After Zaha Hadid’s untimely death last year, British luxury shoe and accessory brand Charlotte Olympia paid tribute by launching a two piece collection they collaborated on with the late designer’s firm, Zaha Hadid Design. The limited edition designs, a platform wedge shoe and a clutch bag, perfectly merge the aesthetics of both entities and are…

Even before Thanksgiving, everyone I know was decorating their homes with red, white, and green everything. Now that Thanksgiving is officially over and I feel like it’s finally appropriate to start celebrating the holidays, I’m in full decorating mode but I’m not the biggest fan of red and green hues. Fortunately, Society6’s artists know how…

Elina Ulvio is back with a series of reversible pendant lights that were inspired by the moon. Kuu, which is Finnish for ‘moon’, are designed to provide direct and indirect light by simply rotating the pendant’s inner circle. Thanks to its wireless connection, the light can rotate endlessly within its oval enclosure. The lamp can…

There’s something about shopping for kids that feels way more fun than adults, right? Maybe it’s getting to re-live our childhood during the hunt for the perfect gift, or seeing the unfiltered joy on the face of the child opening it. Either way, you can’t beat it. From books to blocks to playhouses, we’ve rounded…

Mary Murphy is the Senior Vice President of Design at Maharam, which she joined in 1992 after a stint at Herman Miller. The New York-based brand has been a prominent force in the textile world since 1902 and was acquired by Herman Miller in 2013. Murphy graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design’s masters…

Two designers with two different stylistic visions are featured in an exhibition that celebrates and reinterprets an innovative wood pattern. The exhibition is called Re – Connection. At the start of the 1980s, Ettore Sottsass collaborated with Vittorio Alpi of ALPI on a new material. Having been familiar with the ALPI wood surfaces for his…

Is there anything more of an oxymoron than a “creative open space”? Although promoted by management as the spark to ignite creativity, studies are proving what most creatives always have known: “Forcing creative people to ‘collaborate’ simply blunts their creativity”. Simply put, the creative process require solitude – a need served by MZPA’s The Planet…

We all know them and we all love them. You know who they are – that person who is just impossible to buy for, the one you dread shopping for because they just seem to have everything. Since you can’t just mark them off your gift list, you might as well dive in and get…