Sustainable Performance
Knoll’s Crypton Green
www.knoll.com

Tartan

“Environmental and high performance” are the words on everybody’s lips, according to Dorothy Cosonas, Creative Director of Knoll Textiles. To bridge these often conflicting concerns, Knoll has introduced its first Crypton Green fabric collection. Developed in 1994, Crypton is a high-performing fabric system with a built-in moisture barrier to resist stains, odor,…

Swedish country weaves chic.

Hot new products showcased at Neocon

How Small is Yours?

Jean-Marie Massaud conceives a flying hotel
www.massaud.com

SB: It’s exciting to see a return to a time when designers did more than just style the products they were asked to, but also imagined visionary utopian scenarios that have the ability to change the way we think about our future. Despite it’s oddly aquatic form, Massaud’s Manned Cloud…

Zaha Hadid and Chanel make mobile art together.
www.chanel-mobileart.com

Above: The Chanel Art Container open for cultural consumption.

It’s easy to forget that Coco Chanel was a revolutionary, who created fashions for the new modern woman. The novel design of her quilted black bag with its gold shoulder chain caused such a sensation when introduced that it’s…

Avant Gardeners: 50 Visionaries of the Contemporary Landscape
by Tim Richardson
Thames & Hudson, New York
352 pp.; 474 color and 10 b&w illus.; $60

It isn’t easy to straddle the divide between engaging profile and academic monograph, but former Wallpaper landscape critic Tim Richardson manages the feat in this smart, accessible survey of today’s most exciting and imaginative…

Two exhibitions worthy of a summer pilgrimage