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Nimbus Lounge Chair

SIMONE VILLÉLA Lounge Chair Furniture Saturday, 14 November 2026

Nimbus

Nimbus is an armchair and ottoman set designed for residential interiors. The design is inspired by the lightness of clouds, combining soft upholstered volumes with a precise wooden structure. Arms and base are made of solid jacaranda wood, shaped with careful joinery for durability. High-density layered foam and elastic webbing provide ergonomic comfort. The ottoman is multifunctional and can serve as a footrest, an extra seat, or a compact side table when fitted with a removable wooden top. The set brings handcrafted detailing into scalable industrial production.

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Maria Armchair

Alexandre Kasper Armchair Furniture Friday, 13 November 2026

Maria

The Maria Armchair is a product crafted with care and attention, consolidating Brazilian design and carrying a genuinely national name. Its design emphasizes ergonomics and comfort, combined with the precision of CNC machining and refined handcrafted finishing. Its uniqueness lies in the harmony between sculptural forms and balanced proportions, conveying lightness without sacrificing robustness, resulting in an authorial and timeless piece.

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Color Roller Furniture Set

Chuheng He Furniture Set Furniture Thursday, 12 November 2026

Color Roller

Color Roller is a furniture set that changes color combinations through rolling. As a construction experiment, it uses basic colors and shapes to reconstruct the space. Three transparent acrylic panels, red, blue, and yellow, intersect and overlap to form a vibrant palette, displaying varied colors under different lighting conditions and perspectives. Minimally and cleverly, Color Roller utilizes the rotatability of shapes to create different structures and forms for each component. Users can freely flip and rearrange the pieces to personalize their space with dynamic color combinations.

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Tokyo Lounge Chair

Isabelle De Mari Lounge Chair Furniture Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Tokyo

Tokyo is a lounge chair made of solid Brazilian sucupira hardwood. The frame is fully exposed, showing the joinery and the shaped wooden parts. The arms and back supports are turned on a lathe under manual control, with concave detailing at the ends. A natural leather inlay is recessed into each armrest and finished with stitching. The seat and back cushions combine layered polyurethane foam and feather filling, upholstered in brown linen. Surfaces are hand sanded and finished with a matte varnish. The design applies Japanese woodworking principles to a Brazilian material.

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Eureka Lounge Chair

Yeak design Lounge Chair Furniture Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Eureka

Eureka is a lounge chair designed for living rooms. The form of Eureka is based on the Enneper surface, a mathematical model that gives the chair a sense of order and flow. The elaborate supporting structure remains stable and provides ergonomic comfort. Curved edges add visual tension and invite the user to sit or lie down. The interior is made of moulded glass steel and is covered with wool fabric from the Kvadrat Sprinkles series. The fabric stretches in all directions and shows coloured dots that change with the viewing angle.

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Frequency Furniture

Sebastián Ángeles Furniture Furniture Monday, 9 November 2026

Frequency

Frequency is a limited edition furniture collection composed of a lounge chair, lamp, chair, and side table, each inspired by sound frequencies associated with healing and emotional balance. Made from polished aluminum, the pieces were developed using sound visualizers and digital modeling, then crafted through traditional casting techniques. The collection transforms intangible sound waves into tactile, sculptural forms that invite sensory interaction and emotional connection.

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Designer of the Day

Designer of the DaySpecial CoverageSaturday, 7 November 2026

World's Best Designers, Artists and Architects.

Good design deserves great recognition. Every day, we are pleased to feature talented designers who create original and innovative designs, architecture, stylish fashion and creative graphics. Today, we are presenting you one of the World’s greatest designers. Checkout an award-winning design portfolio today and get your daily design inspiration.

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