When I first saw the Bloemenwerf armchair by Belgian artist and designer Henry van de Velde over at Bonluxat, I thought my eyes were deceiving me. At first glance, it looks like an armchair that’s stacked on top of another – or at least part of another. It was a bit disorienting, until I looked […]

“The grandeur that was Rome, the glory that was Greece.”
These are words that are apt to bring goose bumps to many literary or history fans. For some reason, antiquities relating to Greece and the Roman Empire have a universal appeal. Ruins of buildings dating back to those ancient days remain popular tourist attractions. The Capitello […]

There is a surfeit of contract furniture nowadays. I mean, just browse the Internet and you’ll see chairs and tables of all shapes, sizes, and colors. A whole lot of them are the creations of young designers, and probably just as many are the brainchildren of established designers, those who have already established a reputation […]