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Piero Lissoni's love letter to all things glassy|The self-supporting black steel staircase – heavy and light at the same time|Glass is the material of choice wherever possible, from doors to desks|Working areas face onto an internal courtyard|Forbidding black steel doors guard the entrance|Lissoni’s building is bright enough not to need artificial lighting by day||

Glas Italia by Lissoni Associati

18 Aug 2011

L-R: Mark Hammond, Keiron Bakewell and Matt Welsh|Hush, a modern take on the wingback, has become the chair du jour of workplace designers|Student Samir Skalli designed the Busby chair for the BBC’s new Salford office|Logan, a height- adjustable table for wobble-free working, and a Reg chair|Naughtone’s bespoke work at the newly refurbished Novotel Leeds|A new cantilevered chair designed by long-time collaborator Stefan Bench||

Naughtone

25 Jul 2011

Picture-perfect Ålesund on the west coast|Dina, a chair from Stryn Møbelindustri that edges away from traditional Scandi influences|L-R: Espen Voll and Torbjørn Anderssen. Lurking/working in background, L-R: Petter Skogstad and Hallgeir Homstvedt|Eva, a design based on a kubbestol (a traditional chair carved from a tree trunk)|A crop of Kikut mushroom containers|Hallgeir Homstvedt’s Undercover light|Risør, where seafaring is more important than speaking to journos|Hødnebø’s Relax chair, still looking good at nearly 50 years old|Tor Arne Skjævestad from Hødnebø with a Spinnaker chair, upholstered with sailcloth|Alf Sture’s Chair 1036 for Tonning, an archetype of traditional Norwegian furniture-making skills|Your editor, flanked by (L) Stryn Møbelindustri's Svein Nore and (R) designer Olav Eldøy|Traditional skills endure at Tonning, including hand-finishing|Juvet Landscape Hotel (which is full of Norwegian design, if you can tear your eyes away from the view)|In between the chocolate ice cream and the cured moose meat, there was some nature to be admired|Made in the forest: Variér’s just-launched chair, Pause|The game-changing Balans Variable office chair, by Peter Opsvik|LK Hjelle’s Break sofa, designed by Norway Says||

Norwegian new wave

22 Jul 2011

ASAP’s prime spot in the Farmiloe Building at this year’s Clerkenwell Design Week|Another Country’s Peter de Zwart|Another Country's desk and stool from the oak Series One range|Another Country's bench from the Series One range|Gemma Fabbri, one half of Scene|Scene's Shard coat stand...|... and faceted Poly lighting|Assemblyroom’s company founder Peter Wall|A flavour of Assemblyroom’s unfussy furniture|Pli Designs’ designer Alex Whitney|Pli Designs’ Pennyfields table and chair in contrasting bamboo and steel||

ASAP: a collective of British designers

20 Jun 2011

Designer Luca Nichetto|Nichetto’s skeleto-futuristic Robo chair, designed for Offecct|Taffy - meshed-topped tables that create a moiré effect when placed together|The gently undulating Ipe bench, inspired by curved beams found in Japanese temples|Scanditalian: Foscarini’s Tröag light is named after a traditional Swedish wooden bowl|Milan visitors received info on a Nichetti-designed USB stick|Tacchini’s Dressed sofa, whose cushions are sewn into the frame for extra squashiness|The modular Metro sofa, freshly launched for Emmegi|Nichetto’s chairs for Emmegi’s Elle system|Monolithic, faceted Elle tables contrast with the lightness of the range’s chairs||

The prolific Italian designer Luca Nichetto

17 May 2011

Hans’s My Storage for Magis, 2011|The A380 chair Hans designed for Ahrend, 2010|Modular Coffee Set from Hans’ radical Black Gold originals, a self-initiated project in 2002|The glass fibre covered Magic Chair, another self-intitiated project from 2002|Ordinairy outdoor furniture made from recycled plastic, 1997|The Corner Guy coat stand for Van Esch, 2010|Hans has re-fashioned Cito’s unused roof terrace into a seated garden, 2011|Sculptural piece in the atrium of Cito’s new office building|Fly chair for Arco, 2008||

Dutch superstar Ineke Hans

17 May 2011

Stephan Hertzog (left) and Flemming Busk (right)|The amoeba-like Plasma seating, an antidote to the straight lines of the office atrium|Penny: a steel table designed for fellow Danes Globe Zero 4|Canteen-style chair Pause was designed to look good from the back|The simple, stackable Session chair, designed for Magnus Olesen|K2 shows that Arne Jacobsen’s influence still runs deep in Danish design|Soft and sculptural, the True Love chair is typical of Busk+Hertzog’s work||

Busk + Hertzog: the Danish design duo in London

19 Apr 2011

All sketched out: the tenacious Benjamin Hubert, and some of his prolific output|Made from soft 3D woven polyester, Loom shows Hubert’s preoccupation with materials|Sketches for Loom|The assemble- it-yourself Roofer pendant|Quiet time: the noise-absorbing Pod chair. Its pressed felt shell is made from recycled plastic|Treis, a pendant light intended to be hung in clusters|The clean and elegant Crane light, for Swedish makers Örsjö|The Maritime chair – which nearly didn’t make it, owing to its manufacturers’ concerns over cost|Work-in-progress on the Maritime chair|A Year in the Making, the 2009 collection that turned Hubert into everyone’s go-to design guy|LED task light Paddle shows the evolution of Hubert’s signature style||

