Laguna Beach design group CERNO just launched their line of plywood furniture at the recent FORD&CHING winter event earlier this month. Hundreds came to see the chair in the Kim Sing Theatre and were very surprised when the chair turned out to be incredibly comfortable despite it’s hard appearance. Design purists rejoiced at the thought: [...]

William Rollins and Brendan Sowersby started 100XBETTER knowing they could do better (maybe even one-hundred times) than what was available at big box stores like IKEA. That Ready-to-Assemble (RTA) had to be cheap and disposable did not wash with them, so in 1999, they launched a design-build company with roots in fine art and cabinetmaking. Their core idea was to take RTA to its most elegant iteration with improved materials, workmanship, and basic design. The partners consider the name their mission statement.

Our Swiss friends at Geneva have done it again. This little beauty puts other ipod docks to shame and makes them look (and sound) like toys.

High-density cork bowls by Jacob Marks have been honored by Wallpaper magazine’s Design of the Year.

The natural cork with lacquered surfaces have a timeless yet modernist appeal.

If you read this or my posts over at Ludwig you’ll know I’m not-so-quietly impressed by Carre Calloway and her band Queen Kwong. You may remember last year when the band headlined our Dwell on Design after-party and impressed the typically nonplussed design crowd with their powerful mini-set of rock songs.