Normann Copenhagen’s Kabino and Sko

A minimal update on a classic credenza and shoe rack from the Danish home furnishing brand

Always a go-to for smart, accessible Danish design, Normann Copenhagen holds a spot on our must-see list each spring during Salone del Mobile, and their showing last week in Milan only further inflated our confidence in the clever brand. Of the collection of new home furnishings, the matching Kabino credenza and Sko shoe rack really caught our attention. Designed by the young Simon Legald, a …

Marset Scotch Club Light

A ceramic hanging lamp inspired by the birth of disco

In 1959, having skipped the popular band format to play music on a record player, a local dancehall owner in Aachen, Germany asked a young journalist in the crowd to take over and announce and comment on songs as they were played to entertain an increasingly bored crowd. Thus the first DJ was born at the world’s first discotheque, the now-famous Scotch Club. Inspired by …

Highlights from Design in Common

Beijing Design Week's Milan show innovates on carpentry

Last week in Milan we were pleasantly surprised to find Beijing Design Week presenting Design in Common—a selection of pieces from the capital city’s fair. With a focus on communal furniture and tea-drinking pieces in particular, the exhibition was proof of China’s far-ranging aesthetic. While Droog Design was cleverly poking fun at China’s copycat reputation with “The New Original,” Chinese designers presented innovation of their …