11.13.15
Up and Coming
Grande Edition, Furniture Designers
The gorgeous, angular furniture designs of Grande Edition pull off a neat trick — looking sleek and light while having the weight and permanence associated with natural stone.
11.10.15
Up and Coming
Swiss Product and Furniture Designer Adrien Rovero
The work of Swiss designer Adrien Rovero has a certain recognizable Western European vibe — simple, often rounded forms paired with planes of solid color and an understated element of playfulness or cleverness. There's always a small innovation, a small twist. That latter part is what Rovero particularly excels at.
10.28.15
Up and Coming
Amsterdam Designer Germans Ermics
The work that Latvian-born, Amsterdam-based designer Germans Ermics does is hardly rocket science — he simply adds gradients of color to planes of glass and mirror, then assembles them into furniture pieces or more sculptural compositions. And yet the results, when we first saw them at the Milan Furniture Fair this past April, totally floored us.
10.22.15
Shopping
Melbourne Furniture Designers Pop & Scott
Shortly after meeting one another, Poppy Lane and Scott Gibson realized they had a shared habit of dreaming up possibilities for running their own businesses. Their initial ideas for a joint venture ranged from a hip retro bike shop to a hangover café. What they finally ended up launching, however, was more of an accident: A furniture line called Pop & Scott, which grew organically from the couple’s attempts to create pieces for their own home that they wanted, but couldn’t find in stores, which it turned out other people wanted, too.
10.20.15
Up and Coming
Macramé Wall Hangings by Himo Art
May Sterchi’s works of rope art and macramé combine a sculptural stillness with a fringy, shaggy flow that feels both of-the-moment and timeless.
10.12.15
Up and Coming
Istanbul’s Day Studio Merges Turkish Crafts With Contemporary Design
DAY Studio began as an extension of Doganberk Demir and Yesim Eroktem's ECAL thesis project, in which they channeled their Turkish heritage to work collaboratively with local manufacturers and craftsmen in and around Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, creating reinterpretations of traditional Turkish objects.
09.30.15
Up and Coming
SARKOS, a Brooklyn Wallpaper Company
One of the primary objectives of Sight Unseen OFFSITE has always been to feature up-and-coming designers who are experimenting with materials and processes in interesting, and often very personal, ways. So we were delighted earlier this year to welcome Stephanie Dedes Reimers’s just-launched wallpaper company SARKOS to our line-up. SARKOS — whose name translates from an Ancient Greek word for the tactile sense of our earthly spirit — mixes deeply personal inspiration with fine art, hand-painting techniques, creating a line of papers that are muted and highly individual.
09.24.15
Up and Coming
Norwegian Product Designers Gunzler Polmar
Gunzler Polmar, led by ceramicist Victoria Gunzler and furniture designer Sara Wright Polmar, haven't churned out a ton of work just yet, but the projects they have designed — including their new textile series launched this week at 100% Norway in London — display an eye for form, proportion, and material that certainly merits further attention.
09.22.15
Up and Coming
Norwegian Product Designers Stokke Austad
It's a bit strange to call Stokke Austad Up and Coming, especially since their current project list includes the interior design for a major new wing of Oslo's airport. But this week we're spotlighting three of our favorite studios presenting new work at this year's edition of 100% Norway at the London Design Festival, and we'd be remiss if we didn't include them in that list.
09.21.15
Up and Coming
Norwegian Furniture Designer Silje Nesdal
This week we're showcasing three Norwegian studios showing new work as part of this year's 100% Norway at the London Design Festival. First up is Silje Nesdal, who began her career with a short stint in fashion and textiles, then incorporated those skills into a furniture practice, creating objects that are functional and honest in their construction.
09.15.15
Up and Coming
London Graphic Designer Peter Judson
London illustrator Peter Judson's work is as if Ettore Sottsass and Richard Scarry had a child and sent it to architectural drafting school.
09.10.15
Up and Coming
Chicago Artist Trek Matthews
If you’re a dedicated Sight Unseen reader, the name Trek Matthews may ring a bell since we featured his work just a few months ago — paintings of pastel-colored shapes, intersecting and receding into the distance, that were inspired by transit stations and the directional signage of Asia. This time we’re delving a little deeper into his inspiration and process as part of our series featuring the work of four artists who were commissioned to create large-scale installations at Dolby’s new headquarters in San Francisco.