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If the market’s latest debuts have any lesson to tell, it’s that the design community indeed works better together. From Gere Kavanaugh’s vintage chair prototype reimagined by Floyd to Mark Cunningham’s endearing wallpaper designs for Voutsa, industry brands across categories are coming together to bring thoughtful new offerings to designers’ tool kits. Looking for the latest in furniture, decor, lighting, and beyond? Meet the industry’s latest dynamic duos.
Marked x Voutsa
George Venson keeps good company. The founder and creative director of textiles studio Voutsa has teamed up with the Hotel Saint Vincent in New Orleans, storied fabric and wall covering house CW Stockwell, and fashion designer Brandon Maxwell on imaginative wallpaper. For the studio’s latest, he tapped Mark Cunningham, the New York designer behind the namesake interiors firm and furniture line Marked, for a petite range of minimalist, geometric patterns inspired by folksy quilts. Sawtooth shines in a mix of neutral brown and beige or punchy pink and orange, Gridlock’s precise lines are rendered in blue or black, and the transporting Quilted Stars beckons in soft gray or cheerful blue and yellow.
Clinton Smith x Holland MacRae
Holland MacRae brims with antiques, furniture, and textiles, and the latest showstoppers at owner Mary Holland’s much adored Atlanta showroom are the 20 timeless pieces conceived by New York– and Florida-based designer, stylist, and author Clinton Smith. Crafted by artisans from the English countryside, the ensemble includes tables like the octagonal Casablanca—as much a fit for a central hallway as the dining—and the Durban, shaped after a zebra and complete with carved hooves. The versatile Lynchburg drinks tables, among Smith’s favorites of the bunch, are based on a monumental six-foot-tall pedestal he encountered on a shopping trip to Italy.
Deceres x Obakki
Humanitarian entrepreneur Treana Peake’s vision for preserving indigenous crafts has manifested in Obakki, a destination for homewares sustainably made by thousands of artisans from around the world. Among Obakki’s network of global partners is Deceres, the studio founded by Denise Martinez and Jorge Arturo Ibarra, whose designs often pay homage to their roots in Baja, on the Mexico-US border. Consider Credo, the duo’s limited-edition collection of sculptural, heirloom-quality furniture fashioned out of brushed white oak that references Brutalist structures in the region like the Tijuana Cultural Center, the Geisel Library, and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego. The multifunctional Juddas stool and chair—throne-like nods to Donald Judd—are joined by the Otler dining table and towering Gotha bookcase that draw from sacred church altars and monoliths.
Nikolai Lafuge x Lawson Fenning
Los Angeles designer Nikolai Lafuge’s furniture often reflects his Brazilian and French heritage, and Murici, his new collection for Lawson-Fenning, is no exception. Along with a pair of chunky-leg oak and walnut side and coffee tables, the series includes the Caipira outdoor chair (a planked cedar number ideal for campfire surrounds), as well as the Floriano dining chairs (steeped in midcentury Scandinavian style and available with leather or handwoven cane seats). Lafuge’s angled Padaria wall mirrors are especially nostalgic, reinterpreting the enticing display cases that are fixtures in Rio de Janeiro bakeries.
Gere Kavanaugh x Floyd
In 1952, Gere Kavanaugh was one of the first women to graduate with an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. She kicked off her career in the General Motors design department and then tackled department stores for Victor Gruen before striking out on her own. At 94, she’s still active in the world of design, most recently working with Detroit furniture brand Floyd to resurrect the Gere Easy Chair, a prototype she hatched in the 1970s. Never mass-produced, Kavanaugh’s original design centers on the Sonotube, (the compressed-cardboard tube used to mold poured concrete into structural columns and pillars) which she cut down and layered with plywood, foam, and exuberant orange fabric. Floyd, fresh off of bringing a long-forgotten bench by fellow Cranbrook alum Hugh Acton into the commercial limelight in 2022, updated Kavanaugh’s chair for comfort but left the retro silhouette blissfully intact.
Britto Charette x Kyle Bunting
During his numerous travels to Brazil, David Charette, cofounder of the Miami-based AD PRO Directory design firm Britto Charette, revels in legendary architect Oscar Niemeyer’s modernist buildings. As a tribute to those notable structures, Charette and partner Jay Britto have unveiled Brasilia, their second collection with rugmaker Kyle Bunting. Made in Bunting’s Austin studio with natural cut hair-on-hide from Italian and French tanneries, the trifecta-of-tactile, customizable rug styles spans the vibrant botanical Flora; the striped, leaf-reminiscent Biota; and Mika, which pulls from Brazil’s dazzling geometries.
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NYC Parks Department x Stickbulb
A keen interest in embracing reclaimed wood led Russell Greenberg and Christopher Beardsley, cofounders of the Long Island City lighting studio Stickbulb and members of the Forest for All NYC coalition, to spearhead a new pilot program with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and Brooklyn-based wood supplier Tri-Lox to promote a regenerative circular wood economy. After the Parks Department diverts trees from landfills, the timber is brought over to Tri-Lox, which processes them for Stickbulb to create its Treeline collection of linear, architectural lighting. Encased in salvaged pin oak, the fixtures are available in black, white, and natural finishes and sport a convenient patent-pending Future Proof Panel that can be opened without the assistance of tools.
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Sophia Roe x Louise Roe
Copenhagen-based stylist and creative director Sophia Roe is infusing dinner parties with her flair for fashion through S.R., the tableware she dreamed up with her mother, the local designer, gallery owner, and homewares maven Louise Roe Andersen. Sold exclusively on Net-a-Porter, the pieces—with their modern, graceful lines calling to mind Bauhaus and Romanticism—reinforce the importance of family tradition. Expect sleek, black-rimmed bubble glasses and a matching centerpiece carafe, as well as earthy, hand-turned ceramic plates and bowls, fantastical vases, and a classic embroidered tablecloth and napkins that underscore elegant Scandinavian minimalism.
Brett Eldredge x Minted
Since unveiling his debut holiday album in 2021, singer-songwriter Brett Eldredge—with his smooth, soulful baritone—has earned the title of Mr. Christmas. This year, he teamed up with Minted to spread even more holiday cheer with the Shop for a Cause holiday collection, an assortment of elevated gifts and stocking stuffers curated from the art and design community of artisans. In addition to personalized leather trays, glassware, and art, the collaboration features holiday cards donning Eldredge’s joyful lyrics. Indeed, these gifts keep on giving: A portion of the collection’s proceeds benefit the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbuilt in Nashville.
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