These standout offerings by names like Konekt and Tai Ping give your everyday spaces character.
Between seasonal launches and design fair releases, thousands of new furniture and décor pieces debut each year. With a strong focus on craft, this year’s Best of the Best Design winners stood out for incorporating quality materials, attention to detail, and inventiveness into their designs. Each item, from Natalia Criado’s modern tea service to Patricia Urquiola’s polarizing textured cabinetry, points to creative thinkers pushing aesthetic boundaries while staying true to their unique style. There may be subtle references to past eras—one can’t help but see a nod to the Memphis Group’s work in Axel Chay’s Calade collection—but the refinement and subtlety imbued at each turn place these winners squarely in the contemporary canon…