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Best Design-Savvy Gifts
Choosing the perfect gift for a design enthusiast can be a rewarding yet challenging task. Design-savvy individuals appreciate items that are not only functional but also embody aesthetic excellence and innovative craftsmanship. To help you find the ideal present, we've curated a selection of ...
Why Is Herman Miller So Expensive? An Honest Breakdown
Why Herman Miller and Eames Pieces Cost What They Cost You've got the product page open. Maybe an Aeron, maybe the Eames Lounge Chair. The price is more than you expected, and you're wondering if you're about to overpay for a name. Fair question. Here's the honest answer, including the parts that ...
Herman Miller Embody Chair Guide
The Herman Miller Embody Guide: Ergonomics, Sizing, and the Gaming Edition The Embody looks different from every other chair in Herman Miller's lineup, and that's not an accident. It was built around a completely different idea of what a task chair should do for your body, developed with input ...
Building a Room Around Saarinen's Pedestal Collection
Few furniture shapes are as recognizable as the pedestal base. One leg, no clutter underneath, a top that seems to float. That's Eero Saarinen's Tulip collection, and it's still one of the most requested designs in modern furniture almost 70 years after he made it.
Saarinen, a Finnish-American ...
Emeco Navy Chair: History, Design & Why It Lasts
The Navy Chair wasn't designed to look good. It was designed to survive a warship. That it also became a design icon, sitting in MoMA's collection and countless homes since, is almost a side effect of how well it was built in the first place.
The Emeco Navy Chair, officially the 1006, is an ...
The System Behind USM Haller
If you've ever seen a USM Haller piece in someone's living room, you probably remember it. The colored steel frame, the glossy panels, the way it looks like it was built for that exact spot even though it wasn't. That's the trick of the system: it's not really "a piece of furniture." It's a kit ...
Hans Wegner: The Wishbone Chair and CH Lounge Classics
Hans Wegner designed close to 500 chairs over his career, and somehow one of them, a chair he made in 1949 with a Y-shaped back and a woven paper-cord seat, is still one of the most copied and most bought dining chairs in the world. That's the Wishbone Chair. Here's what makes it worth ...
Noguchi Coffee Table Guide
The Noguchi Coffee Table looks simple in photos, a curved glass top over a wooden base, but that simplicity is exactly why it's been copied so often since Isamu Noguchi designed it in 1944. If you're considering one, here's what actually matters before you buy: the fit in your room, the base ...
Barcelona Chair Guide: Details, Dimensions, and How to Style It
The Barcelona Chair has been imitated for almost a century, which tells you two things. One, the design holds up. Two, you need to know what you're actually buying before you spend the money. This guide covers what makes the original worth it, how to plan for its size, and how to use it in a room ...
Herman Miller Eames Lounge Chair Buyer's Guide
If you've spent any time browsing modern furniture, you already know the silhouette. Molded plywood shell, tufted leather cushions, a matching ottoman that somehow looks just as good empty as it does with your feet up on it. The Eames Lounge Chair has been around since 1956, and it still gets ...