Everything in RED · Guide
Everything in Red: 7 Objects That Earn Their Loudness
Red is a dare. It's the first color a room notices and the first one people regret. The trick — the thing every object below gets right — is that red works best as an accent with a job, not a mood applied to everything at once.
A red kettle on a steel counter. A red chair in an otherwise quiet room. One loud object, chosen well, does more than ten. Here are seven that earn it.
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Valentine Typewriter · Olivetti
Ettore Sottsass called the Valentine a machine “to keep amateur poets company on lonely Sundays.” Olivetti's glossy red portable is the original argument that a tool can be a personality.
$480 — Shop →9093 Kettle · Alessi
Michael Graves' 9093 with the little bird whistle is postmodernism you can actually use. In red enamel it's the warmest object in any kitchen.
$175 — Shop →Panton Chair · Vitra
The first single-form injection-molded chair, and still the most confident. Verner Panton's cantilever in red is pure optimism in one continuous curve.
$320 — Shop →No.08 Folding Knife · Opinel
A perfect object that happens to cost almost nothing. The red-handled No.08 is proof that “design” and “cheap” aren't opposites.
$28 — Shop →Notice what none of these do: they don't try to be red all over. They're single strong notes. Build the rest of the room quiet and let one of these carry it.
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