The history of the chaise lounge chair is a fascinating journey through time, reflecting the evolution of design and the ever-changing tastes of society. From its ancient origins to today’s...

Patterns are found everywhere in design but when they are found in architecture the beauty of the repeated elements, curves and angles can become abstract in form. A winding staircase, beautiful...

How does a color become the color of the year?  What influences these palettes to make them successful, popular or a noted key color for an entire geographical region? Today, the top manufacturers...

The history of the Noguchi table starts in art. Isamu Noguchi, a Japanese-American industrial artist and designer, created a similar table for the president of the Museum of Modern Art in 1939. So...

If only all design “failures” were so successful. In the mid-1950s a plastics salesman approached George Nelson, director of design for the Herman Miller furniture company. The salesman was...

The Castiglioni brothers aimed for greatness; their visions of purity and functionality came to life in homes around the world in the early 1960s, touching each with the comfortable luxury...