Forget Upholstery: Lærke Ryom Tailors Furniture Instead

Forget Upholstery: Lærke Ryom Tailors Furniture Instead

Most upholstered furniture is essentially furniture under stress. Fabric gets stretched, stapled, pulled taut, and forced into submission over rigid frames. It is, fundamentally, a question of control. Danish designer Lærke Ryom looked at that process and decided to do the opposite. Her debut solo exhibition, Raiments, now open at Innenkreis gallery in central Copenhagen,…

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The Case for Heirloom Furniture in an Era Obsessed With Biodegradable Everything

The Case for Heirloom Furniture in an Era Obsessed With Biodegradable Everything

Joe Doucet has always been good at saying uncomfortable things politely. His latest provocation, delivered via Columns, a furniture collection with Bulgarian studio Oublier, is that the design industry’s obsession with biodegradable materials might be missing the point entirely. Furniture made from mycelium or algae can decompose in five years, sure, but a well-made antique…

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Reconstructing Value turns banknotes into benches

Reconstructing Value turns banknotes into benches

If you’ve ever dreamed about sitting on a fortune, literally, you’ll get a chance to do so at London Design Festival with the Bank of England Museum’s newest pop‑up, “Reconstructing Value”. A collaboration between designer Saskia Boersma, the Surface Matter collective and the material studio Plasticiet transforms £2.5 million worth of withdrawn British banknotes into a series of…

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