Inspirations.  

Jindrich Halabala, United Arts and Crafts

Jindrich Halabala (May 24, 1903 Korycany - November 18, 1978 Brno) was a Czech furniture designer, w...

Royère

Jean Royère (1902-1981) worked in the import-export business before working for cabinetmaker Pierr...

Bring the outside in: The houses of Joseph Eichler

“Eichlers,” as they are referred to in California, are midcentury modern tract homes developed b...

Sketching: Bellini, Castiglioni, Colombo, Mari, Magistretti, Munari, Ponti, Sottsass

The essence of a classic design is best seen in its very first sketch. A unique selection of sketche...

AG Frozoni: We need to aim at essential things

“We need to aim at essential things, to remove every redundant effects, every useless flowering, t...

Mass, space, plane and line

"The essence of architecture is the interrelation and interaction of mass, space, plane and line. Th...

Superheroes

Paola Mathe, born in Petionville, Haiti, lives and works in New York City. She holds a BA in econom...

Angelo Mangiarotti

Angelo Mangiarotti was born in Milano in 1921. He graduated in Architecture in 1948 at Politecnico d...

Carlo Mollino: Tables and Chairs

Carlo Mollino (1905 - 1973) studied art history at the University of Ghent and architecture at the U...

Mousarris

Stelios Mousarris worked for Fosters and Partners as a modelmaker and for Duffylondon as an assistan...

Janine Abraham & Dirk Jan Rol

Janine Abraham took classes at the Ecole Camondo, trained at Jean-René and Maxime Old Caillette, an...

Make War, Not Love

Digitally printed charmeuse silk series 'Touchingly Unfeeling' by Jonathan Zawada. Jonathan Zawada...

Studio Pousti

Maryam Pousti, born 1983 in Tehran, studied at the Architectural Association. She worked for Zaha H...

Alessio Bassan

Alessio Bassan: born in 1962, I live and work in Thiene, Italy. Self-taught Designer, from almost im...

Sadamitsu Neil Fujita

Sadamitsu Fujita was born in Waimea, Hawaii to Japanese immigrants. He attended boarding school in H...

Stan Galli

Illustrator Stan Galli (1912 - 2009) attended the California School of Fine Arts and was recruited a...

Spacecraft

Raised in Maryland, Nicholas Alan Cope moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and attended Art Center College ...

Mirrors

Jeannette Montgomery Barron was born in 1956 in Atlanta and studied at the International Center of P...

The Way Of The Light

Vasa Mihich studied at the Academy of Applied Arts, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Mihich has l...

Radebaugh and Bohn

Arthur C. Radebaugh (1906-1974) was an American illustrator, airbrush artist, and designer. Some of...

Silent Geography

Silent Geography is a site-specific installation consisting of Hazard's torn paper constructed lands...

FLOW by Lazerian

First impressions count for everything, a principle UK creative practice LAZERIAN responded to after...

J1

Created by Jae Won Cho, AKA J1. J1 studio is a furniture design studio located in Los Angeles produc...

John James Audubon and the Golden Eagle

R Kikuo Johnson grew up on the island of Maui. He began a career in cartooning and illustration wit...

Bender Chair

The human body is not built for rigid sitting on a chair over an extended period. In fact, moving an...

Forward Retreat

Mark Tansey was born in California. He attended art classes at the San Francisco Art Institute and s...

Afflicted Objects

"When I was 22 years old I found myself pacing the hallucinogenic black & white sidewalks of Rio de ...

Cutting Edge

Based on the infamous foam-cutting technique - known for providing many interns a lifelong trauma. G...

Softer

Softer than Steel: Nendo for Desalto.

Ramona Rosales Portraits

Photographer Ramona Rosales lives and works in Los Angeles.

Pituki

Claudio Sibille graduated from IUB in Montevideo, Uruguay. His speciality is furniture design. At th...

B3 / Wassily

An icon of 20th century design, the Model B3 or Wassily chair was designed by Marcel Breuer between ...

Low Tech

Kevin Twomey´s first study of light came from studying theatrical lighting where he learned the abi...

Naturoscopie

Habité par un héritage de l’art nouveau, Noé Duchaufour Lawrance s’appuie non seulement sur l...

