The fiber-reinforced plastic panels that serve as the skin of Zaha Hadid’s sensuous—and portable—Chanel Art Container (see “Nomad Architecture”). Photograph: Virgile Simon Bertrand.

SB: There seems to be a trend toward more graphic work. Is it due to our desire to liken our surroundings to the graphic world of electronic media? While all of these textural environments are visually fascinating, overkill can be exhausting. Especially when the environment not only resonates with graphic dynamism, but also attempts a nostalgic reassurance. No place for the eye to rest is not always a good thing.

The original digital rendering of the toile de Jouy conceived by Marcel Wanders for his curved sofas at the Mondrian South Beach in Miami (see “Check Out Time”).

The intricate structure of Nendo’s plastic Diamond chair was inspired by the atomic configuration of that gemstone (see “Office Product”).

This shaft-woven wool rug from Kasthall, called Ingrid, is inspired by the patterns on traditional Scandinavian sweaters (see “Floorscape”).

The surface of Stephen Burks’s Cappellini Love Mache table is made of shredded design magazines and finished with nontoxic adhesives and hardeners (see “End Note”).

The vividly speckled wool and linen rug Tekla from Kasthall draws its imagery from candies and parties (see “Floorscape”).