Designer Guide

The French Brutalist Movement: Raw Materials, B...

The history of French Brutalism in furniture and decorative arts, from Le Corbusier's raw concrete to Guillerme et Chambron, Pierre Chapo, and torch-worked copper metalwork.

The French Brutalist Movement: Raw Materials, B...

The history of French Brutalism in furniture and decorative arts, from Le Corbusier's raw concrete to Guillerme et Chambron, Pierre Chapo, and torch-worked copper metalwork.

Understanding Arts & Crafts Furniture: From Sti...

A guide to the Arts and Crafts / Mission style movement, its major makers, and a closer look at Brooks Manufacturing Company of Saginaw, Michigan.

Understanding Arts & Crafts Furniture: From Sti...

A guide to the Arts and Crafts / Mission style movement, its major makers, and a closer look at Brooks Manufacturing Company of Saginaw, Michigan.

Danish Teak: The Golden Age of Mid-Century Furn...

In the decades following World War II, Denmark became the epicenter of a furniture movement that would define modern design for generations. What set Danish work apart was a rare...

Danish Teak: The Golden Age of Mid-Century Furn...

In the decades following World War II, Denmark became the epicenter of a furniture movement that would define modern design for generations. What set Danish work apart was a rare...

Adrian Pearsall: A Designer Guide

Adrian Pearsall (1925–1980) ran his own manufacturing operation, Craft Associates, out of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, giving him rare creative freedom to pursue bold, sculptural forms rarely seen from larger mid-century manufacturers.He's...

Adrian Pearsall: A Designer Guide

Adrian Pearsall (1925–1980) ran his own manufacturing operation, Craft Associates, out of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, giving him rare creative freedom to pursue bold, sculptural forms rarely seen from larger mid-century manufacturers.He's...

Design Technics: A Designer Guide

Design Technics was a New York-based ceramic design studio founded by Lee Rosen in the 1950s, renowned for its hand-thrown, richly glazed table lamps and decorative pottery.Rosen and his studio...

Design Technics: A Designer Guide

Design Technics was a New York-based ceramic design studio founded by Lee Rosen in the 1950s, renowned for its hand-thrown, richly glazed table lamps and decorative pottery.Rosen and his studio...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Knoll: A Designer ...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a pioneering German-American architect and furniture designer, and one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century modernism. His furniture designs — most famously the...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Knoll: A Designer ...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a pioneering German-American architect and furniture designer, and one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century modernism. His furniture designs — most famously the...