Long before the ghost chair, there was the Panton Chair — the very first chair ever to be made from a single, continuous piece of material. More

It's hard to believe the Tripp Trapp chair has been around for four decades as it still feels thoroughly modern. The design has become a classic due both to its basic, yet elegant shape as well as its functionality. The Tripp Trapp is at home in any style of decor: from country farmhouses to chic penthouses. More

Designer: The Bouroullec Brothers, Ronan and Erwin (b. 1971 and 1976 respectively)

Ronan and Erwin Bouroullec are known for their award winning conceptual designs that have taken the European design community by storm. The Bouroullec brothers designs incorporate ethereal motifs that give a fluid feel to materials such as plastic and metal. More

Name: Eve Trester-Wilson, co-owner of MAKEatx, and Skylar Johnson
Location: Austin, Texas
Size: 1,100 square feet
Years lived in: 11 years; rented

A few weeks back we featured MakeATX, a community workshop with its very own laser cutter. Members use the laser cutter to create jewelry, furniture, and custom engravings on everything from wood to glass. Today we're taking a peek into the home of co-owner Eve and her husband Skylar. It's filled with all the handmade creations you can imagine, as well as a window-full of botanicals and bonsai!

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In 1948 Florence Knoll asked her friend, Finnish architect and furniture designer Eero Saarinen, to create a chair that felt like "a great big basket of pillows that I can curl up in". Saarinen more than rose to the occasion — and the Womb Chair was born. More

How do you feel about knock-off furniture? It seems like a victimless process that brings design to the masses, but is there more to it than that? Dwell magazine investigates in this article by Jaime Gillin. More

Equally at home in traditional and modern nurseries of every style, the Jenny Lind crib is well loved for its simplicity, affordability, and timelessness. More

Isamu Noguchi once said: "Everything is sculpture, any material, any idea without hindrance born into space, I consider sculpture." Nowhere is this more apparent than in his Noguchi Coffee Table, which takes the idea of a table, breaks it down into its barest components, and then re-imagines and re-energizes it. More

Fourteen years after Harry Bertoia's collection of steel mesh furniture made its debut, there came the Platner chair. Born of a generation embracing a more luxurious, sensual brand of modernism, the Platner chair gave new-school materials an old-school elegance. More

The Republic of Fritz Hansen was started in 1872 by Copenhagen based cabinetmaker Fritz Hansen. The hallmark of Fritz Hansen is the highest level of quality in their manufacturing, and it is the reason that the company continues its successful legacy today. More