Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “Is my brain a poorly furnished apartment?” It’s a question asked by Swiss artist Peter Fischli, along with “am I ...

Amsterdam-based Ming Design Studio put a modern slant on the traditional technique of lacquering to create Bold, curved wooden stools with a glazed finish to make you "want to touch it". Ming Design ...

Insects are an unlikely "collaborator" in British designer William Eliot's Digested Objects stool, which was shaped by plastic-eating mealworms as they gnawed their way through blocks of polystyrene.

A lamp. A xylophone. A wine bottle holder. A flowerpot. A mirror. A tie hanger. An ironing board. And the list goes on. These items may not sound visibly connected – yet they are among more than 100 ...

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