WHITE MARBLE
A marble top has the ability to transform a simple table design into an grand sculpture. In white, the table takes on a clean and pure, yet sexy appeal. This week, we bring you five designs that utilize this lustrous material.
COZY IN COGNAC
Celebrating the eternal elegance of the cognac easy chair, this week we feature five designs that will bring both style and function into any living space. Renown designers Ole Wanscher, Jaime Hayon, Craig Bassam, Scott Fellows, Arne Jacobsen and Angelo Mangiatrotti have all created impeccable designs that, in this deep,...
ASYMMETRY
This week, we explore a series of designs that utilize the notion of asymmetry. Despite being seemingly off-balance, this array of designs by Craig Bassam, Scott Fellows, Jaime Hayon, Garth Roberts, Angelo Mangiarotti, Enrico Franzolini and Vicente Garcia Jimenez are technologically sound, sturdy and unyielding. The sense of imbalance within these designs creates a...
STONE COLD
This week, we explore a series of designs crafted from one of nature's oldest and most durable materials: stone. From Stonehenge to the ancient Egyptian Pyramids, there's no denying that stone has a long history within architecture and design. Beginning simply as rock formations, marble, limestone, travertine and the like have evolved to become the foremost materials for designing both...
ROUND AND ROUND
A symbol of function, idealism, and infinity, perfect circles exist only in theory. In fact, a pair of quartz rotors built by NASA remain the closest man has come, landing less than three ten-millonths of an inch from perfection. Still the circle is a shape humans gravitate towards, able to be both bold and graphic or soft and subtle. This week...
SEXY CURVES
19th century novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton once said, "In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves." Whether studying the curvature of a chair’s hand-carved arm or witnessing the bright gleam that reflects off a shiny, convex surface, the arcing lines of these five designs (including Frits Henningsen's Signature Chair, Marcio Kogan's Superbowl, Angelo Mangiarotti's
MARTHA STEWART LIVING: Tre 3 Chair & Woven Rush Bench
MARTHA STEWART LIVING: Tre 3 Chair & Woven Rush Bench Gracing the cover of Martha Stewart Living's September issue is Angelo Mangiarotti's Tre 3 Chair. Also featured in the fall issue is the Woven Rush Bench from Smilow Furniture. Tre 3 Chair is an elegantly constructed dining chair that is assembled...
REMEMBERING CASTIGLIONI & MANGIAROTTI
February 26th was the birthday of not one but two legendary Italian designers, Achille Castiglioni and Angelo Mangiarotti. Born eleven years apart, both designers were raised in Milan, graduated from the illustrious Architecture School at Milan’s Polytechnic University, and spent their careers living and working in their hometown. Castiglioni and Mangiarotti are...
SEXY BACKS
Justin Timberlake may have brought “Sexy Back,” but SUITE NY is leading the pack when it comes to bringing sexy backs back. We’re talking about the backsides of furniture, of course. In response to JT’s lyrical statement “I think you’re special, what’s behind your back,” we bring you five noteworthy designs featuring unique and appealing backs sure to amp...