. At… Full Story
Much Love to Niels Diffrient’s World Upholstered
For people who like simplicity, there is much to admire in World. Designed by Niels Diffrient for Humanscale, this task… Full Story
Candy-Colored Canopy
A whole week to celebrate Valentine’s Day? Cynics who characterize observance of February 14 as just a ploy by chocolatiers… Full Story
Kings and Queens and Everyone in Between
Charles, by Royal Stranger for Forom, is a clever study in contrasts. Shiny and matte, circular and straight, soft and… Full Story
Beastly Baubles: Crystal Collection by Tigermoth
Launched at London Design Week 2009, Tigermoth creates sophisticated modern lighting at their workshop in the riverside village of Pangbourne… Full Story
Serve Up Something Shiny
Inspired by the eclectic aesthetic of famed fashion designer Claire Vivier, the Sonia Rectangle Lacquer Tray is clever and compact—a… Full Story
Take a Shine to Glint + Glimmer
Am I the only one who loved the scintillating crab in Moana, the over-the-top crustacean who sang Shiny as enchantingly… Full Story
Apollo Bookshelf by Rove Concepts
glimmer (v): to appear indistinctly with a faintly luminous quality; twinkle, shimmer or flicker A glimmer catches the eye. Even… Full Story
Ribbons Unfurled
Cascading curls of color drape the walls lucky enough to be in the same room as Milton & King’s Mural… Full Story
A Ribbon to Sit Upon
We couldn’t do a week of writing around the theme of “ribbons” and not include Pierre Paulin’s iconic Ribbon chair… Full Story
Cordona Collection Is Pleated Perfection
When a material works against its typical associations, it becomes more interesting, if not transcendent. The Cordona bathtub and sink… Full Story
Say Hello to Shalom
From glass fashioned into autumn leaves tumbling to the ground (Vitis Viviendo), to the tinkling tympanum of wooden chimes (Chime… Full Story
Wrapped Around Your Finger Like a Ribbon: Sophie Smallhorn for Designtex
Ribbons have fascinated people for centuries. Don’t believe me? Look at costumes across the globe to discover how ribbons have… Full Story
Womanifesto!
Honored by Maison&Objet as the 2025 Designer of the Year, Faye Toogood (amazingly, it is her given name) is an… Full Story
Maison&Objet 2025: Carpenter Diem with Kasaïs
Sinop Bookcase combines everything I like best: hidden storage, open shelving, and peek-a-boo storage (more on that later). As a… Full Story
Maison&Objet 2025: Buddy by Pedrali
Pedrali, the Italian company known for its Made in Italy quality, showed off Buddy Oasi at Maison&Objet 2025. Buddy Oasi… Full Story
Maison&Objet 2025: the Power of Glitter
Here’s a cool colab at Maison&Objet that manifests as a fanciful backdrop for the young and the young-at-heart. The over-sized… Full Story
Maison&Objet 2025: Boon_Editions N°2
Is “minimal” empty at its core? Stefano Giacomello, the Swiss-Italian designer and digital artist who goes by stefo-rotolo, thinks this… Full Story
Maison&Objet 2025: Cobble Together
Coinciding with our long holiday weekend, Maison&Objet officially wrapped up just yesterday, so this week we’re paying tribute to the… Full Story
Iconic Design
A Ribbon to Sit Upon
We couldn’t do a week of writing around the theme of “ribbons” and not include Pierre Paulin’s iconic Ribbon chair… Full Story
Meet Mocha Mousse: Pantone Color of the Year 2025!
If you feel like you’re longing for peace, you’re not alone. Pantone has once again picked up on our collective… Full Story
Redondo Chair by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso
Products by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola command attention. It seems like she creates something spectacular for every furniture show—and many… Full Story
Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio
When Finnish designer Eero Aarnio created the Ball Chair in 1963, he had no idea it would propel him to… Full Story
Pretty in Pink: PH Artichoke and PH Snowball Anniversary Editions by Louis Poulsen
If you make it 150 years in the design business, then perhaps you do have rose-colored glasses on! In honor… Full Story
Icons by Flos
Italian lighting giant Flos has created a visual narrative entitled Icons. With photography by Catalan visual artist Daniel Riera and… Full Story
From the Era of Tubular: K-106
The bold and brash K-106 makes the cut for this week’s Geometric theme courtesy of its swooping, stadium-style tubular arms…. 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
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
A Ribbon to Sit Upon
We couldn’t do a week of writing around the theme of “ribbons” and not include Pierre Paulin’s iconic Ribbon chair… Full Story
Interviews and Profiles
Bar Buraco Quente Must be the Place
The Buraco Quente bar in Santa Catarina, Brazil has been serving up healthy doses of purple and pink since January… Full Story
Womanifesto!
