Konstantin Grcic is a German industrial designer known for harnessing new technologies and materials to create stunning works of modern design. Born in 1965, he apprenticed as a cabinet maker at Parnham College in the UK before studying industrial design at the Royal College of Art in London. In 1991, he founded KGID, Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design. His work has includes the MAYDAY lamp for Flos, Miura barstool and Myto cantilever chair for Plank, and Chair One and 360 Containers for Magis in addition to creations for Lassicon, Krups, Moroso, Vitra, Luminaire, and Muji. He lives and works in Munich.

Berlin-based design duo David Geckeler and Frank Michels display a sensibility and savvy well beyond their age. The pair, who met at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, founded their studio in 2013 in a bid to fuse Geckeler’s feel for engineering and technology with Michels’s intuition for narrative and simple constructions. “We fight through complicated questions and different positions to ultimately end up with a fruitful solution,” says Michels, referring to the creative dialogue that forms the base for their collaboration. Their first joint discourse includes the Nerd chair and barstool for Muuto, while more recent creative output has instantiated in designs that are “an interplay between graphic and geometric elements by playing with volumes confined by thinner boundaries.” Ossa, a stackable storage system that resembles a pile of moving boxes, was presented at Milan’s Salone Satellite 2014 and is expected to be in production shortly. For 2015, look for a set of chairs and a collection of tableware.

StyleNations is a manufacturer of custom furniture for the hospitality and residential market. Female founded and operated with both backgrounds in design and manufacturing. StyleNations produces beautiful items from here in the US as well as artisans and makers from around the world. The furniture on offer varies from dining chairs, barstools, counter stools, outdoor furniture, sofas, armchairs, and bathroom vanities. Specialty items for restaurants include booth seating. Custom made tile table tops, quartz and marble paired with beautiful table bases from brass table bases to outdoor weatherproof ones that can be used near coastal venues