Marc Newson’s $12,000 Collaborative Hourglass for Hodinkee

Esoteric and mesmeric are two words industrial designer Marc Newson uses to describe his new collaborative product (with watch expert website HODINKEE) an hourglass. It’s far more than these descriptors however. This time-counting apparatus documents 10 minute cycles, and does so with roughly 1.3 million copper-coated nanoballs fighting their way through a hand-blown glass neck. The sounds produced along the way mimic a lush rainstorm. …

Floyd’s Attachable Birch Headboard

An affordable addition to the web-based brand's signature item

Over the past few years, a never-before-seen burst of interest in simple, well-designed bedroom items struck the direct-to-consumer e-commerce market. One of the brands leading this movement, Detroit-based Floyd, introduced a beautiful bed platform for under $500 by way of Kickstarter in January 2014. The accessible price defied the trend of similarly priced disposable furniture pieces at the time. Unlike many other brands, Floyd put …

60 Years of Sergio Rodrigues’ Mole Chair

Espasso celebrates the Brazilian designer's iconic, comfort-first leather furniture

The Rio de Janeiro-born Sergio Rodrigues, who passed away just a few years ago, wasn’t called the father of Brazilian furniture lightly. His penchant for comfort, and beautiful local woods like jacaranda, resulted in designs like his late ’50s Mole chair: an exquisite piece whose leather invites rest, rather than rigidity (“mole” translates to “soft” in Portuguese). Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the designer’s iconic …