Contemporary Furniture & Lighting Design Stories

Drawing inspiration from the rolling hills of the English countryside and limestone headlands, Fred Digby's Eclipse Desk for Audo Copenhagen offers sweeping organic lines and scultpural form. Dorset-born designer Fred Rigby has teamed up with Danish design brand Audo Copenhagen...

Exploring different ways to hang the New Works Lantern Pendant Lamp in your home gives us all an insight into the ways in which we can approach hanging any modern pendant lamps in our favourite spaces. Note : view our...

Earthy and informal yet also elegant and stylish, rattan is a beautiful way to introduce nature into the home. Rattan has weaved its magic as a popular interior trend in recent years and its popularity is only on the rise...

Achille Castiglioni is an internationally acknowledged master of design. Born in 1918, during his fifty-two-year career, Castiglioni designed and collaborated on almost 150 objects, including many of our favourite lighting designs from Flos. MoMA in New York features 14 of...

“A home office shouldn't look as if you've brought home furniture from work, it needs to have character. Of course it has to be functional, but with an equal amount of personality.” Anna von Schewen and  Björn Dahlström have been putting...

Tucked away amongst Tove Kindt-Larsen's jewellery designs since 1936, the conceptual sketch of the Gubi Grace Lounge Chair was only recently uncovered. Working closely with Tove Kindt-Larsen’s family, Gubi has developed the original sketches and made the elegantly informal Gubi...

Let Alexander Paar introduce you tour favourite new trend: Shopping at home. It's not what you think. There are lots of beautiful homes on Instagram. Spaces so curated that they look as though they're plucked right out of a catalogue...

You see it all the time, but what’s the deal with putting a chair in your bedroom? We’ve spoken before about how a bedroom should be a sanctuary. Somewhere you can relax and sleep, not somewhere you hang out during...

Not only can a great dining table transform the look, feel and character of your dining space, it also serves as a place for conversation, laughter and quality time with loved ones. Dining tables are central to life at home...

Without cables acting as an anchor, portable, battery-powered table lamps give us a new freedom to take total control of the light and ambience in our homes. We've been incredibly excited to see our favourite brands "throw off the shackles...

2021 marks half a century since the introduction of Verner Panton's Panthella Lamp. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Verner Panton’s iconic design, Louis Poulsen are adding some exciting new additions to the Panthella family. To complete the range, Louis...

Buying furniture with sustainability in mind? Here are some points to consider. Living more sustainably is something many of us strive for. We believe the future lies in filling our homes with items we love that are also kind on...

A chat with the Swedish photographer whose Dublin based home is a nod to her Scandi roots. The joy of interior design is being able to create spaces that make us happy, comfortable, inspired and above all, make us feel...

Vitra's new eco-friendly leather feels, looks and even smells like the premium leather we're used to, but helps to keep their minimise on global resources and the environment. What is olive tanning? This process involves using a tanning agent extracted...

The Wang & Söderström collection for Hay is a family of objects that combines human, tactile qualities with digital processes. These sculptural yet functional pieces are full of beautiful curves, twists and textures. A versatile collection, W&S for Hay includes candle holders, bookends, doorstops, vases, and ornaments in different colours and finishes.

Introducing a collection of contemporary hand-woven rugs made exclusively for GUBI by fourth-generation family rug company, Golran. GUBI and Golran have enjoyed a working relationship, with the Danish design company using Golran rugs in their flagship store, showrooms and international...

Vitra's Home Stories for A/W 2020 kick off with a look inside the home of Horticure founder Deborah Choi. For those of you unfamiliar with Horticure, it's a consumer platform for plant care, connecting users with the knowledge, services and...

What is Japandi? As the name suggests, Japandi is a hybrid trend that combines aspects of Scandinavian design with Japanese style. As you know, here at Utility we’re not big fans of the word “trend” but Japandi goes deeper than...

AYTM (pronounced like the English word "item") offer a new perspective on luxurious Scandinavian design. AYTM is a modern Danish design brand who offer a new perspective on luxurious Scandinavian design through a bold collection of beautifully crafted furniture, contemporary lighting...

Under the guidance of Design Director Kenneth Grange, seen by some as the “Eames of the industrial design world”, Anglepoise continues to create modest yet iconic light fittings, now with a special lifetime guarantee. Anglepoise aim is to stop the...

Inspired by Japanese details, graphic Bauhaus art and the unpretentious way artist treat materials, Kristina Dam Studio takes a sculptural approach Nordic minimalism. Kristina Dam graduated from The Royal Danish School of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design in Copenhagen and her great...

Designer of the Bernard Chair, Shane Schneck speaks to HAY about his design process, and to understand what it is that makes Bernard a standout addition to the easy-chair genre. The Hay Bernard Chair is a modern, sustainable take on...