13 Product Designs That Seamlessly Meld Form and Function
Designers get crafty (literally) with works showcasing the future of forms and materials
Felted Sculpture Designed by Christine Jacobs
Christine Jacobs, with her felted sculpture (made with merino wool sourced from her sixth-generation family farm in South Africa), exhibited at Southern Guild, Cape Town. southernguild.co.za
Echoes Mirror Designed by Marcela Cure
Echoes mirror series in hand-sculpted, -cast, and -painted resin-stone composite by Colombian designer Marcela Cure. marcelacure.com
Botanica Vitality by Calico
Ceramics by New York–based artist Cody Hoyt are translated into Botanica Vitality, a wallpaper or Type II commercial-grade PVC-free wallcovering by Calico. calicowallpaper.com
OO+II aluminum Plug-in Wall Lights Designed by Kiki Goti
New York–based Greek architect/designer Kiki Goti with her OO+II aluminum plug-in wall lights, featuring traditional Balkan motifs transformed via open-source AI tools such as Midjourney. kikigoti.com
Contour Lamps by Esque Studio
Andi Kovel’s Contour lamps in glazed hand-thrown ceramic and mold-blown glass by Esque Studio of Portland, Oregon. esque-studio.com
Mada Touch Sensor–Operated Lamps Designed by Arielle Assouline-Lichten
Mada touch sensor–operated brushed-aluminum lamps with green onyx or Arabescato marble shades by Arielle Assouline-Lichten of New York’s Slash Objects. slashobjects.com
all you need now is some oxygen coffee table by Kostas Lambridis
all you need now is some oxygen coffee table of concrete, glass, ceramic, and marble by Greek artist Kostas Lambridis, exhibited at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York. carpentersworkshopgallery.com
Cono Pots Designed by Masquespacio
Cono pots of 3D-printed clay hand-finished by Ana Milena Hernández Palacios and Christophe Penasse of Spanish design studio Masquespacio for their lifestyle brand, Mas Creations. mas-creations.com
Threshold Light by Alexis & Ginger
Threshold Light, a desk lamp or wall-hung sconce made of layered solid cherry by Ginger Gordon and Alexis Tingey of New York studio Alexis & Ginger. alexis-and-ginger.com
Hi Beam Lamps Designed by David Weeks Studio
The David Weeks Studio founder with his towering Hi Beam steel standing lamps, incorporating LED-lit frosted-acrylic cylinders and golden-yellow powder-coated bases. davidweeksstudio.com
Lamp by James Haywood and Aurora Shelving by AMCA OVAL Studio
French designer James Haywood’s lamp made from industrial waste atop Aurora aluminum modular-shelving system by Alexis Martial and Adrien Caillaudaud of Paris-based AMCA OVAL Studio. jameshaywood.me; amcaoval.com
Mani Rug and Chess Wallpaper Designed by Shanan Campanaro
Mani rug of merino wool with hand-cut bevels in Fire against Chess wallpaper in Multi, both by Shanan Campanaro of New York’s Eskayel, and based on her own paintings. eskayel.com
Purdah Mirror Designed by Urvi Sharma and Manan Narang
Purdah mirror with a reflection-softening brass veil suspended from a gilded bar, by Urvi Sharma and Manan Narang of Providence, Rhode Island, studio INDO-. indo-made.com
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