Furniture Design

Designing furniture is a specialised field where function and style meet. Many people who work in interior design think that furniture is one of the most important parts of a room.

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Daniel Pabst (1826 – 1910) German American furniture designer

On: March 24, 2023

Tagged: Furniture, Furniture Design, Furniture designer

Daniel Pabst (1826–1910) was a German American furniture designer and cabinetmaker, best known for his work in the modern Gothic style. He studied at the technical high school in Hesse-Darmstadt and was one of the hundreds of German craftsmen and furniture workers who settled in Philadelphia in the mid-19th century. He opened his own workshop in 1854 and made highly carved furniture in the style of the Renaissance revival for Bullitt, Disston, Furness, Ingersoll, Newbold, McKean, Parry, Wistar, and Wyeth. Read More →

Bruer’s Chair – 1926

On: March 22, 2023

Tagged: Chair, chairs, Furniture Design, Hungarian designer

Marcel Breuer’s Bauhaus minimalism redefined a household basic, making chairs light, strong, and simple by bending metal and combining it with canvas, caning, or leather. He was one of the first people to make chairs out of tubular steel, and his B5 chair is one of two groundbreaking Breuer chairs that were a big change from the overstuffed chairs of the Edwardian era and helped start a new way of looking at furniture. Read More →

Antonia Astori (b.1940) co-founded Driade

On: March 18, 2023

Tagged: Architect, Furniture, Furniture Design, Furniture designer, industrial design, Industrial Designer, Italian Design 🇮🇹, Italian Designers 🇮🇹, Italian 🇮🇹, Italian furniture 🇮🇹

Antonia Astori co-founded Driade with her brother Enrico and Adelaide Acerbi in 1968. She was able to create a unique network of furniture designers, galleries, and shops.Read More →

Isaac Elwood Scott (1845 – 1920) American Furniture Designer

On: March 16, 2023

Tagged: American designers 🇺🇸, Furniture Design, Furniture designer

Isaac Elwood Scott (1845 – 1920) was an American furniture designer, woodcarver, and ceramicist, active in Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, and Boston. He founded Scott and Copeland, Designers, Carvers, and Art Wood Workers, and collaborated with Henry S. Jaffray to create the interiors and design of Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner’s new Chicago headquarters. Read More →

Ambrose Heal (1872 – 1959) British Furniture Designer

On: March 14, 2023

Tagged: British Design, British Designers 🇬🇧, British Furniture, Furniture, Furniture Design, Furniture designer

Ambrose Heal (1872–1959) was a British furniture designer known for his simple and functional designs inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and was a member of the Art-Workers’ Guild. He adopted the more fashionable Modern approach to furniture, following the style of his designers J.F. Johnson and Arthur Greenwood.Read More →

Reuben Cary (1845 – 1933) American furniture designer

On: March 12, 2023

Tagged: American designers 🇺🇸, American Furniture 🇺🇸, Furniture Design, Furniture designer

Cary’s father moved to the Adirondacks area of New York State in the year 1845. In 1874, Brandreth asked Cary to make him 24 chairs with slatted backs, plain turned legs, and splint seats in a traditional style. Cary may have made some of the rustic furniture in the cottages at Brandreth Park.Read More →

How Cubicles and the Open-Plan Office Came to Be

On: March 11, 2023

Tagged: American design 🇺🇸, Furniture Design, Interior Design

Open-plan offices did not work out as well as their utopian creators had hoped, leading to the shift back to cubicles or pods to increase employee productivity and well-being. READ MORERead More →

Peter Murdoch (b.1940) British furniture, industrial designer

On: March 10, 2023

Tagged: British Design, British Designers 🇬🇧, British Furniture, Furniture Design, Furniture designer

Peter Murdoch (b.1940) is a British furniture, interior, graphic, and industrial designer.Read More →

Sebastian Bergne (b. 1966) – English / Italian industrial designer

On: March 8, 2023

Tagged: britain, British, british - industrial design, British Design, British Designers 🇬🇧, Furniture, Furniture Design, Furniture designer, Italian furniture 🇮🇹

The phrase ‘less is more’ perfectly encapsulates the core of these works, the quality of which can only be attained by a proper understanding of form.Read More →

Harry Bertoia (1915 – 1978) Italian sculptor, furniture designer

On: March 5, 2023

Tagged: American design 🇺🇸, American designers 🇺🇸, American 🇺🇸, Furniture Design, Furniture designer, Italian Design 🇮🇹, Italian Designers 🇮🇹, Italian furniture 🇮🇹, Jewellery Designer, sculptor, Silversmith

