Looking for the Lounge of Your Dreams? Design Within Reach’s January Sale Can Help
Now until January 28, save 15% on everything you need to create the coziest lounge ever.
What better way to start the new year than with some new furnishings? Design Within Reach is offering 15% off a stunning selection of sofas, lounge chairs, occasional tables, storage, rugs, pillows, and throws. Plus, all orders over $1,999 ship free. Exclusions apply.
Afteroom Story Bookcase
Fascinated by the transformation of spaces over long stretches of time, Hung-Ming Chen and Chen-Yen Wei invented the word Afteroom to name their studio in Stockholm. "We simply want to create things people won’t get rid of," says Chen-Yen. Their designs are marked by a spare style, and their use of tubular frameworks is a nod to the Bauhaus. In creating the Story Bookcase (2017), they brought a new twist to Sapien-style vertical book storage by allowing the user to position the shelves facing forward or to the side. By holding texts horizontally in a vertical stack, Story holds dozens of books in a very compact footprint. "We hope people see it as a quiet, functional sculpture," says Hung-Ming. All-metal construction and a heavy weighted base provide strength and stability. Photo Courtesy of Design Within Reach
Design Within Reach Lína Swivel Chair
Iceland native Hlynur Atlason was a political science major when he was invited to an open house at Parsons Paris, a branch of the New York school. "There were all these people doing these really interesting things in art," he recalls. "I switched paths right there." To pursue product design, he transferred to Parsons in New York, where he continues to live today. The Lína Swivel Chair (2018) began with a desire to create a chair as one solid form. The result is both clean and complex, without a single straight line. Every surface is moving, and curves are continuously changing trajectory. "It’s a sculpted shape that one can enjoy examining," he says. Icelandic for "line," Lína "embraces you with all the softness on the inside." Made in Italy. Photo Courtesy of Design Within Reach
Objekto Paulistano Armchair in Leather
As a Brazilian designer who was a member of the "Paulist brutalist" avant-garde in the 1950s, Paulo Mendes da Rocha gained international fame when he received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2006. At that time, Design Within Reach reintroduced the Paulistano Armchairs, a 1957 design that was never before made available in America. The original chair was designed for the Paulistano Athletic Club in São Paulo, Brazil, and is supported by a continuous 17-foot-long piece of phosphatized carbon steel that’s welded in one place. This is consistent with the original raw material that was used in 1957, and is meant to oxidize slowly over time. The chair is then wrapped with vegetable-tanned leather that’s meant to flex slightly. The seat can be adjusted along the frame for varying levels of seating angles. Photo Courtesy of Design Within Reach
Design Within Reach Edel Credenza
Working out of a 19th-century building in Oslo, Norway, designers Thomas Jenkins and Sverre Uhnger bring Scandinavian design language together with cutting-edge 3-D molding technology to create striking, easy to live with forms. The Edel Credenza (2018) speaks quietly but offers hidden delights once in use. "We made Edel attractive, but the love for it comes when you start interacting with it. When you see how the doors slide across and everything’s fluid," says Uhnger. As for how to pronounce Edel, the designers say it’s like kettle, but without the "k." Made in Slovenia. Photo Courtesy of Design Within Reach
Case Kelston Sectional With Chaise
Matthew Hilton had a goal: He wanted to design the most comfortable sofa possible while maintaining a pleasing aesthetic that he’d welcome in his own home. Goal achieved and then some with the amazingly inviting, smart-looking Kelston Collection (2016), which also boasts articulating headrests. Adjust each headrest to just the right angle and height for reading or watching TV, or fold it out of the way when not in use. The indulgent Kelston also features large seating areas, wide arms and feather-blend cushions – everything you need for rest and relaxation in a well-proportioned, sleekly designed sofa. Made in Italy.
Nathan Yong Line Credenza, Small
"I have always been inspired by the simple forms of turntables and entertainment units from the 1960s," says designer Nathan Yong – a remarkable statement when you learn that Yong grew up in a wooden hut by the sea, where he and his brother made their own toys and "waited for low tides so we could pick up treasures from the shore." Growing up with the beach as entertainment, Yong developed into a resourceful designer, whose work captivated us with its quiet elegance. At Salone del Mobile, the annual furniture fair in Milan, Yong showed us his Line Media Console, and we liked the aesthetic so much that we asked him to expand the collection. Another smart storage option, the Line Small Credenza (2010) has two louvered doors, four cubbies and two drawers. The louvered design also serves a functional purpose, allowing infrared light to reach remote-controlled devices stored inside. Constructed with leveling floor glides for uneven surfaces. Made in Malaysia. Photo Courtesy of Design Within Reach
Bantam 73" Sofa
A DWR best-seller for over a decade, the Bantam Collection (2004) celebrates the soft, less-machined brand of modernism that arose in the United States in the 1930s. Delivering physical comfort as well as aesthetic pleasure, the entire frame is lightly padded and finely upholstered with a fitted back and a single row of button tufting. Matching piping along the seams reinforces the clean lines of Bantam’s frame. Tapered solid wood legs lend visual lightness. Made in U.S.A. Photo Courtesy of Design Within Reach
Softline Noomi Swivel Chair
Whether developing furniture, textiles, lamps or toys, Danish designer Susanne Grønlund starts with a list of what she doesn’t want to create. This discipline has made her studio a go-to for innovative, thoughtful design that’s rooted in Scandinavian traditions. In creating her Noomi Swivel Chair (2013), she didn’t want to design just another attractive piece, so she thought at length about functionality. Yes, everyone wants to sit comfortably, but what if you also want to easily turn to speak to the person next to you, or turn away from a distraction for some privacy? In other words, why just sit when you can swivel? Simple, elegant and understated, Noomi stands on a smooth-moving – and soothing – 360-degree swivel base. Photo Courtesy of Design Within Reach
Giorgio Soressi Como Sectional Chaise
To create his Como Collection (2007), Italian designer Giorgio Soressi enlisted one of the most widely respected companies in Italy. Located near Lake Como, this family-run business is still producing best-in-class sofas and chairs for many prestigious retailers to this day, blending design, research, cutting-edge technologies and artisanal techniques. The elegant and extremely well-constructed Como Collection is built with solid steel frames and cast-aluminum legs. Contrasting that heft and stability are cushions that scream, "You’ve got to sit here!" with their goose feather filling and variable-density foam that’s firmer in front for support. Two Como Throw Pillows included. Made in Italy. Photo Courtesy of Design Within Reach
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