Patrick Knight

That is what the Alcove makes me think of: Le Corbusier asked to design an…

Archizoom’s 1967 sofa begins with two complementary foam shapes. The interesting part is what happens…

Philippe Starck kept the familiar rolled arms and changed the material. In polyethylene, the old…

A loose cushion, a low outline, a room that seems to have exhaled. Timothy Oulton’s…

Both sofas can be rearranged. The difference is what changes within each piece, and what…

I tried to recreate the Bocca while studying furniture design. Weeks later, the result was…

After a sports day, I wanted a nap. My friend’s parents had a Récamier. The…

Crimson velvet, metal-thread fringe and adjustable sides. The old state couch at Knole carries a…

Barcelona Chair history, from Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich's 1929 pavilion to Knoll…

Wassily Chair history, from Marcel Breuer's Bauhaus B3 to Knoll's tubular steel classic.