Quick Hits: A Zebrawood Sideboard, Pedal-Loomed Place Mats, and a Limited-Run Herman Miller Poster
A brief scan of design items worth grabbing, including an aluminum cabinet inspired by junk pile scraps and an industrial outdoor sconce.
A brief scan of design items worth grabbing, including an aluminum cabinet inspired by junk pile scraps and an industrial outdoor sconce.
Welcome to the latest installment of Sitting Pretty: Quick Hits, a monthly roundup of covetable furniture, decor, and objets d'art from one design-obsessed writer.
Courtesy Herman Miller
Steve Frykholm Watermelon Picnic poster
When Steve Frykholm joined Herman Miller in 1970 as the furniture manufacturer’s first in-house graphic designer, his first assignment was to produce a poster for the company’s annual summer picnic. For the next two decades, he illustrated everything from dripping ice cream cones to icy lemonade glasses and fully loaded hot dogs for the canonical series, which eventually made its way into several museum collections, including MoMA. Herman Miller just brought back Frykholm’s mouthwatering watermelon print from 1971—his second in the series—in a limited run, using the original screen in Michigan.
Courtesy Etsy
Jack Cartwright for Founders Furniture sideboard
Before founding his eponymous company in 1963, Jack Cartwright spent nearly a decade as head designer at the quintessential midcentury Founders Furniture Company. Much of his work there paired walnut with unexpected and elegant materials: cork, leather, and in the case of this wonderfully restored six-drawer sideboard—zebrawood.
Courtesy Minna
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