Baker Collection by Bill Sofield Still Going Strong
The collection, which debuted at the Fall International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, North Carolina, is based on both classic French and Hollywood designs.

tvsdesign Gives SPANX a Slender New Look
The Atlanta-based hosiery company hired the local design firm to provide a fresh start for their new headquarters, a 37,000-square-foot, two-level interior. tvsdesign responded with a detailed feminine aesthetic and posh Hollywood appeal.

Kimball Office and KI Launch New Technology at CES
The contract interior manufacturers debut desking and workstations with integrated, wireless power solutions for mobile devices revolutionizing gadget charging.

An Icon Remembered: Verner Panton
Based on archival evidence that's, at best, sketchy, 2010 may have us toasting the 50th anniversary of Verner Panton's first drawing for his namesake chair. Or else the congrats are a year overdue.

Cultural Evolution
Deep inside every fashion designer a furniture aficionado lurks, waiting to be unleashed. Just ask Vivienne Tam, the latest apparel idol to transport catwalk glamour to living rooms.

In The Balance
When design-center darlings tackle the retail market, too often their bespoke vocabulary is lost in translation. But Jiun Ho didn't tame his signature line's exoticism for his debut at Bolier & Company. He democratized.

Quite An Odyssey
After dropping out of law school in Los Angeles, Thomas Bina went to Indonesia to find himself. Instead, he found his craft: making furniture by hand.

Seat of Honor
Alert the media: Angela Adams is off the floor. This star rug designer already stepped beyond the loom, but it took the Elite Leather Company to facilitate the natural expansion into fully upholstered seating.

Television Special
Thom Filicia has always designed custom furnishings for private clients, but he casts a much wider net with this adroit entry into the retail sector.

Straight Up With a Twist
It's tradition in transition

Spring Break
"Resort" is a state of mind

Edgy Organics
Of the earth—and of the moment

Glam It Up
Flaunt your inner diva

Tile File
At the Cersaie fair in Bologna, Italy, 1,000-plus exhibitors went green in many colors

Fritz Hansen Reissues Arne Jacobsen’s Series 8 Chair
Originally designed in 1968, the laminated stacking chair will be available beginning in February.

Panton Chair Turns 50
Verner Panton’s sculptural masterpiece of modern design, created in 1959 and manufactured by Vitra since 1967, was the first single-form, single-material chair.

Emeco Offers Cash for Clunker Chairs
From November 25 through February 2010, the chair manufacturer will offer a 50 percent discount on any chair and stool in its online catalog to anyone sending in an old, clunker aluminum chair.

National Office Furniture Offers $25,000 to a Lucky Healthcare Environment
Fresh from flashing their eco-conscious design Greenbuild, National Office Furniture is demonstating their commitment to environmental design user experience by announcing its $25,000 Gift of Inspiration for Healthcare Environments.

Blu Dot Stashes Chairs on New York City Streets
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of their first showroom, the furniture manufacturer launched The Real Good Experiment, a New York curb-mining experiment on November 4 and 5.

Wizard From Oz
When Australian Damian Barton relocated his design studio to the U.S. in 2003, he went as far down-under as possible: Miami. Since moving there, he's concocted a blend of fanciful futurism in the form of furniture and lighting that put dimensional, geometric, and spatial conventions to the test. Diagrams of sound waves inspired his Quark café table, which features a steel pedestal base and...