A marble table with a metal frame and a marble block.
Photography courtesy of Slash.

January 26, 2026

Words: Rebecca Thienes

8 Designers Bringing A Jolt Of Joy Indoors

From a wooden chair with a carved bow to a gravity-defying credenza, discover how these designers craft furnishings that feel soulful and alive.

Interior Accents With Personality

Emiliana Gonzalez and Jessie Young of Estudio Persona

Two women standing next to each other women.
Photography courtesy of Flor Crosta.
A brown leather couch with a pillow on it.
Photography courtesy of Flor Crosta.

Product: Abrazo.
standout A chicly relaxed lounge chair—its moniker Spanish for hug—by Los Angeles–based Uruguayan duo Estudio Persona embraces the sitter in creased, tucked, and pleated espresso leather. Through Verso.

Roman Alonso and Steven Johanknecht for Christopher Farr

Two men standing next to each other
Photography by Stephen Kent Johnson.
A blue rug with green and purple flowers.
Photography courtesy of Commune Design.

Product: Big Poppy Winter.
Standout: The Commune Design principals’ fourth collaboration with the heritage rug maker Christopher Farr is a trip, introducing a hand-knotted wool rug with technicolor blooms referencing 1970’s California counterculture.

Jane Yang-D’Haene of D-Haene Studio

A woman is painting.
Photography by Loeve Foundation.
A vase with a snake on it.
Photography courtesy of D-Haene Studio.

Product: Untitled, 2025.
Standout: Ceramicist Jane Yang-D’Haene’s debut solo show in Mumbai, India, included a stoneware vessel modeled on the traditional Korean dal hang-ari (moon jar) but with contemporary flourishes. Through Nilaya Anthology.

Stine Aas for Herman Miller

A woman sitting on a chair with a laptop.
Photography courtesy of Herman Miller.
A square table with a wooden base.
Photography courtesy of Herman Miller.

Product: Land.
Standout: Traditional timber construction like mortise-and-tenon joinery informed Norwegian designer Stine Aas’s clean-of-line trestle-base dining table for Herman Miller, available in umber-stained or natural white oak. stained or natural white oak.

Ferréol Babin for Cassina

A man sitting on a stool.
Photography by Valentina Sommariva.
A red lamp with a white light on it.
Photography courtesy of Cassina.

Product: Polyshape.
Standout: Its stacked geometries available in four metallic colorways, the dimmable LED table, or floor, lamp by French designer Ferréol Babin for Cassina explores rationality versus playfulness.

Sam Klemick of Studio Sam Klemick

A woman with long blonde hair and black shirt.
Photography by Ye Rin Mok.
A wooden chair with a bow on it.
Photography by Simon Leung.

Product: Trumpet.
Standout: Former knitwear designer turned sculptor Sam Klemick exhibits her fashion and woodworking prow­ess with the limited-edition dining chair, its back donning a carved-wood bow.

Arielle Assouline-Lichten of Slash Objects

A woman in a black jacket and white shirt.
Photography by Nikolaz Le Coq.
A marble table with a metal frame and a marble block.
Photography courtesy of Slash.

Product: Coexist.
Standout: A gravity-defying credenza by the architect and Slash founder, who just opened a downtown New York showroom, steadies a brushed-aluminum storage unit on an onyx base.

Charlie Dumais for Nickey Kehoe

A man with a mustache and a shirt
Photography by Allegra Anderson.
A wooden chandelier hanging from a ceiling.
Photography courtesy of Nickey Kehoe.

Product: Cuvette.
Standout: The cofounder of Connecticut-based Dumais Made hand-built the pendant fixture of clay sourced from Massachusetts for Nickey Kehoe, and textured it with an antique rolling pin used for making spaghetti.

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