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Foster + Partners has designed this coffee table made by stretching a perforated disk of steel upwards to form a metal-mesh base.

Geometric apparel fixtures by tongtong.

Playful gelato colored rugs and poufs by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola for Spanish textile brand Gan.

Philadelphia based Matthias Pliessnig creates masterpieces with steam bent wood. His style is “kinetically contemporary” and he uses computer-aided curves with laborious craftsmanship to handcraft chairs, benches and sculpture.

Artist Karen O’Leary transforms functional city maps into works of art with her steady hand and precise cuts.

“I like to design to be semantically correct, syntactically consistent, and pragmatically understandable,” said Massimo Vignelli, and all three can be said of his Heller Dinnerware (1964). Originally manufactured in Italy, this stackable dinnerware won the prestigious Compasso d’Oro Award for Good Design in 1964. The genius of the design is in the way it stacks. Utilizing industrial production and materials, the plates and mugs are made with straight sides and a small lip on

Footwear designer Liz Ciokajlo utilized natural fibers from coconut husks and flax to create this shoe collection.

Locale, an office furniture system, previewed at NeoCon 2013 as part of Herman Miller’s Living Office.

Moss wall clock by Studio Kuadra + Progetti.

Magazine, book or file storage by Danese Milano.