The Art of Living
LIGHTING By Rob Hanson Last updated: June 15,...
Ib Kofod-Larsen designed the Seal Lounge Chair for a Swedish maker and named it after a ski resort. Inside the floating shell, the angled frame, and where this Danish classic works.
Arne Jacobsen designed the Louis Poulsen AJ Floor Lamp in 1957 for the SAS Royal Hotel, his most complete commission. Inside the design logic, the angled shade, and where it works.
The Muuto Outline Sofa by Anderssen and Voll solves the looks-vs-comfort tradeoff in Scandinavian seating. Deep seat, clean silhouette, extensive Kvadrat upholstery options.
The Alvar Aalto stool has sold around eight million units since 1933. Inside the Artek Stool 60, the L-leg that made it possible, the three- and four-legged versions, and how it lives in a Canadian home.
String Furniture's 2026 dark oak collection brings FSC-certified wood shelves, cabinets, and the String Pocket together with dark brown steel panels. A warmer, richer material character for the iconic system.
Blu Dot has been designing modern furniture in Minneapolis since 1997. Inside the brand's heritage, design philosophy, and five signature pieces worth knowing: Field, Decade, Hot Mesh, Sunday, and Strut.
Muuto's outdoor furniture across four material families. Inside the Linear Steel Series, Settle upholstered lounge, Fiber Outdoor shells, and Assemble teak collection, all designed for Scandinavian living.
A modular candle holder designed in 1960s Cologne, born from three finger-holes in alpine snow, and reissued by a Danish company in 2015 from Werner Stoff's original drawings.
A Toronto modern furniture brand designing for three different ways to sit. Inside the tailored Mulholland, the mid-century Jane 2, and the cloud-soft Sola, plus the contract-grade engineering underneath.
Muuto commissions designers from London to Toronto to reinterpret what a lamp should be. Inside the Strand, Leaf, Ambit, Set, and E27, and the design ethos that connects all five pieces.
From a 1947 brief for democratic Danish furniture to the Fredericia catalogue. Inside Borge Mogensen, the conviction across four decades, and the J39, Hunting Chair, Spanish Chair, and 6284 Table.
