Casamania 2014 Highlights

Steel, leather and glow-in-the-dark wood from the Italian furnishing brand, as seen during Milan Design Week

Italy’s Casamania really understands the value of presenting a comprehensive brand aesthetic across all avenues—including products and media. We recently saw the latest collection of handsome home furnishings at Salone del Mobile during Milan Design Week 2014. Within the impressive the collection, there were a few standout pieces; including the Lumen coffee table, Network bookcase and Raphia Rocking chair. Each comes from a different designer, …

Simon Legald of Normann Copenhagen

Our brief chat with the young Dane about his methods for designing on a diverse scale

Each year during Milan Design Week we look forward to checking in on brands whose work we continuously admire. Normann Copenhagen is always an inspiring stop, and during our visit to Salone del Mobile in 2013, newcomer Simon Legald‘s work was of particular appeal. This year, while browsing the latest furniture and design objects created in the brand’s signature style—one essentially summarized as unconventional designs …

Link About It: L’ArcoBaleno

Earthquake-proof tables, Brazilian modern, Brooklyn's Souda studio and more in the stories culled from the online market's cast of talent

Helmed by Design Miami co-founder Ambra Medda, L’ArcoBaleno is an extraordinary online marketplace for the cultured design enthusiast. To provide further insight on the often laboriously handcrafted objects they purvey, the well-informed team has created a rich source of editorial content, which includes interviews and studio visits with their international roster of designers, travel stories tracing design wares back to their origins, intriguing history lessons …