Buddies by Apparatus

Geometric sconces in brass and glass designed for bold, customizable wall installations

While scanning the stands in the Barker Hanger at Santa Monica’s West Edge Design Fair last week, the Apparatus booth gave off a beckoning glow. The design studio’s stunning light fixtureswhich combine new and salvaged components made from glass, aged brass, leather and porcelainare capable of much more than mere illumination. With Buddies, Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson of NYC-based Apparatus have launched a series …

Cool Hunting Video: Hot Wheels Design Studio

A look under the hood at America's iconic toy car manufacturer

Sponsored content: A recent voyage to El Segundo, California, brought us to the doors of the Mattel headquarters. Inside, we were given the chance to take a behind-the-scenes look at the Hot Wheels design studio, and spent some time with the head of design. We learned all about the brand’s design ethos, new products and the never-ending joys of being a toy designer. Also on …

Melbourne Furniture Project by Sigurd Larsen

Danish architect Sigurd Larsen draws upon travel memories for his new desert-inspired furniture collection

by Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi When MINI Australia tapped Berlin-based Sigurd Larsen to exhibit furniture as part of their temporary concept space, little did they know the Danish-born architect would translate his wanderlust memories of Australia’s deserts into the Melbourne Furniture Project. For this project, Larsen created a family of furniture, experimenting with materials that possess qualities that are a similitude of the continent’s rugged, sun-kissed terrain—enduring, …