From significant business changes to noteworthy product launches, there’s always something new happening in the world of design. In this biweekly roundup, AD PRO has everything you need to know.
Products
Sunbrella launches in-house custom window treatments
Sunbrella’s durable, light-filtering, easy-to-clean window coverings can now be customized. The soft drapery and Roman and solar shade options, featuring over 300 colorways and 40 patterns, are outfitted with Sunbrella’s fade-proof Color to the Core technology and can be heightened with various liners, headers, valances, and cornices. Motorization and automation capabilities also allow the window treatments to be integrated into all smart home systems. Another perk? Consultations, in-home measurements, and installations are conveniently organized through one of the dealers in Sunbrella’s extensive network.
A Maker to Know: Last Ditch Design
Before forming Last Ditch Design in 2022, LA-based maker Todd Hewitt’s nearly 30-year career led him to Henrybuilt, Environment Furniture, and Lawson-Fenning. Those experiences helped shape his new solo venture, dedicated to crafting timeless furniture—much of it custom fabricated—that draws from midcentury modern, Scandinavian, and contemporary design.
Hewitt’s inaugural collection, starring FSC-certified lumber (Last Ditch Design has also partnered with the nonprofit One Tree Planted), spans eye-catching seating, tables, desks, beds, storage units, lighting, and accessories rooted in simplicity. Consider the monolithic Nostromo bench flaunting a built-in game board, the Silas lounge chair—and its matching ottoman—fusing an array of comfortable bolster cushions with a sleek leather sling, or the symmetrical Sulaco sideboard adorned with woven cane door panels.
AD PRO Hears…
…Urban Electric Co. has debuted a Curated Shades assortment, featuring 10 patterns culled from Robert Kime, Zak & Fox, Rebecca Atwood, Jim Thomspon, Serena Dugan, and more. Varied in style, the fabrics can be paired with any of the lighting maker’s shaded fixtures all while maintaining four- to six-week lead times.
…this fall, Gestalt New York will be reissuing Mazo’s Arch chair, a 1932 bentwood design by Danish architect Magnus Læssøe Stephensen. The leisurely piece, with its angled backrest and woven paper-cord seat, is available in natural oak, ruby red, and auberge finishes.
Design Happenings
Maak presents sale of Victoria, Lady de Rothschild’s contemporary craft collection
As the second wife of financier Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, the American-born Victoria Schott, better known as Lady de Rothschild, settled into Ascott House, in Buckinghamshire, England, in the early 1970s. Six reception rooms in this historic rural retreat, designed by Robert Kime, Renzo Mongiardino, and Peter Marino, are currently the elegant backdrop to Maak’s latest exhibition (through September 17) and online auction (September 12 through 21), a showcase of Lady Victoria’s impressive stash of contemporary crafts.
