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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.

The Swirl Multi Candelabra by Tom Dixon (2019) is a bold, sculptural candleholder with a striking silhouette, coloration, and personality. It’s made using recycled powdered marble mixed with pigment and resin to create solid, heavy blocks that are then hand cut and turned on a lathe. Each piece features unique patterns due to the pigmentation…

Designed by the Milan-based studio B’te-Bottari, the Riflessi Vase Collection (2017) offers a contemporary take on Venetian glass to complement floral arrangements from a single bud to a tall display. Artisans mouth-blow the vessels from transparent borosilicate glass, rendering each unique. The vases also may be exhibited without flowers, either alone or grouped together for…

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…

Cult floral designers Taylor Darroch Putnam and Michael Putnam’s Flower Color Theory, the follow-up to their acclaimed global bestseller, Flower Color Guide, is the only guide that uses color theory as the starting point for floral design. The book features 175 arrangements that show myriad ways to combine flowers of different shades and hues, all…

Dieter Rams is one of the most influential product designers of the twentieth century, who, for more than sixty years, has been defining the look, feel, and function of some of the world’s best-loved consumer items. Using his “ten principles for good design” as a philosophy and practice for improving the industry in a more…

Inspired by memories of lazy ’70s summers spent surfing in her hometown of Byron Bay, Australia designer Sarah Ellison’s Byron Dunes candle blends sweet-smelling citrus zest with minty eucalyptus. Each ELLISON STUDIOS. candle, made with a vegan soy wax blend and fine fragrance oils, is meticulously hand-poured by Joya Studio in New York. Made in…