Design Drive: Curving Around the Bend

Minimal in form, the Mernøe No. 2 table lamp by Morten Mernøe is carefully engineered with a wood shade and base linked by a slender brass sleeve for the cord. At brightonpresidio.com

UFO, a spaceship-like upholstered hardwood ottoman by Rick Lee for Thayer Coggin is inspired by forms in mid-century comic books and sci-fi classics. At khromestudios com 

Allegro, a sinuous coffee table, is one ribbon of hand-bent natural rattan laminated over a power-coated metal frame. $4,678 at select showrooms or retailers listed at Palecek.com

The Nido lounge chair by Los Angeles-based Estudio Persona can be ordered through Prevalent Projects in Mill Valley. Its base is made from a selection of solid hardwoods, and is topped with a laminated wood seat, Depending on materials and finishes, around $7,200 at prevalentprojects.com 

The versatile Oco side table is a 2018 ‘classic’ by Jorge Arturo Ibarra who studied in San Francisco. A nod to the geometry of Mexican Brutalist architecture it is made by hand in Mexico from walnut and iroko, a tropical hardwood as tough as teak. Usable indoors and occasionally outdoors. Depending on finishes, about $3,800 at luteca.com