Zoë Mowat Design

Sculptural homewares from the Montreal-based designer

by LinYee Yuan Memphis meets Montreal in Zoë Mowat‘s sculptural pieces. The young designer fabricates and designs out of her Montreal studio, drawing inspiration from nature, textures and a minimalist approach to form. At this year’s “From Quebec” exhibition at Wanted Design during NYC Design Week, Mowat shared her vision for modular, stacking totems in furniture and tabletop objects. Mowat’s Arbor Jewelry Stand is a …

MatterMade + Roman and Williams

The NYC-based designers collaborate on an imposing collection of wood and leather furniture

While many brands looking for a new audience during NYC Design Week take the traditional route of exhibiting at one of the many group showcases, contemporary design store and manufacturer Matter chose to do both—showing their newly cataloged in-house line MatterMade and their recent collaboration collection with renowned interior designers Roman and Williams at both ICFF and in their lower Manhattan shop. Offering an intimate …

Copper Shines at NYC Design Week

Six designers call upon copper as the material of choice for a range of industrial designs

The use of copper in functional industrial design has been on the rise for some time now, especially since seeing it all over London Design Festival last September. We spotted six new products during this year’s NYC Design Week that prove even more designers are embracing the multifaceted, mutable material and making use of its exceptional range—from a shiny, jewelry-like polish to a beautifully weathered, …