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Throwback Thursday: The Campanas’ Alligator Chair Redux is Decidedly Less Cuddly
Since founding their studio in São Paulo in 1983, ahead of Brazil’s newfound status as a global destination for design, brothers Humberto and Fernando Campana have garnered renown for their ability to...
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Throwback Thursday: The Bare Bulb’s Encore in the Spotlight
Since making its debut during the International Contemporary Furniture Fair this year, the viral popularity of Mineheart’s new King Edison Pendant Lamp (ostensibly a chandelier within a massive Edison...
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Throwback Thursday: Remembering the Late Niels Diffrient, Father of Ergonomics
The design world experienced a great loss earlier this month when Niels Diffrient, a visionary in the field of ergonomics, died of cancer at age 84. “His pioneering work in ergonomics made the...
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Throwback Thursday: Someone Recreated Verner Panton’s S Chair With a Chainsaw...
Someone’s done this cantilevered chair before — just not the man you’re thinking of. Matthias Brandmaier’s Wooden Panton Chair A wise architecture editor once said that he wished design schools would...
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Throwback Thursday: Back to the Future of L.A. Civic Architecture
In the mid-1960s, the heart of the new civic architecture in Los Angeles was the dual project to construct the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the mid-Wilshire district and the Music Center in the...
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Throwback Thursday: Thomas Edison’s Failed Attempt as an Architect
Concrete, the material used to build our roads and sidewalks, is a designer’s dream. Not only is it copiously abundant, its malleability lends itself to a range of architectural styles, from the...
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Throwback Thursday: Architectural Transgression in the Art World
Frank Gehry’s 1997 Guggenheim Bilbao, with its dramatically curling swaths of titanium and steel, is without a doubt an extraordinary building. In light of ARTINFO’s recent survey of the different...
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Throwback Thursday: The Avian Origins of Tom Dixon’s Sinuous S-Chair
Design lovers and critics alike constantly seek out stories of inspiration, the convenient narratives that explain the origins of a given form. The sinuous curves of London-based designer Tom Dixon’s...
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Throwback Thursday: Two International Shows Recall Why Franz West’s Furniture...
It’s a very fine line that separates functional art from sculptural design, one that the late Franz West regularly challenged with the participatory nature of his work. He once declared that, “It...
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Throwback Thursday: Recasting Arne Jacobsen in Silver
Arne Jacobsen’s 1958 Swan Chair for Fritz Hansen is an ideal lounge chair for a variety of reasons. Its cushy ergonomics cradle the body; it comes in every color; and it even swivels, all fantastic...
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