Eva Zeisel–designed dinnerware set from the 1950s, ashtrays included, for Hall China. Glidden Pottery in a Chi Chi poodle ...

The International Museum of Dinnerware Design’s next exhibit, “Ashtray,” featuring more than 100 ashtrays, runs Sunday, Feb.

Staged during Paris Design Week 2023, ‘Feu!’ (meaning ‘fire’ in French) presents the work of 20 emerging designers and studios offering a new creative interpretation of the ashtray. French design ...

Vintage ashtrays are getting another round on the coffee table. The staple accessory of the 1950s and 1960s has been hidden away in closets and basements since smoking indoors became unacceptable and ...

Isamu Noguchi in his studio in 1924 via The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York / ARS The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York / ARS. Isamu Noguchi is the beautiful ...

What makes an object functional can often be startlingly simple: a light bulb, a flat surface in the right place, maybe even just a name. It's a concept that has long intrigued Zoe Fisher, cofounder ...

A cigarette packet ashtray by Takuya Onuki is just one of the 32 household objects to be ‘redesigned’ by Japanese designers, architects, writers and photographers for the Re-design exhibition in ...

This state-of-the-art accessory not only collects ash but also incorporates a built-in cooling chamber, a cigar humidor, and a dedicated refreshment cup—all without the need for electricity or ...