Top Ten: Best of the Web This Week

Amy Feezor — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:29 +0000

Here is a look at what we’ve been bookmarking this week.

1. NYCxDESIGN, New York City’s inaugural event to showcase and promote design of all disciplines, starts today and runs through May 21.

2. “12 Homes Made from Shipping Containers” at Design Milk.

3. This piece on the power of co-working spaces by the New York Times.

4. Esoteric Survey’s post on photos of the Eames House from the Aline and Eero Saarinen Papers.

5. Dexinger’s look at our new Mirra 2 work chair by Studio 7.5.

6. This mid-century modern home in Phoenix, Arizona, renovated by John P. Twigg and Steve Watson at Plastolux.

7. The light-filled Berlin home by architectural firm + Quehl Miethe featured at automatism.

8. Inthralld’s look at the loft that houses boutique billboard company Prince Media Co. in New York City.

9. Info on “Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America,” an exhibit beginning June 14 at Cranbrook Art Museum, on Dwell.com.

10. Another not-to-be-missed exhibition: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec’s retrospective show at Les Arts Decoratif in Paris beginning September 1. Details at It’s Nice That.

Featured in photo: Osso Chair by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec

On the Menu: Authentic Design

Amy Feezor — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:00:07 +0000

A memorable dining experience comes not only from the food you eat, but also from the space that surrounds you. Here’s how a few restaurants across the globe bring design to the table using pieces by Herman Miller and our partners Magis and Mattiazzi.

Designer Nitzan Cohen used his confident He Said Chair and its quieter partner, the She Said Chair, when creating the interior of the cafe-restaurant TABLE at the Schirn Kunsthalle art gallery in Frankfurt. (Photo: via Mattiazzi)

Prague’s Italian eatery Peperoncino keeps its simple with the Steelwood Chair, a design by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Magis that merges the warmth of wood with the strength of steel. (Photo: via magisdesign.com)

Chef Alain Ducasse choose Sam Hecht and Kim Colin’s graceful Branca Chairs for Mattiazzi for the tables at his Rech restaurant in Paris. (Photo: via Mattiazzi)

The distinctive Osso Chair by brothers and designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Matiazzi have found a home at the new St. Helliers Cafe, Bar, and Bistro in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo: Babiche Martens)

A classic by Ray and Charles Eames — their Molded Plastic Side Chair — serves up style and comfort at the organic and sustainable Toast restaurant in Oakland, CA. (Photo: toastoakland.com)

Top photo: restaurantpaustian.dk; Restaurant Paustian in Copenhagen

Herman Miller blog: Lifework » osso chair

Top Ten: Best of the Web This Week

On the Menu: Authentic Design