The "desirable" aesthetic of a standard mass-produced tin can has informed the shape of this stool designed by Lennart and Lauren Leerdam. Called Paperthin, the stool is made from a 0.5 millimetre ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “Is my brain a poorly furnished apartment?” It’s a question asked by Swiss artist Peter Fischli, along with “am I ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Over the past decade, the annual MPavilion program has changed Melbourne’s cultural landscape – literally. A hit list of ...

A lamp. A xylophone. A wine bottle holder. A flowerpot. A mirror. A tie hanger. An ironing board. And the list goes on. These items may not sound visibly connected – yet they are among more than 100 ...

In the world of contemporary furniture design, has there been a stool as beautifully functional – or as copied? Stool 60 was created by Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) and it ...

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Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Artek stool 60, which was designed in 1933 and so celebrates its 80th anniversary this year, was a revolutionary ...