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The Hemisphere Clock (2021) began with an investigation of wall clocks on the market, revealing a homogeneity of designs ‘ mostly flat discs of about the same size. With Hemisphere, designer Henry Julier offers a counterpoint: The clock floats off the wall, a sculptural form that is as dynamic as it is functional. Includes a…

Squares, circles, ovals, and cylinders merge to magical effect in the Sphere Vase. Each bears the hand of the maker, with intricate detailing and a subtle, unique color brought out by the firing. Use them to hold dried summer blooms or group them together to create an eye-catching display. Made of ceramic. Not water-safe.

For more than two decades, Jenifer Green and her team at Greentree Home have been making candles in the foothills of the Catskills Mountains. Everything they make is 100% pure beeswax, a material they choose because it burns cleanly, gives off a subtle sweet scent, and produces a luminous glow. Their Josee Pillar Candle is…

A kosher design, the Ascalon Menorah (2011) has eight facets that correspond to the eight days of Chanukah, with left and right diagonals creating an 18-degree angle. In Judaism, 18 is a very important number symbolizing chai, or ‘life.’ Eight candles are arranged in a line on one level and a ninth, the shamash (used…

Spanish designer Jaime Hayon immersed himself as a teenager in both skateboard culture and graffiti art, which lie at the core of the bold and whimsical forms that he creates today. In 1997, after studying industrial design in Madrid and Paris, he joined Fabrica, a research center in Treviso, Italy, where he soon became the…

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…

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,…