In the Details: Living Materials – Wood
This is the second in a series of Journal pieces exploring Kalon’s relationship with living materials. You can read the first, on Brass, here. Kalon is a materials-focused practice. Our material...
View ArticleIn Conversation: Laure Joliet — Invitations
One of the most widely published interior photographers working today, Laure Joliet has captured a plethora of aspirational homes and styled scenes. To us, she is a friend and close collaborator. Laure...
View ArticleContemplations: Beyond Human-Centered Design
We live in a designed world, surrounded by built systems and objects. No object, no matter how small, is designed in a vacuum. Design is in close conversation with other complex forces like labor, the...
View ArticleFrom the Studio: Bough Collection — New Work
As with all Kalon collections, Bough was designed for the life we were living — and to welcome certain experiences and feelings. Thinking back to 2016, when the Bough Collection was first taking shape,...
View ArticleIn Conversation: Kalon x Reath
Released in 2020, our Rugosa Collection is the synthesis of a many years’ conversation about living rooms: their evolving function, enduring spirit, and what we love about some of our very favorite...
View ArticleCraft in Conversation: Sustainable Forestry in Maine
Piscataquis County is the most forested county in Maine, and Maine, it turns out, is the most forested state in the entire country. About the size of Connecticut and located at the center of the state,...
View ArticleCraft in Conversation: LA-Made Furniture
The surprising knowledge that Los Angeles, not Detroit, is the industrial capital of America was the result of a study commissioned by former L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti. While it is known primarily as...
View ArticleContemplations: A Matter of Material
We are told that Diogenes of Sinope cast aside his wooden bowl upon seeing a boy sip water from his own cupped hand. The philosopher, known for his asceticism, was in that moment reminded of an even...
View ArticleFrom the Studio: Echo Collection
The objects we live with carry meaning. They impact how we move through our home spaces and serve as invitations to notice, gather, to find comfort. Few objects carry as much inherent meaning as a...
View ArticleFinding Inspiration: Southall House x Bough
Built on a steep slope next to Elysian Park, Southall House overlooks the low hills that stretch between downtown Los Angeles and the Santa Monica Mountains. On a clear day, you can see the ocean....
View ArticleIn the Details: Living Materials – Flax
This is the third in a series of Journal pieces exploring Kalon’s relationship with living materials. Read about Brass and Wood. As makers of objects and products, we have the special privilege of...
View ArticleCraft in Conversation: Mennonite Craft
This piece is a part of our Craft in Conversation Series. Other installments include a conversation with the beloved craftsman who makes our Stump and Trunk Collection, an exploration of sustainable...
View ArticleCreativity in Conversation: Greta van der Star
Greta van der Star is a photographer based between Auckland and Los Angeles. With a keen sensitivity to light, harmony, and gestures, Greta has captured photographs and moving images for favorites like...
View ArticleContemplations: Aluminum and Its Many Languages
When you call me You can call me Al — Paul Simon Aluminum is a grand re-definer. One of the most naturally abundant materials on our planet, this metal—extruded, rolled, bent, foamed, pressed, and...
View ArticleHelen Molesworth and the Art of Everyday Objects
Helen Molesworth has spent a lifetime considering objects. A renowned writer and curator, Molesworth is known for pushing against the traditions of the institutional art world to broaden and diversify...
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