Max Lipsey is an American designer based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.  After receiving a B.A. at New York Univeristy, he attended the Design Academy Eindhoven Bachelors program. Since 2008, his studio has been a personal platform to develop and self-produce his own designs, work with companies on mass production, and reach out to initiate group projects.

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Friday Five with Max Lipsey

This Hosu lounge chair was inspired by the thought of working in a comfortable, personal space that’s easy to relax and get things done in. Designed by Patricia Urquiola for Coalesse , the single chair is available with a convertible cushion that folds out to prop your feet up on or as a fixed chair. It comes with storage pockets on the sides and back to house your remote or book (or SNACKS). This chair makes me want to move my work from the desk to this so that I can spread out and get comfortable while I work

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Hosu by Patricia Urquiola for Coalesse

ModProducts is a New York City based product design company founded by designers, Brett Teper and Rich Williams. Their first product, The ModKat Litter Box was unveiled at the ICFF in 2009 where it proudly took home the Editors award for best accessory. More recently ModKat picked up a Red Dot Design Award honor. ModProducts was born out of a curious need to rethink everyday products and make them a bit more useful and aesthetically pleasing

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Friday Five with Rich and Brett of ModProducts

While at ICFF, I met Mark Kinsley, who is the owner of Riveli Shelving . Kinsley, a product designer, struggled with space issues in his small Chicago studio, so he developed a space-saving shelving unit for his own personal use. However, he soon realized that he wasn’t the only one with space problems, so he partnered with Iconic Revolution and is now offering these fold-down shelves for sale. Not only do they fold up and down in many configurations, but you can customize them by creating your own design on the front of the panels. Therefore, they also act as artwork

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Riveli Shelving