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Jens Risom: A Seat at the Table by Vicky Lowry (Phaidon) is the first monograph of the Danish-American designer’s work, surveying his life, prolific career of influential designs, and his legacy. Risom helped introduce Scandinavian design to the U.S., first for Knoll and then through his own company. Metlmarvelst was honored to collaborate with him…

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 bowls, vases, and glasses that feature a mix of transparent colored shards against an opaque white background. Made in Italy.

Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melv’ was inspired by ancient Etruscan pottery and Umbrian craft traditions in designing the striking Ikiperu Pyx, a lidded ceramic box named for an Etruscan goddess. Bold color blocking and shifts in texture define Melv”s contemporary interpretation of this ecclesiastical form. The handmade lidded box combines glazed and unglazed ceramic for…

Design for Children, a must have book for all style conscious and design savvy readers, documents the evolution of design for babies, toddlers, and beyond. The book spotlights more than 450 beautiful, creative, stylish, and clever examples of designs created exclusively for kids – from toys, furniture, and tableware, to textiles, lights, and vehicles.

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 B32 Vessel II (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 slim handmade vessel can be used to hold…

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…