Benjamin Hubert: living up to the hype

11 Apr 2011

The Tolozan ‘multimedia chair’, created in 2002 for Ligne Roset|The 2010 Harry sofa – named by Jourdan in tribute to England|The Snowdonia bed – part of a collection that won the Red Dot award|Jourdan’s contribution to the Domestic Ponds series at the Galerie BSL|The French designer, Eric Jourdan|The Hyannis Port desk – described as having a ‘cabinet-made’ feel|The Secretaire, part of the Breuer-inspired Dino collection|Dino desk. Jourdan said in the range ‘everything is visually prominent’||

Eric Jourdan on his modernist influences

17 Mar 2011

Green rinse: Exploring eco-friendly claims

16 Feb 2011

Arik Levy gives us the lowdown|Levy’s Fractal Cloud lighting and Workit desking system at his Ldesign firm’s Paris headquarters|Fractal Cloud on display at the Absent Nature exhibition at the Wright 21 gallery in Chicago in 2008|Based on confessional booths, these chairs were part of Levy’s 2010 Confessions exhibition in Paris|Renders of Levy’s three storage boxes inspired by human anatomy – called Dick, Pussy, Ass|The latest edition of Layer Chair, designed for Viccarbe in 2010|Acoustic Panels, also part of 2010’s Layer collection for Viccarbe. The panels are intended to improve the absorption of sound in office spaces|The moveable silent wall, for Vitra in 2010, minimises office noise|Toolbox, for Vitra in 2010|Secure personal storage, in Locker – also made for Vitra this year|Elevation Benches, part of the Flora 2010 collection|The Beam Desk, for Swedese in 2006|A wider view of the Elevation Benches, offset by greenery|Geo tables, for Urban Council in 2006|GiantRock sculpture, part of Levy’s Bigger Than Man series|EMU Pattern chair, 2010 – in pressed and moulded sheet metal||

Arik Levy: technopoet

06 Dec 2010

The Swiss designer on his new task chair for Herman Miller|The electric motorcycle designed for Motor Mission with the aim of making it the fastest product of its kind|The Clever Little Bag serves as both carrier and shoebox, cutting Puma’s packaging waste by 65 per cent|The Herman Miller Leaf Light, on which the brightness can be adjusted by sliding a finger along the base|Mexican schoolchildren with highly durable spectacles that were part of the See Better to Learn Better scheme|The bottles for low-calorie kids’ drink Y Water can be joined together to make a toy|XOXO, a low-cost folding tablet computer developed for the One Laptop Per Child initiative|The back of the SAYL chair is modelled on the suspension dynamics of the Golden Gate Bridge|Béhar’s C Collection for HBF, designed with an informal and collaborative office setting in mind|PACT underwear, devised with sustainability in mind, is made of organic and non-GM cotton and sold with minimal packaging|The WattStation for GE, a roadside charger for electric cars available in Europe in 2011||

Profile: Yves Behar

18 Oct 2010

Giles Massie-Taylor (left) and Ryan Malone|Solid Shell by voonwong&bensonsaw for Bench 10, commissioned by The Lollipop Shoppe|Vessel lighting by Samuel Wilkinson|Tetra table by dRMM|Chair from Soft Shell series by voonwng&bensonsaw|Orbital, a limited-edition light by Viable London, with hand-blown glass by Stewart Hearn|Hand-cast concrete bowls by Studio Betoniu and Stephan Schulz. Part of Decode’s Objects collection is to be officially launched during LDF|Minuet table by Jarrod Lim, displaying the elegance of a simple steel form|Tripod stool by voonwong&bensonsaw, constructed with three U-shaped supports|Award-winning Heavy Desk Lamp by Benjamin Hubert|Envelop chair by Jonathan Prestwich|Upholstered Rock lounge chair by Samuel Wilkinson|Wire Light by Viable London. A larger version will launch during LDF|ReSPUN pendant lamp by Ryan Malone. An updated version with LED technology will be part of the new collection|Cutaway (chair, table or bench) by Jethro Macey|C Shelves by voonwong&bensonsaw||

Profile: Decode London

21 Sep 2010

Patricia Urquiola relaxes in her Fat chair, launched by B&B Italia at Milan’s I Saloni in 2007|Lavenham Executive chair for De Padova|Redondo sofa and armchair for Moroso|Scriba desk and chair from the Net Box collection for Molteni & C|Rift chair for Moroso, all 2010|Mangas Largas rug for Gandia Blasco, all 2010|Handbag for Salvatore Ferragamo, launched at Milan’s I Saloni, 2010|Chasen lamp for Flos, 2007|Kvadrat fabric for BMW, 2010|Antibodi chair for Moroso, 2008||

Everybody's darling: Patricia Urquiola

19 Jul 2010

Singapore's rising star: Nathan Yong|Werk desk with glass top, walnut trestle legs and organisation box for laptops and cable management. Folks, 2009|Paperchase magazine rack. Grafunkt, 2010|Wonders storage unit, available in solid American walnut or oak. Wood edging with veneered MDF. Folks, 2009|Marcello chair for Ligne Roset, 2010|Cornerblocks display shelves/screen, Grafunkt, 2010|Primary desk available in solid American walnut or oak. Folks, 2009|Tweety chair, Grafunkt, 2010|Bolle stool, Living Divani, 2010||

Profile: Nathan Yong

19 Jul 2010

Humidifier for Plusminuszero, 2003|130 Chair Series for Thonet, 2010|Soho office chair for Magis, 2008|Twist & Groove pencil holder for B&B Italia, 2005|Shelving System for Artek, 2009|Desk calculator for Plusminuszero, 2010|CD player for Muji, 1999|Bincan Energy Desk for Danese, 2004|Chair from the Hiroshima series for Maruni, 2010||

Master of minimalism: Naoto Fukasawa

22 Jun 2010

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