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19 Products Specified in A+Awards-Winning Projects
Discover lighting, furniture, fixtures, facades, and materials recommended by the leading architects featured in METROPOLIS’s July/August 2026 issue.
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9 Perfect Lounge Chairs for Waiting out Winter
A selection of comfortable chairs designed for relaxation offer new takes on a design staple.
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Cappellini’s New Lud’o Chair Is A Sustainable Spin on Timeless Italia
How a collaboration with Milanese designer Patricia Urquiola is putting an unconventional spin on the traditional armchair.
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11 New Seating Options from NeoConnect
For remote workspaces and new spatially distanced offices, the quest for the best seating begins at NeoCon's digital design hub.
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How Fermob Sparked a Revolution in Public Space
Even in the age of social distancing, the brand’s iconic French Bistro chair can teach us about coming together in public space.
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A New Video Takes Viewers Into the Vitra Design Museum’s Chair Collection
"Chair Times: A History of Seating from 1800 to Today" is a white-gloved tour of the museum's encyclopedic collection of chairs.
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A New Wave of Furniture for Home or Office
New collections from Room & Board and National Office Furniture show that the crossover resimercial trend is here to stay.
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Furniture Collection Reinterprets Nordic Design, with Help from Formica
The Kolho series couples curling Scandinavian plywood with angular Formica planes.
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Sitting Alone in Public: How the Café Chair Defined Modern Urban Culture
Beginning with Thonet's innovations two centuries ago, the development of the café chair typology reflects upheavals in cities and design.
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Designer Christien Meindertsma Is Pushing the Design Possibilities of Humble Flax
An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago shows how Meindertsma is using flax to create sustainable furniture and objects.
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Molteni&C’s New Woody Chair Is an Exercise in Simplicity and Comfort
Designed by Francesco Meda, the chair's thoughtful construction and sensitivity toward posture puts it in a class of its own.
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Designer Johan Lindstén’s Wild Take on Embroidery for Cappellini
The Swedish designer relied on old school handicraft methods to create an utterly unique new chair for the Italian furniture manufacturer.
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Don Chadwick on 50 Years of NeoCon
On the occasion of NeoCon's 50th Anniversary, Chadwick reflects on his career and the design industry's evolution.
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Using a Newly-Developed Polymer, Steelcase Aims to Reinvent the Office Chair
The polymer, which captures the springlike flexibility of carbon fiber, lets the chair behave more like a living organism and less like a machine.
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How Barber Osgerby Designed the Tip Ton Chair for Vitra
In the new book "Barber Osgerby Projects," the design firm delves into several of its iconic works, from the Tip Ton Chair to the 2012 London Summer Olympics torch.
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The Knock-Off Effect: Who You’re Really Cheating When You Buy Copies
Many consumers jump at the chance to own a beautiful piece of furniture at a fraction of the price. But this seemingly innocuous practice is anything but.
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The Challenge of a Chair: Students Compete to Create One-of-a-Kind Chair
For the past 13 years, Wilsonart has been hosting student chair design competition to challenge students to create a unique design.
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Olson Kundig’s Kristen Murray: Finding Inspiration in Bruno Mathsson
Avid collector of Bruno Mathsson's furniture, Kristen Murray discusses where her love of the Swedish designer's creations stems from.
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Sergio Rodrigues, Icon of Brazilian Midcentury Design, Dies at 86
The celebrated Brazilian designer died Monday at 86.
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How One Chair Launched a New Italian Manufacturer
An Italian company rooted in wood craftsmanship takes a bold new direction.