Complexity in stoolhood

Enrico D. Bona's Origami stool is somehow simple, yet complex at the same time, with fascinating, surprising curves and cutout sections that lend it its name. Produced by Montina in Italy.

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...and from the same company comes the Paso Doble folding chair, which in profile looks like a strange wading bird or long-legged insect.

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Moen...schoen!

Some call them taps, some call them faucets, but I call this new 'powder room suite' by Moen a perfect example of MYO design. And guess what? They've named it...Organic.

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The Ripples bench

Having spent several hours at the MoMA yesterday, I was in design heaven for a while. Today I discovered a piece of furniture, designed by Toyo Ito for Italian company Horm, which deserves to be included in their collection.

The Ripples bench is beautifully simple in concept and beautifully hypnotic in execution. Five different woods are inlaid in circles to create the 'ripples' which serve as seats. The only shame? Just 99 of the pieces will be produced.

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Jonathan Adler's My Prescription for Anti-Depressive Living

Interior designer Adler promotes non-conventional design in his new book and seems to share the MYO idea that good environmental design leads to mentally healthier humans:

"I have always been put off by the coldness of minimalism and the snobbishness of chic. And I think decorating books tend to have that same philosophy. They tend to be more dogmatic,"

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