Charged: Ingo Maurer Interview

The celebrated industrial designer speaks on the importance of spontaneity, taking risks and trusting your team

Few industrial designers have earned a foothold in the greater creative culture like Ingo Maurer, the German-born, New York-based designer of lighting and lighting installations. In the decades since founding his own design practice, Ingo Maurer GmbH, the celebrated designer has been exhibited in some of the world’s most prestigious museums, created custom installations for private art collectors and Parisian fashion shows, and received more …

JS Watch Co. Reykjavik

Classic timepieces designed and assembled by hand in Iceland

A quiet, colorful city at first glance, Reykjavik bubbles with creativity—just like the geothermal activity under its feet. As the cultural hub of Iceland, the city houses every type of designer, from fashion to furniture and, in this case, watches. JS Watch Co. stands as Iceland’s only watchmaker, designing and assembling handsome timepieces in their unbelievably small workshop-meets-storefront on Laugavegur Street, Reykjavik’s main drag. Founded …

Method Studio: Stasis

A bike storage furniture piece fit for a gallery born out of an unlikely collaboration

On the outskirts of Edinburgh, overlooking the famous Forth Bridge, designer and woodworker Callum Robinson’s most pressing issue at the moment is keeping his Border Collie puppy from chewing up the furniture. Robinson is the co-founder and Creative Director at Method Studio, founded in 2009 and based in the idyllic Royal Burgh of Linlithgow with the sole mission to make things that are beautiful and …