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Brooklyn-based ceramics studio SIN was founded by multi-disciplinary designer Virginia Sin in 2006. One of her first clients was Design Within Reach, and we share her passion for ‘putting the fun into the functional.’ Her Bacchus Bookends, which Sin likes to say ‘are as strong as your vocabulary,’ are handmade stoneware forms that can be…
Based in Milan, Stories of Italy is a design studio that uses time-honored techniques to create beautifully crafted modern objects. Their Nougat Collection resulted from experiments reusing pieces of Murano blown glass, resulting in one-of-a-kind vases, bowls, and glasses that feature a mix of transparent colored shards against an opaque white background. Made in Italy.
A graduate of Duke University, Antares Yee is creative director of Sun at Six, a Brooklyn-based design studio interested in how spaces affect our everyday choices and interactions. For the Rise Bookstand (2017), Lee set out to create a piece to emphasize lower room perspectives. Handcrafted from solid black walnut, Rise’s modular design allows for…
Brooklyn-based ceramics studio SIN was founded by multi-disciplinary designer Virginia Sin in 2006. One of her first clients was Design Within Reach, and we share her passion for ‘putting the fun into the functional.’ Her handcrafted Venule 5-Way Vase is inspired by the small blood vessels in the human body that come together to keep…
The B32 Vessel I (2024), by Dumais Made for Design Within Reach, features the distinctive hand-applied texture of antique Swedish rolling pins. Each piece is rendered in muted colors and natural finishes, which reveal their character over time. Striking on its own or in a group, this handmade vessel can be used to hold flowers…
Inspired by memories of lazy ’70s summers spent surfing in her hometown of Byron Bay, Australia, designer Sarah Ellison’s Sunset Bonfire candle brings the outside in with notes of blood orange and cedar. Each ELLISON STUDIOS. candle, made with a vegan soy wax blend and fine fragrance oils, is meticulously hand-poured by Joya Studio in…
Designed by Isabella Hernandez, Berea Class of 2022, Bell Patch Placemats (2021) were inspired by the college’s commitment to mutual learning and service to Appalachian communities and students. It’s made using traditional quilting techniques and celebrates quilting as a powerful community-building activity. Isabella gave each student weaver the freedom to choose the overall composition of…
The Cobra Vases celebrate the absurd and playful silhouettes of the Cobra Arts Movement of the 1960s. The Cobra collection challenges the balance between soft and consistent shapes, playing with human silhouettes in contrast to architectural building components. The design is based on a few naive hand sketches by Kristian Sofus Hansen and Tommy Hyldahl,…
The Community Basket (2019), inspired by Shaker boxes, is carefully handcrafted from sustainably harvested white oak selected for both strength and fiber length, deftly joined by recyclable aluminum links. For this basket, ‘I wanted to build upon existing Appalachian traditions, but also Shaker traditions, which have a place in Appalachian history,’ explains designer Stephen Burks,…
Alexander Girard was the director of design for Herman Miller’s textile division from 1952 to 1973. He was asked to add an element of ‘aesthetic functionalism’ to Herman Miller’s first open-plan office system, called Action Office. He responded with more than 40 images for Environmental Enrichment Panels (1972), which are now available as quality, high-resolution…
John Kostick’s Foldable Stars (1965) began as models of mathematical concepts, particularly the structural-relationship principle known as tensegrity (or tensional integrity). ‘The abstract lines that define geometric forms are indicated by actual physical parts that interact synergetically,’ says the designer. ‘Thus symmetry and structural integrity are the results of the assemblage of simple linear components,…
Putting some fun in functional, each of the Red Moon Bowls (2017) has its own personality: the smallest features a handle that looks like a fruit slice, the medium sits upon little stick-like legs, and the large pairs those legs with handles that mimic outstretched arms. All the containers are handmade, fashioned from copper and…
Riflessi Vase