Harry Bertoia was a sculptor, printmaker, jeweller, and furniture designer. He was born in San Lorenzo, Udine, and worked in the United States professionally. During World War Two he worked with Ray and Charles Eames on moulded-plywood technology. He worked primarily as a sculptor from the mid-1950s onwards. His sculpture was prominently featured in many of Eero Saarinen’s buildings.Read More →

The Origin of Plastic Furniture

On: February 26, 2023

Tagged: armchair, armchairs, chairs, Furniture, Furniture Design, plastic

The Origin of Plastic Furniture – most household items were not made of plastic until the 1920s and 1930s. LEARN MORERead More →

Poul Kjærholm (1929 -1980) Danish designer

On: February 25, 2023

Tagged: danish, Danish Design, danish designers 🇩🇰, Furniture, Furniture Design, Furniture designer, Scandi Design, scandinavian design

He was a Danish designer who worked for his friend Ejvind Kold Christiansen and created an extensive range of furniture. He received international recognition for his contributions to the ‘Formes Scandinaves’ exhibition in Paris and the legendary ‘Lunning Prize’ for his PK22 chair. LEARN MORERead More →

John Mascheroni (b.1932), American furniture designer

On: February 23, 2023

Tagged: American design 🇺🇸, American designers 🇺🇸, American 🇺🇸, American Furniture 🇺🇸, Furniture, Furniture Design, Furniture designer, industrial design

John Mascheroni has been designing furniture for his entire career, recognized for his design acuity and modernism. LEARN MORERead More →

Cassina Italian furniture manufacturer – Design Excellence

On: February 22, 2023

Tagged: Design firm, Furniture Design, Italian Design 🇮🇹, Italian furniture 🇮🇹, italian lighting

Its early pieces were based on historicist models from the 19th century. In the 1930s, it made armchairs and dining room sets for Milan’s Rinascente and Mobilificio di Fogliano. After World War II, Cassina changed the way it made and sold its products. The new generation of designers pushed the company to the forefront of Modern design.Read More →

Vico Magistretti (1920 – 2006) Italian architect/designer

On: February 21, 2023

Tagged: Furniture, Furniture Design, Furniture designer, Italian Design 🇮🇹, Italian Designers 🇮🇹, Italian 🇮🇹, Italian furniture 🇮🇹

In 1920 Vico Magistretti was born in Milan, Italy. First recognition of his work came in 1948, at the 8th Triennale. He started designing for Cassina in 1960, and from that date on his signature is to be found on many products.Read More →

Otto Wagner (1841 – 1918), Austrian architect and designer

On: February 20, 2023

Tagged: Architect, austrian, austrian design, Austrian Designer 🇦🇹, Furniture Design, Furniture designer

Architect Otto Wagner was one of the leading figures in the Vienna Secession. After studying architecture at the Vienna Technical High School (1857–1860) and the Vienna Academy (1861–183), he worked in various historical styles for many years until he joined the Secession.Read More →

Ola Wihlborg Swedish industrial and product designer

On: January 10, 2023

Tagged: Furniture, Furniture Design, Furniture designer, ikea, Nordic Design, nov-12, sofa, sofas, Stockholm, sweden, Sweden design, swedish design 🇸🇪, swedish designer 🇸🇪

He took his first steps towards his career as a designer at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, Sweden, where he studied furniture and product design. After graduating in 2004, he began working as a freelance designer.Read More →

Antonio Citterio ( b.1950 ) Italian furniture designer

On: January 10, 2023

Tagged: Design, Furniture, Furniture Design, Furniture designer, Industrial Designer, Italian Design 🇮🇹, Italian Designers 🇮🇹, Italian 🇮🇹, Italian furniture 🇮🇹

Antonio Citterio is a leading Italian architect and interior designer, furniture and industrial designer. Citterio explored the possibilities of new materials and technologies rather than aligning himself with New Design’s more fashionable aesthetics.Read More →

Michael Taylor (1927 – 1986) – “California Look” 🌞

On: January 8, 2023

Tagged: American design 🇺🇸, American designers 🇺🇸, American 🇺🇸, Designer, Furniture Design, Furniture designer, Interior Design

Michael Taylor (1927 – 1986) was an American interior and furniture designer. He was known for the “California Style” and made his homes showplaces of the unexpected.Read More →

Suzanne Guiguichon (1901 – 1985) French Furniture Designer

On: January 6, 2023

Tagged: French, french decor, French Design, French Designer 🇫🇷, Furniture, Furniture Design, Furniture designer

Suzanne Guiguichon was a French furniture designer and decorator. She was born and worked in Paris. Since 1929 she worked as a designer with Maurice Dufrene at the Galeries Lafayette design studio La Maitrise in Paris. Most of the furniture, clocks, lighting, fabrics, rugs, accessories Guiguichon designed anonymously.Read More →

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