Poppin’s Color-Conscious Evolution

The stylish office accessory company expands and refines its line

Poppin, the maker of stylish but affordable office products ranging from thumb tacks to notebooks to ping pong conference tables, launched its beta site the spring of 2011. Since then, the much-buzzed-about company has more than doubled in size, growing from 12 to 30 employees. With its official launch in September 2012, it debuted a refined website and a range of new designs and product …

Donkey & Friends

A menagerie of 3D-rendered, DIY paper lamps from an Austrian creative firm

After studying architecture together at the Vienna University of Technology, friends and designers Maik Perfahl and Wolfgang List went their separate ways. List continued his architectural education, working for different firms and focusing on interiors, while Perfahl decided to translate his interest in architecture into a degree in 3D design and visualization. The friends reunited soon afterward, forming their own firm, MOSTLIKELY, with three other …

The Made Collection

Designer David Okum introduces a line of mid-century-inspired wood home accessories

Driven to design a set of items that together form something greater than their individual parts, LA-based designer David Okum introduces The Made Collection. Now on Kickstarter, the handmade home and office accessories blend beautiful, mid-century modern-inspired aesthetics with contemporary crafting techniques. Aside from the solid aluminum trivet, the collection comprises hard white maple and American walnut to create a unified look and feel. The …