Honored by Maison&Objet as the 2025 Designer of the Year, Faye Toogood (amazingly, it is her given name) is an… Full Story
PANTONE
PANTONE is a unique New Jersey company whose color matching systems are available to both professionals and consumers. It is… Full Story
Cray Bauxmont-Flynn
A tribal citizen of the Cherokee Nation and the Delaware Tribe of Indians, Clay Bauxmont-Flynn is an architect, designer, and… Full Story
Alexander Diaz Andersson
It’s probably an easy way out to say that the work of Alexander Diaz Andersson is a study in contrasts…. Full Story
Bethan Laura Wood
For this week’s theme, we are inspired by the work of Bethan Laura Wood—The Queen of Super-Too-Much. A UK multidisciplinary… Full Story
Within Reach: Gensler and REACH LA Collaborate on a Bold Renovation of an LGBTQ+ Youth Center
In September of 2020, smack in the heart of the pandemic and the reeling aftermath of the murder of George… 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
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
Bar Buraco Quente Must be the Place
The Buraco Quente bar in Santa Catarina, Brazil has been serving up healthy doses of purple and pink since January… Full Story
Show Coverage
Maison&Objet 2025: Buddy by Pedrali
Pedrali, the Italian company known for its Made in Italy quality, showed off Buddy Oasi at Maison&Objet 2025. Buddy Oasi… Full Story
Maison&Objet 2025: Tree of Life
What mysteries are to be found within the interior of a tree? Attendees at last week’s Maison&Objet were sure to… Full Story
Maison&Objet 2025: the Power of Glitter
Here’s a cool colab at Maison&Objet that manifests as a fanciful backdrop for the young and the young-at-heart. The over-sized… Full Story
Maison&Objet 2025: Not So Imperfetto
Technically seating but really an expressionistic sculpture that recalls the thrones of Kings or of Gods, Verter Turroni’s Vara is… Full Story
Maison&Objet 2025: Boon_Editions N°2
Is “minimal” empty at its core? Stefano Giacomello, the Swiss-Italian designer and digital artist who goes by stefo-rotolo, thinks this… Full Story
Maison&Objet 2025: Cobble Together
Coinciding with our long holiday weekend, Maison&Objet officially wrapped up just yesterday, so this week we’re paying tribute to the… Full Story
The Language of Tactile Textiles
Royal Thai and textile designer Ploenchan “Mook” Vinyaratn collaborated to create an impressive wall of textiles at BDNY. No surprise,… Full Story
Magic Carpet Ride at BDNY 2024: Molto Collection by Nourison
When I was a child, I loved hotels. My favorite reason? The fantastic carpets. Oh, to have so much color… Full Story
Electric Jade by Momentum and Rebecca Moses
A collaboration between artist and fashion designer Rebecca Moses and Momentum Textiles and Walls, Electric Jade literally fills the room… Full Story
BDNY 2024: HOP Washbasin by Simas
Not only does Italian brand Simas offer bathroom products in many beautiful colors, but the company also thinks about the… Full Story
BDNY 2024: Heller’s JUMBO Fortune
Heller was holding it down at Booth #737 this year at BDNY 2024. They animated the day by gifting joyful… Full Story
BDNY 2024: Kasthall’s Birds of a Feather
Kasthall has been crafting premium rugs since 1889. This year at BDNY 2024 Kasthall displayed Feather and VICHY. Feather is… Full Story
There’s More Wünder in the Outdoors
Björn De Voso, product designer for the Belgian firm Wünder, sums up the company’s ethos in one concise sentiment: “Simple… Full Story
BDNY 2024: Moments of Wander for HBF Textiles
Designer Christiane Müller is a colorist and an expert in woven textiles. Her latest collection “Moments of Wander” for HBF… Full Story
BDNY 2024: Seashell Grand Wing Chair by Jean-Marie Massaud for Dedon
The Seashell Grand Wing Chair by Jean-Marie Massaud for Dedon has become one of the most popular pieces at BDNY… Full Story
BDNY 2024: Composition Hospitality Gets It Just Right
A good story can transport us to other worlds, elicit emotions, and reignite our passion for the beauty of quotidian… Full Story
BDNY 2024: Ethnicraft’s “As Nature Intended”
“As nature intended.” That’s the inspiration behind the furniture from Ethnicraft on display this year at BDNY 2024. The Sono… Full Story
BDNY 2024: Volare Chandelier by Lib and Co.
Lib and Co. lit up its BDNY booth with an array of luminous luminaires, including Volare Grand Chandelier, which put… Full Story
London Design Festival 2024: 10 x 10 from FLOOR_STORY
FLOOR_STORY is showcasing a contextualized history at London Design Festival 2024. 10 x 10 is celebrating ten years of collaborations… Full Story
London Design Festival 2024: Oyster[Crete], an Alternative to Con[Crete]
Humans have always been fascinated by shells: their concentric shapes, their pearly brilliance, the ineffable perfection of their inscribed spirals…. Full Story
London Design Festival 2024: Toast Your Health in a Synesthetic Cup
On hot summer evenings in the 1950’s, my family would have a backyard picnic. The setting: a wooden table, an… Full Story
London Design Festival 2024: Vert Greens up the Environs
The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), Diez Office, and OMC°C present Vert, a towering, triangular artificial canopy that addresses concerns… Full Story
London Design Festival 2024: Fortnum & Mason x Jaime Hayon
Spanish designer extraordinaire Jaime Hayon presents Fortnum & Mason x Jaime Hayon at London Design Festival 2024. Located at the… Full Story
London Design Festival 2024: Karphi and Liz Bench by Giorgetti
For London Design Festival 2024, high-end brand Giorgetti presents a new collection entitled From East to West. Located at their… Full Story
Maison&Objet 2025: Buddy by Pedrali
Pedrali, the Italian company known for its Made in Italy quality, showed off Buddy Oasi at Maison&Objet 2025. Buddy Oasi… Full Story
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