european design
What is the Compasso d’Oro award?
The Compasso d'Oro prize was instituted by the Rinascente company in 1954 a...
A guide to the use of glass in architecture and design
The idea of using traditional materials with design as the intrinsic compon...
The Cone Chair and Heart Cone chair by Verner Panton
When the Cone Chair was first exhibited in the window of a furniture shop i...
Spanish Chair 2226 by Børge Mogensen
Mogensen's name rarely crops up outside the world of collectors, designers ...
Corona Chair EJ5 Poul Volther
Poul Volther's design for the Corona Chair is said to be so inspired by the...
Ball Chair by Eerio Aarnio
Eeerio Aarnio’s Ball Chair came into being with the same intensity as the U...
Big Tulip Armchair F545 – Pierre Paulin, Artifort
Pierre Paulin always thought in three dimensions. He originally trained as ...
Seagull Chairs by Arne Jacobson
With the Seagull Chair, Arne Jacobsen conjured up a chair that inspire pass...
The Garden Egg Chair by Peter Ghyczy
The Garden Egg Chair by Ghyczy is often highlighted as a typical example of...
OMKSTAK Stacking Chair
OMKSTAK Stacking Chair. The classic chair with a design based on a military...
THE WASSILY CHAIR (B3) by Marcel Breuer
The Model B3 (Wassily Chair) was one of the earliest products to emerge fro...
The Paimio Sanatorium Chair
Whichever Paimio chair you prefer, you cannot help but marvel at Aalto’s sc...
The G Plan 6250R Easy Chair
Just have to look at the Chesterfield-style and wingback points and imagine...
GJ Chair by Grete Jalk and Poul Jeppesen
With the GJ Chair, Grete Jalk took the early plywood experiments of the Eam...
The Djinn chair and Kubrick’s 2001: a Space Odyssey
Twenty-four year old Olivier Mourgue's organic chairs, inspired by Islamic ...
Arne Jacobsen and the ‘Egg Chair’
Jacobsen perfected the sculpting of the Egg and Swan in his garage, working...
Nordic Design comes of age
Nordic design was without doubt the epitome of post-war good taste. Find ou...
The Synthesis 45 Typist Chair
Like the much-coveted lipstick red typewriter launched with Olivetti on Val...
The Wiggle Side Chair by Frank Gehry
Lovingly carved from a redundant pile of corrugated cardboard he used for b...
Falcon Chair by Sigurd Resell & Vatne Lenestolfabrikk
When designer Sigurd Resell's Falcon Chair first rolled off the production ...
UP5 Donna by Gaetano Pesce
Dressed in bold colours or a Bridget Riley stripe, Pesce's Donna celebrated...
Mogen Koch’s Safari Chair
Mogens S. Koch, the son of the Danish designer of the same name, remembers ...