The last time we mentioned Derringer Cycles it was to introduce you to their Bespoke Collection of hand built, unique motorcycle/bicycle hybrids. This time they’ve hooked up with luxury furniture retailer Restoration Hardware for an exclusive limited edition motorbike that looks like vintage 2-wheeler from the 1920s. Like all Derringer Cycles, functionality is primary in […]
Charles and Ray Eames are almost as synonymous with Los Angeles — namely Venice Beach where their studio was located — as Frank Lloyd Wright was to Chicago. They made their indelible mark as monumental designers inextricably linked to the fields of modern architecture and furniture for over a half century. The Eames Office, widely […]
English design company Boex (founded by twin brothers Sam and Will Boex) have introduced their newest product: the Pencil Bench. The statement furniture piece is made up of 1,600 pencils, each one individually sprung and removable, to be used if the need ever arises. No wonder it was awarded the Best At Show at the […]
Tokidoki’s Simone Legno, who was the subject of a LIAS feature last year, lends his highly illustrative style to this very limited edition wingchair dubbed the Singapore. Only 33 of the pieces will be made, built to order in the UK, of kiln-dried hardwood birch with a beech frame and legs and faux-suede upholstery covered […]
The duo behind el dot designs, husband and wife team Leo and Lishu, have aimed to build furniture that’s not only aesthetically pleasing from a design aspect but also highly sustainable. That’s why they’ve focused on using bamboo as the prime material behind their Future Primitive and Simple Office Collections, as it is one of […]
While we’ve invited you to sit your ass down on a Space Invader, a Giant Rubiks Cube, a Twizzler and some Hay, perhaps it’s time to consider a Tetris-like seating arrangement for your derriere. Studio Lawrence‘s “To Gather” seating arrangements by designers Patrick de Louwere and Bart Eijking, premiered at the London Design Festival, are engineered […]
Herman Miller Japan teams up with House Industries to create a highly exclusive edition of classic Eames wire-base tables (also known as LTR or Low Table Rod) featuring fonts lifted from the House Industries’ 2010 Eames Century Modern font collection. Each tabletop is hand-printed in House’s Grand Rapids, Michigan factory, returned to Herman Miller for […]
I don’t know exactly how comfortable Philipp Aduatz‘s Melting Chair would be to sit on, but I know in college it would’ve scared the hell outta some of my more hardcore Phish-listening friends. Things were always melting for them anyways, so lord knows how this chair would’ve affected their fragile psyches. The Viennese futurist designer crafted […]