American designer Simone Bodmer Turner, who usually works in ceramics, has showcased collectible design objects produced using bronze, wood, lacquer, and silk at Emma Scully Gallery in New York. The A Year Without a Kiln exhibition presented Bodmer's first explorations of processes other than ceramics and came out of her transition from working in a Brooklyn studio to a Massachusetts farmhouse. Simone Bodmer Turner displayed a collectible furniture collection in New York "Serving as a topography of self, this inherently personal showcase invited viewers into Bodmer-Turner's inner landscape du ..read more

Dezeen Showroom: designer Gordon Guillaumier combined solid wood and smoked glass in the Pols table, created for Italian brand Alf DaFrè. The Pols table features a minimalist oak wood frame with a characterful smoked glass top that is available in two colours: Ambra or Bronzo. The Pols table has a textured smoked glass top The colours and textures of the different materials create a harmonious composition united by warm caramel-coloured tones. The frame comes together with an unusual joint that emphasises the cylindrical shape of the wooden components. The top is supported by a simple solid w ..read more

Dezeen Showroom: bathroom design brand Roca has created a bathtub designed to look as though it is "floating in space" thanks to its stepped profile informed by cantilevers in architecture. The Tura Oval tub has a base segment that is set back from the walls of the tub as well as an inner lip around the inside of the rim. The tub has a streamlined, minimalistic appearance Curved ends create a comfortable backrest for the user, which is enhanced by a detachable pillow made from recycled quick-dry fabric that can be slung over the tub's edge. The brand also designed a slim wooden shelf that sit ..read more

Dezeen Showroom: a collection of lights with theatrically curved bodies made from sheets of steel is among 13 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Peel lighting series by Sissel Warringa for Frandsen Danish brand Frandsen worked with designer Sissel Warringa on a collection of lights that are characterised by their dynamically curved steel materiality. The Peel lighting series comprises a table, pendant and wall light that cast a soft, warm glow from their frosted inner bulbs. Peel was recently featured on Dezeen Showroom, along with an oversized upholstered bed frame and a co ..read more

Dezeen Showroom: a bathroom suite made out of wood chips and a kitchen informed by the Shaker movement are among 10 recent kitchen and bathroom products listed on Dezeen Showroom. With the spring cleaning season well underway, we've selected a broad range of cooking appliances, sanitaryware, finishes and furnishings that help to enhance the aesthetics and functionality of kitchens and bathrooms. Included in the selection below is a tap-based plumbing system that helps to make efficient use of wastewater and an extra-wide oven that allows users to cook large-scale dishes or multiple items ..read more

Dezeen Showroom: designed by Jonas Forsman for Finnish brand Nikari, the ultra-slim Faneeri chair is meant to look as elegant when folded flat as it does in use. The Faneeri folding chair is made of lacquered oak, with thin cross-laminated veneers forming the seat and backrest, which are attached to a solid wood frame. The Faneeri chair has an ultra-thin veneer backrest and seat Forsman aimed to combine comfortable seating with a lightweight structure in the design, creating a minimalist furniture piece stripped of excess elements. "Unfolding the chair creates a naturally curved backrest ..read more

Dezeen Showroom: Swedish furniture brand Blå Station has added a diverging segment to its modular BOB sofa range, created by designers Thomas Bernstrand and Stefan Borselius. Named BOB Split, the Y-shaped segment has a central backrest that allows users to sit back-to-back, maximising the use of the seating system. Thomas Bernstrand and Stefan Borselius designed the BOB Split segment The piece also acts as a connector for other modules in Blå Station's BOB sofa system, which includes straight and corner segments. Users can now create longer, more space-efficient seating systems ..read more

Furniture brand Takt has begun using a new kind of lifecycle assessment for its products that was devised by the European Commission and considers a product's full impact on nature and human health. The company claims its Cross Chair is the "first furniture product" to receive the European Commission's Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) single score – a single number based on how the product scores in 16 different environmental impact categories. Takt's Cross chair is the "first furniture product" to receive the PEF single score This scoring system will now be rolled out for the brand ..read more

Swiss studio Kosmos Architects has designed Dice, a multifaceted piece of oak furniture that can be used as a stool, a coffee table, a lamp or a footrest. The five-pronged furniture piece weighs 10.5 kilograms and has a "warm" oak wood frame characterised by subtle chequerboard patterns. Dice functions as a stool, a coffee table, a lamp or a footrest "Throw the dice, and this project will take a new shape depending on how the user rotates it," said Kosmos Architects, which named Dice after the numbered cube often used in games of chance. Two of the furniture's legs are wide enough to support ..read more

Work by Lina Bo Bardi and José Zanine Caldas was on view at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York City as part of an exhibition on modernist Brazilian furniture. Called Turning Tides: Designing a Modern Brazil exhibition, the show highlighted 75 years of design from the South American country. Carpenters Workshop Gallery showcased modernist Brazilian furniture in its New York location It was launched to survey the impact of influential objects and furniture on daily life in the country and elsewhere, according to Carpenters Workshop Gallery. The exhibit included works by post-war designers ..read more