An accent chair is just that — an object of furniture that adds an extra element of architectural interest to a room while still retaining its primary function of providing seating. With thousands of ...
Dusen Dusen recently remixed Dims’s Cleo chair, originally designed by Stine Aas, with punchy, Memphis-y colors. Photo: Sean Davidson From time to time, I’ll share the objects (and the people who make ...
Ours is a design-conscious age, with furniture as with everything else. Hear names like "Eames," "Barcelona" or even "beanbag," and you probably know that chairs--specifically, famous chairs of the ...
Fortunately for us, they're not all that functional. How Hans Wegner Redesigned The Chair 500 Times A new exhibition celebrates the "King of Chairs" on the centennial of his birth. This Is The Playboy ...
A pair of iconic Barcelona Chairs, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe around 1929, at the Toronto-Dominion Centre in Canada. Courtesy of jmv/Flickr Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design ...
In a world where everything from shampoo bottles to playground equipment to leggings are made from recycled plastic, it’s hard to believe there was a time when the material wasn’t ubiquitous. But when ...
Much of our content at AT centers around budget-friendly furniture. An under-$100 coffee table or under-$1,000 sofa, cannot only be surprisingly luxurious, but they can also hold you over until you’re ...
Dezeen Showroom: furniture company Boss Design has created a tub chair made from sustainably considered materials that references the shapes of flowers and shells. The Remi chair is made from Bio-Pur ...
Who Makes the Most Iconic Chairs? Just as in the world of fashion, the makers of the most iconic types of chairs are varied. There are designers like Carl Hansen and Alvar Aalto, and even uncredited, ...
During their university years, architects acquire a wide range of skills apart from learning to design buildings. Some of these include creative problem solving, project management, high attention to ...
Time has been kind to New York’s Guggenheim. Today, it’s considered Frank Lloyd Wright’s crowning statement and an unequivocal masterpiece of modern architecture, but upon opening in 1959, its ...
Finding your dream sofa (or chair) is much easier said than done - especially if you're unable to view it in person before making your big purchase. That's where our Personal Shopper series comes in.