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Notes on the houses that matter — how they work, what they use, and why the objects last.

Emeco

Recycled Aluminium: How Emeco Builds Chairs From What Others Throw Away

Emeco builds its chairs from about 80% recycled aluminium through a 77-step process that uses roughly 95% less energy than new aluminium.

Recycled Aluminium: How Emeco Builds Chairs From What Others Throw Away

Emeco

Emeco 1006 Navy Chair: Why It Takes 77 Steps

The Emeco 1006 Navy Chair is welded from twelve pieces of aluminium and finished through a 77-step, two-week process unchanged since 1944.

Emeco 1006 Navy Chair: Why It Takes 77 Steps

Emeco

Emeco 111 Navy Chair: The Chair Made From 111 Coca-Cola Bottles

The Emeco 111 Navy Chair took its name from 111 recycled bottles in 2010; the chair sold today uses at least 170, for roughly 90% recycled PET.

Emeco 111 Navy Chair: The Chair Made From 111 Coca-Cola Bottles

Verpan

Verner Panton: the joyful radical

Danish design's great rule-breaker, and the Verpan editions that keep his colour true.

Verner Panton: the joyful radical

Zanotta

Zanotta, still arguing

The radical streak didn't stop in 1970. A new generation keeps the house's appetite for ideas alive.

Zanotta, still arguing

Zanotta

A short history, in furniture

Zanuso, Terragni, Mollino, Mari, Aulenti — the designers whose icons Zanotta keeps alive.

A short history, in furniture

Zanotta

Castiglioni's ready-mades

A tractor seat, a bicycle saddle, a coat of enamel — how the Castiglionis found design in things that already existed.

Castiglioni's ready-mades

Zanotta

The chair, abolished

Sacco, Throw-away, Quaderna, Sciangai — how Italy's radicals turned furniture into argument.

The chair, abolished

Zanotta

Zanotta: when furniture became culture

An Italian house that treated a chair as seriously as a painting.

Zanotta: when furniture became culture

Vaarnii

The return of solid Finnish pine

How Vaarnii is reclaiming a humble, neglected softwood to make bold, brutalist collectibles.

The return of solid Finnish pine

Serge Mouille

The mark of the genuine

Why a real Serge Mouille comes with a number and a certificate — and a replica never will.

The mark of the genuine

Serge Mouille

Serge Mouille: the sculptor of light

A Parisian silversmith who drew light like a living thing — and the editions that keep it true.

Serge Mouille: the sculptor of light