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Puck is ENEA’s mobile soft-seating collection that’s as decorative as it is practical, with a fresh and friendly form that’s putting the fun into functionality. Puck’s simple, lightweight form is a versatile choice for a range of workplace environments and purposes. Casters make it an agile and easily portable solution for collaboration, meetings and socialising, and it can be upholstered...

LZF’s Koi pendant is a surreal and ethereal addition to IZAKAYA Asian Kitchen & Bar in Munich where its glowing form floats above the communal dining table. The sculptural pendant is a dramatic and decorative light, a wood-veneer creature designed by Inocuo The Sign and LZF Lab. It’s a fitting choice for this modern Japanese restaurant as the koi carp...

Congratulation to Bart Lens for winning the Henry van de Velde Lifetime Achievement Award 2017, which was presented in Brussels on 30 January 2018. Lens is a Flemish architect and designer who has created some of EDEN Design’s most evocative and functional lighting pieces. The Henry van de Velde Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a designer or design studio...

The European furniture fair season is in full swing with IMM Cologne, Maison&Objet and Stockholm Furniture Fair giving us a preview of what to expect this year. Here are just some of the latest releases from a few of our favourite brands. Artifort unveiled its updated Mare sofa collection at IMM Cologne. Designed by René Holten in 2003, the Mare...

Sebastian Herkner is making his name designing for EMU and Sancal, with furniture driven by needs and his observations of nature. German-born Herkner studied product design at Offenbach University of Art and Design where he explored how to combine new technologies with traditional craftsmanship to highlight the beauty of materials and attention to detail. He interned at Stella McCartney in...

EMU has been designing and manufacturing outdoor furniture since the 1960s and its legacy is punctuated by such greats as the mid-century Rio and more recent Ronda chairs. Now EMU’s Vetta Chair continues to capture the essence of outdoor living with its classic deck chair design. Vetta Chair is by Alfredo Chiaramonte and Marco Marin of ChiaramonteMarin Design Studio. The...

Milanese mosaic designer Orodè Deoro has transformed Vondom’s Curvado planter with a hand-cut ceramic coating for an exhibition at Chemin des Arts in Chartres, France. At 180 centimetres in height, the planter is taller than the artist and features a woman’s face and upper body at the front, and a parrot at the back. Created by Deoro and his brother...

Voting for Interior Design’s Best of Year awards closes on 16 October. We’ve placed our votes. Have you? Interior Design’s Best of Year awards ceremony honours the most significant work of the year, and recognises the designers, architects and manufacturers that created them. Five KE-ZU brands are nominated this year with a variety of outstanding products that we can certainly attest to...

Manhattan meets Melbourne at Kisumé, the Lucas Group’s newest hospitality venue designed by Wood Marsh Architecture with interiors by Fabio Ongarato Design. Kisumé means “a pure obsession with beauty,” and it is evident throughout the Flinders Lane restaurant and bar. Spread across three levels of a former 1950s office building, Kisumé is a moody, sleek and understated space, like an...

MUT Design is a Spanish practice that’s redefining the design of everyday objects. Creating distinctive and surprising pieces for brands such as Sancal and Expormim, MUT Design’s products have an unmistakable identity. Founded by Alberto Sánchez in 2010, MUT Design is a multidisciplinary team of designers that seek to offer a fresh take on the everyday by finding new forms...