Osvaldo Borsani

I must admit I had never cared to sudy the work of Osvaldo Borsani (1911 - 1985) as carefuly as I should have, but afer actually seeing his famous 1954 designed P40 lounge chair in Milano the other week, I needed to find out more about the strangely out-of-time designer and his unique work. Him and his brother founded the apptly-titled furniture producing-firm Tecno in 1953, and if I understand things correctly, he had by the end of his career collaborated with a respectable group of like-mindeds, including Norman Foster, Renzo Piano and Gae Aulenti.

Oz believed that design should work alongside technical innovations...

He also made some very nice shelving systems:

Kitchen by Ahlstrands

Not all that is new is bad. When things are made with quality, they can last a lifetime (or two). This kitchen was made old school, by 50-year old carpentry firm Ahlstrands, in what I believe is Santos palisander.

via funkisjakten

Illum Wikkelsø Office Suite

Need some new office furniture? Bruun Rasmussen are clubbing a desk, a conference/dining table, eight chairs and two sideboards with bookcases by the slightly obscure and underrated danish designer Illum Wikkelsø, produced by P. Schultz & Co.

Smile, it's Friday

Smile by Johannes Andersen

Beige Bravoure Part I: Imagined Interior

A formula for a good office.

Phillips De Pury: Design: London

Paavo Tynell, Sori Yanagi.

 
phillipsdepury.com

Mad Men, anyone?

Set of four glasses with olexi/rosewood/stainless steel tray. As if stolen from the Mad Men set.

As are these lamps:

from Bukowski's Market