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The Dwell 24: Meet the Best New Designers of 2024

Every year, we present the world’s most exciting creatives making furniture, lighting, and other objects for your home. Here is this year’s list.

Hungarian designer Anna Horváth’s playful furniture uses reclaimed materials and references historical forms.
Hungarian designer Anna Horváth’s playful furniture uses reclaimed materials and references historical forms.
Inspired by Tiffany lamps and Pizza Hut pendant lights, the Florida artist shapes fantastical sculptures that give the illusion of being made from stained glass.
Inspired by Tiffany lamps and Pizza Hut pendant lights, the Florida artist shapes fantastical sculptures that give the illusion of being made from stained glass.
Where most people see trash, Fletcher Barns and James L. Marshall see potential—and they’ve made repurposing scraps into an art.
Where most people see trash, Fletcher Barns and James L. Marshall see potential—and they’ve made repurposing scraps into an art.
For the Copenhagen duo, design is less about the finished product and more about the storytelling that brings it to life.
For the Copenhagen duo, design is less about the finished product and more about the storytelling that brings it to life.
Through collaborations with local makers, the Guatemala City design collective endeavors to shed fresh light on their country’s craft traditions.
Through collaborations with local makers, the Guatemala City design collective endeavors to shed fresh light on their country’s craft traditions.
The Hong Kong–born, Helsinki-based artist uses wood in ways that draws focus to its texture.
The Hong Kong–born, Helsinki-based artist uses wood in ways that draws focus to its texture.
From sculptural stools adorned with tentacles to mirrors with magnetic buttons, the New York designer’s ceramic furniture makes the mundane strange—in the best way.
From sculptural stools adorned with tentacles to mirrors with magnetic buttons, the New York designer’s ceramic furniture makes the mundane strange—in the best way.
Working across continents, Caroline Kable and Aditya Jaimini highlight the diversity of Rajasthani craft through contemporary furniture design.
Working across continents, Caroline Kable and Aditya Jaimini highlight the diversity of Rajasthani craft through contemporary furniture design.
Temitope El-shabazz and Damian Okafor’s Lagos firm pivoted from fashion to furniture to push boundaries in Nigerian interior design.
Temitope El-shabazz and Damian Okafor’s Lagos firm pivoted from fashion to furniture to push boundaries in Nigerian interior design.
With her offbeat lighting fixtures made from materials like horsehair, the Mexico designer isn’t afraid to get weird.
With her offbeat lighting fixtures made from materials like horsehair, the Mexico designer isn’t afraid to get weird.
Just a few years out of RISD, the New York designer’s ceramic furniture and soft sculptures have made it to galleries and the homes of the A-list.
Just a few years out of RISD, the New York designer’s ceramic furniture and soft sculptures have made it to galleries and the homes of the A-list.
Starting with furniture, the Nigerian designer wants to shape a more sustainable, equitable, and stylish world.
Starting with furniture, the Nigerian designer wants to shape a more sustainable, equitable, and stylish world.
Natural forms juxtapose fabricated metal elements in this Seoul designer’s industrial-meets-Neolithic furniture.
Natural forms juxtapose fabricated metal elements in this Seoul designer’s industrial-meets-Neolithic furniture.
The Devon, England, artist’s glass sconces, lamps, and candleholders reinvigorate aging traditions for a younger generation.
The Devon, England, artist’s glass sconces, lamps, and candleholders reinvigorate aging traditions for a younger generation.
Ancestral craft knowledge is central to the fabrication of Bogotá designer Lucia Echavarría’s objects.
Ancestral craft knowledge is central to the fabrication of Bogotá designer Lucia Echavarría’s objects.
The Denver designer creates pieces that capture a moment and act like “the cool girls.”
The Denver designer creates pieces that capture a moment and act like “the cool girls.”
Dương Gia Hiếu makes lighting and furniture that literally transform trash into treasure.
Dương Gia Hiếu makes lighting and furniture that literally transform trash into treasure.
After studying architecture in Gaza, the Palestinian designers formed a studio to make furniture that expresses a contemporary vision of Arab culture.
After studying architecture in Gaza, the Palestinian designers formed a studio to make furniture that expresses a contemporary vision of Arab culture.
Fashion consulting and Berlin nightlife led the designer to experiment with a largely ignored material in furniture fabrication: rubber.
Fashion consulting and Berlin nightlife led the designer to experiment with a largely ignored material in furniture fabrication: rubber.

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