IKEA went from a mail-order business selling pens and stockings in rural Sweden, to the largest furniture company on earth. They had a core philosophy of the democratization of design from early...
Naoto Fukasawa is one of the world’s most influential designers—yet his greatest achievement is creating objects you never consciously notice. From the iconic MUJI wall-mounted CD player to the INFOBAR phone that...
Jasper Morrison believes the best design is the design you don’t notice at all. Born in London in 1959, Morrison has spent his career creating objects so perfectly resolved they seem inevitable....
Charles and Ray Eames transformed modern design. Their furniture, films, and architecture redefined how people live with objects and ideas. From the molded plywood experiments of the 1940s to the iconic Eames...
Marcel Breuer was one of the most famous designers to come out of the Bauhaus. While most know him for his model B3 chair (also known as the Wassily chair), he had...
Bauhaus Documentary mentioned in video: Walter Gropius was one of the most renowned designers and architects of the early 20th century. His influence can be seen to this day in many areas...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was an architect and designer from the early 1900s who was extremely influential in both fields as well as in the development of modernism, the international style,...