Wolfgang Schmidt’s 1973 design for a loose-leaf ring-bound Vitsœ catalogue was received so well by Dieter Rams and Niels Vitsœ that Rams insisted it was presented with a transparent cover to celebrate the contents. Exactly the same thinking was applied to Braun’s SK4 (Snow White’s Coffin) a couple of decades earlier.
Via Vitsœ.
Camo armchair created for Project Wooster by CoCoCo (The Comfortable Couch Company)
Mid-century modern Teak frame sofa by Danish architect and furniture designer Ib Kofod-Larsen, with new cushions upholstered in deadstock Hudson Bay blankets.
Via Sit and Read.
Polyhedron shaped bar in mahogany, laminate, lacquered wood, brass, and steel, designed by Ico and Luisa Parisi, 1955.
Via DoubleNeat.
Photography by Birgitta Wolfgang Drejer for Interiormagasinet.
Via April and May.
Dutch graphics studio Experimental Jetset has redesigned the logo for the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York as a slender W that changes shape to respond to its setting.
Via Dezeen.
Olivetti and Braun: Indicating Corporate Visions, designed by Takeo Nakano, 2013.
Via Gurafiku.
Pierre Paulin CM141 Desk designed in 1953 for Thonet, France.
Oak wood box with two drawers and black Formica top, black metal base.
Via AGAINST mid-century furniture.
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