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2022-08-03
Architecture kitokino architecture composes ‘anjou house’ as three linked blocks in suburban japan In theRead More →
Typography Glossary – Design Terms
2022-09-25
It helps to have an appropriate language to talk about typography. The following is a glossary of some of the words and their definitions that are used to described typography.Read More →
Shagreen – Design Term
2022-09-25
Shagreen is fish skin used as a veneer to cover furniture and accessories. Also knownRead More →
What is Wrought Iron?
2022-09-25
The term “wrought iron” refers to the material rather than the products made of iron. Modern mild steel has supplanted wrought iron, a forgeable ferrous material used up until about the middle of the twentieth century. Because of the extensive forming required during its production—under power hammers and through rollers—it was originally referred to as “wrought” (or “worked”). Read More →
SS. Normandie Art Deco Palace
2022-09-25
The ship, its decor, and furniture reflected everything stylish, sophisticated, forward-thinking, and French when it was launched in the age of grand style, a decade after the successful exposition of modern design at the 1925 Paris exhibition.Read More →
Raymond Subes (1893 – 1970) French metalsmith
2022-09-25
Raymond Subes (1893–1970) was a French metalsmith. He made ironwork for the oceanliners 1931 Atlantique, 1926 Ile-de-France, Pasteur, and 1935 Normandie. After World War II, he worked as a metalworker and became the head of Borderel et Robert.Read More →
Guilloche two banded decorative motif
2022-09-25
The guilloche is a decorative element that encircles a line of bosses with two bands or ribbons intertwined. In the British Regency style, it was particularly well-liked and adopted by furniture designers from Renaissance to the Twenties and Fifties.Read More →
Léon Jallot (1874 – 1967) French designer and artisan.
2022-09-25
Léon Jallot (1874-1967), a scion of the French Art Nouveau, stood out within the movement as an ébéniste, or cabinet maker.Read More →
World Atlas of Coffee – Beans to Brewing
2022-09-24
World Atlas of Coffee. Coffee has never been better or more interesting than it is today. Where coffee comes from, how it was harvested and the roasting process are just a few factors that influence the taste of what we drink. Champion barista and coffee expert James Hoffmann examines these key factors.Read More →
Georg Arthur Jensen silverware designer and manufacturer
2022-09-24
Georg Jensen was a Danish metalworker. He was born in Faavad. He was apprenticed as a goldsmith. cl895-1901, he studied sculpture, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Copenhagen. Read More →
Helen Abson (b.1942) Australian Architect and Fabric Designer
2022-09-23
Helen Abson, who trained as an architect, is an Australian designer. She pursued architecture for five years; founded ZAB Design where she designed fabrics that exhibited a preoccupation for texture achieved through pattern and colour.Read More →
Rhode Island School of Design – Prestigious Design Education
2022-09-23
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877 and now offers bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes in 19 different fields. It is affiliated with Brown University, with which it shares a College Hill campus.Read More →
Cassone – the marriage chest
2022-09-22
A cassone is a big decorated chest that was made in Italy between the 14th and 16th centuries. In 1472, a Florentine merchant married a young noblewoman named Vaggia Nerli. Cassoni were put on display in the most important and well-furnished room in the palace.Read More →
Chaise Lounge by Marcel Breuer
2022-09-22
Marcel Breuer designed this chaise lounge during his influential period in England (1935-37). His work for the London-based design and architectural firm Isokon is the most recognizable of this period. The chaise was designed for the 1936 Seven Architects Exhibition for Heal & Sons Department Store.Read More →
Frederic Goudy (1865 – 1947) – Typographic Genius
2022-09-22
Less dramatic accomplishments and contributions to the culture of modern civilisation by artists, artisans and designers have been but little publicised. It was in 1937 that a mild-mannered, quiet and kindly man was recognised as a real genius – Frederic W. Goudy, one of the most famous type designers in the world!Read More →
David Mellor (1930 – 2009) British metalworker and manufacturer
2022-09-21
Mellor specialised in metalwork, especially cutlery, and was regarded as one of Britain’s most well-known designers. He also built bus shelters and the traffic light system that is currently in operation throughout the United Kingdom, British Crown Dependencies, and British Overseas Territories.Read More →
René Kieffer (1875 -1964) – French Bookbinder
2022-09-21
René Kieffer was a gilder at the Chambolle-Duru bindery for ten years. In 1903, set up his workshop at 99 boulevard St-Germain, Paris. Later he moved to 41 rue St-Andre-des-Arts and finally, in 1910, to 18 rue Seguier. A disciple of Henri Marius Michel, his work shifted from classical forms to motifs in the Art Nouveau style.Read More →
By Lassen – Danish architecture and furniture design
2022-09-21
The Lassen brothers’ archive of architecture and furniture design represents the finest qualities of the Danish design tradition and deserves a wider audience.Read More →
Fujina – Japanese Folk Pottery
2022-09-21
Fujina pottery is made at Matsue, Shimane. 19th-century products include bluish-green tea bowls and white, yellow, or bluish-green domestic pottery. Later urban work promotes folk art.Read More →
Charles Pfister (1938 – 1990) was an American interior and furniture designer
2022-09-21
Charles Pfister (1939 to 1990) was an American interior and furniture designer and architect. He was professionally active in San Francisco.Read More →
Competition: C6 Herringbone griddle pan by Inga Sempé
2022-09-21
The Herringbone pattern grill lines channel cooking juices to either of the two pouring spouts and the large power-grip handles optimise manoeuvrability. Read More →