Top Five from Module R

Our favorite items from the flexible-use design retailer

Last month’s opening of the new Brooklyn design store Module R marked a welcome addition to the world of affordable design for small urban spaces. Every item bears some kind of modular quality, appealing to people who favor customizable furnishings with DIY personality. The following five items are our top selects from the online store. BIRDs This historic toy design was recently re-introduced by Danish …

Boca do Lobo Limited Edition

The tale of Portugal told through a mosaic of historical tiles

Portuguese design brand Boca do Lobo has once again created a statement piece incorporating extravagant, modern design details with grand stature. The heritage sideboard emulates the historic blue and white tile-work used in the brand’s previously released heritage cabinet and adapts it to the sideboard’s asymmetrically stacked surfaces. Each protruding column depicts a different period of Portuguese history, creating a rich collage of patterns and …

Andreas Scheiger

How one designer represents the antiquity of type in the digital age

Austrian designer Andreas Scheiger celebrates the “craft of etching, engraving and letter design” with a nod to both science and the graphic design of the Victorian era. Scheiger believes that letters are “full of life” and, in an effort to explore “the means of communication by dissecting and rearranging its basic elements,” he delves into the heart of typography with his sculptural letter series, The …