Ross Didier Returns to Fine Art Roots with Gallium.Named after one of the world's most strategically critical minerals—essential to electronics, renewable energy and AI infrastructure—Ross Didier’s Gallium explores the tension between permanence and transformation, translating that...
Quiet Endurance: Vincent Van Duysen’s Cousy Turns Twenty.Vincent Van Duysen's Cousy for Arflex resolves a familiar tension with ease: architectural lines establish order while generous cushions soften every edge. Conceived in 2006 as a complete seating system—sofas, armchair, chaise lounge and...
Against Cultural Flattening: Inside Sancal’s Spatial Manifesto at Salone del Mobile.Sancal's Experimentarium at Salone del Mobile was a thesis argued in three dimensions. Conceived as "an antidote to cultural flattening," the stand challenged algorithmic homogenisation through bold spatial storytelling: orange portico to...
Australian Designer Creates Furniture Collection Inspired by Ancient Seashell Spirals.After 30 years of hands-on furniture design, Ross Didier continues to blur the lines between sculpture and function with his Nautiloid collection. These shell-inspired pieces follow nature's own geometry while offering stackable...
Furniture You Feel: Dana Meets the CEO Who Understands that Great Design Moves Hearts Before Markets.Ten years after meeting on a bus, Dana Tomić Hughes reconnects with former DJ now CEO Dario Reicherl to discuss deign that endures. The Singapore-based Italian leading Danish icon Fritz Hansen across Asia shares how a jet-lagged morning...
Pierre Paulin’s Futuristic F300 Lounge Chair Makes a Long-Awaited Return.When Pierre Paulin's F300 Lounge Chair debuted in the late 1960s, it looked like furniture from another planet. The sculptural masterpiece, with its organic curves and boundary-breaking design, became an instant icon that earned a place in...
Nanna Ditzel’s Sculptural Bench for Two Returns with Contemporary Colour Stories.When Nanna Ditzel first unveiled her Bench for Two in 1989, the sculptural seating piece challenged every conventional notion of what a bench should be. Now, more than three decades later, Fredericia is breathing fresh life into this...
Robin Boyd’s Heritage Tree Becomes a Coveted Furniture Collection.When Robin Boyd's iconic Monterey Pine died after 60 years at Walsh Street, it marked the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. Melbourne furniture maker Alexsandra Pontonio's transformation of the heritage timber into...
Fritz Hansen Celebrates 70 Years of Series 7 Chair with Dawn-Inspired 7:14 AM Palette.Affectionately called "the Sevener" in Denmark, The Series 7 chair reaches its 70th anniversary with Fritz Hansen's thoughtful tribute. The 7:14 AM edition palette translates the magic of Scandinavian sunrise into five sophisticated hues...
