Although legendary Bauhaus architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was originally given sole credit for designing the Barcelona Chair — one of the most famous and timeless icons of modernist furniture — only recently has co-credit been given to his longtime partner, the architect/designer Lilly Reich. Designed specifically for the German Pavilion in the 1929 […]

Last week we brought you the ingenious Hangover Lamp and freezable beer tray, courtesy of one Luis Luna. Well his talents lay much deeper than simply reclaiming plastic red cups and making them pretty. Sure, we also love the Gluttony Lamp above — which does similar work as the Hangover Lamp only with plastic cutlery […]

The Impossible Cool is basically a litany of all the Heroes of Cool that have come and gone (some, thankfully, still remain with us). The list of black and white portraits include style luminaries like Mies Van der Rohe, Thelonious Monk, Toshiro Mifune, Joe Strummer, Sophia Loren, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Hunter S Thompson, Marilyn […]