Furniture
FURNITURE
THE FIRST AND FUTURE TABLE
By Federico Campagna
The origins of the table as a mechanism for meaning, meals and meeting beyond its status as a totem of interior design and consumption. Read more
INFORMAL ARRANGEMENTS
By Michael Wolf
Improvised seating using discarded items in the back alleys of Hong Kong: the 'bastard chairs' present an urban still life. See more
ARCHITECTS AND FURNITURE:
A 20TH-CENTURY STORY
By Alan Powers
Alan Powers takes a look at the entrepreneurial drive which transformed Modernist cult objects into classics. Read more
VERNACULAR FURNITURE
By Max Creasy
Max Creasy documents the ad hoc, contemporary vernacular furniture he encountered in Crete. See more
THE PHILOSOPHY OF FURNITURE
By Edgar Allan Poe
In this delightfully opinionated essay from 1840, Poe hands out furnishing tips backed up with his notions of good and bad taste. Read more
FURNITURE AND THE ROOM
By E.S. Prior
E.S. Prior, one of British Arts & Crafts' most underrated architects, outlines the divorce between architecture and furniture. Read more