Spin it again

The stool "Spin" is the result of a collaboration of designer Staffan Holm with Swedish company Swed...

The Value Of Worthless

Klaas Kuiken is a designer, but in his workspace he´s more like an inventor or craftsman. Klaas Kui...

New York by Louis Faurer

Louis Faurer (1916 – 2001) was an American fashion and street photographer. The significance of h...

Things As They Are

Erin O´Keefe is a visual artist and architect based in New York City and New Brunswick, Canada. She...

Pryor Console

The CASTE line of furniture and accessories is designed by Ty Best. Ty was born and raised in Montan...

Le Moigne

Swiss designer Nicholas Le Moigne studied at ECAL/University of art and design Lausanne, where he is...

バガボンド summer collection

The バガボンド summer collection 2015

Postcards from Miami

Art Deco in Miami Beach. Photos (C) Mario Gagliardi

The Art of Ralph McQarrie

Ralph Angus McQuarrie studied at the Art Center School in Pasadena. He first worked for a dentistry ...

Icons of American Design: George Nelson

"Good design, like good painting, cooking, architecture or whatever you like, is a manifestation of ...

Deutschland

Design of painted wall texts by Rasmus Koch studio for artist Jens Haaning. In 2004, Jens Haaning wr...

Supercenter disruptions

Mass: an installation project about creating visual disruptions in places of mass. Mass is a site sp...

The apartment of Pierre Charpin

Pierre Charpin´s apartment at Le Corbusier´s Cité Radieuse, and a selection of Charpin´s other w...

Sisyphus

"Motion Control" is an industry term for computer-controlled movement in applications like robotics ...

Paolo Cirio: Overexposed

This artwork is composed of a series of nine unauthorized photos of high-ranking U.S. intelligence o...

Architectural Fun Ride

Borrowing language from roller coasters, the “Architectural Fun Ride” is a block-long, program-l...

Fresh White

Four major arcana here: Fresh White is at a turning point, and a very positive one. The Sun and the ...

Alessandro Stabile

Alessandro Stabile (Milano, 1985) vive e lavora a Milano. Nel 2013 viene selezionato dall’Istituto...

A Mirror Darkly

Nick Ross was born in Scotland in 1986. He studied at Gray´s School of Art in Aberdeen on the Indus...

Hiroyuki Tanaka

Architect Hiroyuki Tanaka was born in Osaka. He studied at Keio University and worked with Carbondal...

Amir Zaki: Southern California

Amir Zaki is a practicing artist living in Southern California. He received his MFA from UCLA in 199...

MERCKX + MAES

Marc Merckx worked for 15 years as a design director and product designer for architect Vincent Van ...

Minoru Yamasaki and Jean Baudrillard

Minoru Yamasaki, best known as the architect of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, created several...

Geometry Stool

The Geometry Stool is a composition of half split logs of Japanese cypress and a round copper rod. K...

Montmartre

Montmartre is a contemporary furniture set with a playful touch. With inspiration drawn from the fur...

4P1B Milan

Based in Milan, 4P1B Design Studio is Simone Fanciullacci and Antonio de Marco. Their work includes...

Désormeaux/Carrette

Désormeaux/Carrette was established in 2014 by French designers Nathanaël Désormeaux and Damien C...

Shannon Goff

Shannon Goff works with sculpture, ceramics, and drawing. Goff received a BFA from University of Mic...

Artek + Vitra : Micasa, SP

Interior Stylist : Carla de Lima Ribeiro

Stars in your eyes

Tim Lahan is an artist and illustrator living and working in New York. He’s the author of The Nosy...

Wooden Cloth

Wooden Cloth by Nathalie Dackelid is designed to adapt itself in size to the many different situatio...

Paul Rand

A selection of work by eminent American graphic designer Paul Rand.

Mestizio

Mestizio Disenio is a young design studio from Argentina. Promover nuevos comportamientos culturale...

Islamic Art Now

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art of the Middl...

Japanese Swiss Greek

Shibui is the name of a homeware and accessories company based in Switzerland, created by Greek desi...

Jordi López Aguiló

Jordi López Aguiló, born in Valencia 1983, worked with JDS Architects Copenhagen, Ibos et Vitart P...