Growing up in the suburbs of NYC, VoyVoy designer Nat Disston first learned to surf on the beaches of Long Island. But it wasn’t until he moved to the northern Florida surf town of Ponte Verda Beach in high school that he really developed a passion for the sport and the art of crafting surfboards. Working with his father, Disston began making and selling his …
by LinYee Yuan Since establishing her own studio in 2009, New York-based lighting designer Bec Brittain has established herself with stripped down, crystalline forms in brass and glass. During this year’s New York design week, the designer showed a more flamboyant and playful perspective, debuting four new pieces in her first solo show at E.R. Butler’s SoHo showroom. The exhibition expands on the design vocabulary …
For over five years now, NYC-based design studio Rich Brilliant Willing (RBW) has been on our radar, conceiving and debuting beautifully creative lighting, seating and table designs each year during NYC Design Week. In 2011 RBW made their ICFF debut with four products in a tiny 10′ x 10′ booth, for which they won Best New Designer. Now in their third consecutive year at the …
