Nashville’s Holler Design

How one designer began making furniture with wood sourced from his family farm

by Chérmelle Edwards Matt Alexander grew up on a farm just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. After stints in Knoxville and Detroit, he found himself in Brooklyn, daydreaming about returning to his roots. His reverie eventually drew him back to his hometown, where he founded Holler Design—a furniture company that uses wood from fallen trees and designs from a workshop that once served as a general …

Maserati Centennial Gathering

The innovative Italian automaker celebrates 100 years with an awe-inspiring showcase of its historic legacy

Often times, the stories behind companies are something worth knowing, in particular when they talk about passion, intuition, genius, downfalls, and comebacks—and especially when each step is is punctuated with victories. Maserati was born in 1914, exactly 100 years ago. The mythical Italian brand is celebrating this important anniversary with a series of global events, which culminated in Torino, a city where Maserati is building …

Coco Reynolds’ Timber Pendant Lamps

Beautiful hanging lamps, hand-lathed using FSC-certified wood

by Chantel Tattoli In the field of furniture design, lighting is often overlooked, even though the right piece can define a room just as well as any Eames chair. Case in point: the beautiful timber pendant lamp creations by Sydneysider Coco Reynolds, designed to be either permanent fixtures in your home or temporarily hung from a hook on high—which could make them ideal options for …