In a world where everything from shampoo bottles to playground equipment to leggings are made from recycled plastic, it’s hard to believe there was a time when the material wasn’t ubiquitous. But when ...

The RECTANGLINE CHAIR is a very basic and simple chair that joins the pure geometric forms of the rectangle and the line. A large part of the chair ( the seat and the back rest ) is made out of ...

If you move as a hardware hacker through the sometimes surprisingly similar world of artists, craftspeople, designers, blacksmiths, and even architects, there’s one piece of work that you will see ...

A celebrated Finnish modernist, he designed a variety of furnishings but was best known for his seating, which, his company said, “almost every Finn has sat on.” By Julie Lasky Yrjo Kukkapuro, a ...

Buildner is pleased to announce the results of its third annual Architect's Chair Competition, which received excellent ideas from around the globe. Buildner has published two books on the topic, ...

Perhaps more than any other piece of furniture, a great chair can transcend its role as functional object. Take the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, one of the most famous furniture designs in the last ...

Three designers, a museum curator, an artist and a design-savvy actress convened at The New York Times to make a list of the most enduring and significant objects for living. Credit...Clockwise, from ...

Archival images of the actor with his father Kirk Douglas at their pool in 1955 show a furniture color that's still going ...