Tag: Re-Editions

Braun + Virgil Abloh Revisit the Brand’s Iconic Wandanlage Hi-Fi Wall Unit

Celebrating 100 years with a chrometastic "functional art piece"

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With admirable restraint Braun and Virgil Abloh have gone to the archive and updated one of the brand’s most sculptural designs, the sleek, horizontal 1965 Wandanlage Hi-Fi wall unit. The original’s powder white coated metal is replaced with polished chrome; while that may have been too much in 1965, it’s well suited to 2021. The chrome references both the brands frequent use of the material …

60 Years of Sergio Rodrigues’ Mole Chair

Espasso celebrates the Brazilian designer's iconic, comfort-first leather furniture

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The Rio de Janeiro-born Sergio Rodrigues, who passed away just a few years ago, wasn’t called the father of Brazilian furniture lightly. His penchant for comfort, and beautiful local woods like jacaranda, resulted in designs like his late ’50s Mole chair: an exquisite piece whose leather invites rest, rather than rigidity (“mole” translates to “soft” in Portuguese). Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the designer’s iconic …