From Uncommon Matters, Sheila Bridges, and More: 9 Design Collabs We’re Loving Right Now

Sarah Bartholomew x Lee Jofa

Nashville-based designer Sarah Bartholomew’s longtime fascination with antique stripes, florals, and paisleys has led to a range of printed and woven fabrics and coordinating wallpapers for Lee Jofa. After poring over old books at the Victoria & Albert Museum and historical documents within the Lee Jofa archive, Bartholomew reimagined the likes of Moroccan ikat, block print calico vines, and Indian textile borders in such fresh colorways as celery, Deft blue, and poppy with graceful Southern style. The standout? The Palampore, a super-sized graphic reinterpretation of the Tree of Life. 

Ben Ganz x USM Modular Furniture for Pin-Up Home

The sleek silhouette of a skyscraper lends itself well to furniture, as seen in manifestations ranging from Gaetano Pesce’s Tramanto, a New York modular sofa, to Paul T. Frankl’s Art Deco Skyscraper shelving units. Swiss-born and New York–based designer Ben Ganz follows suit, illuminating the urban environs of his adopted city in six lightweight and mobile configurations of storage units developed with Swiss manufacturer USM Modular Furniture. Called USM NYC by Ben Ganz, the line—available exclusively via Pin-Up magazine’s new design platform Pin-Up Home—brings together low-slung seating and shelving that conjures soaring towers constructed from powder-coated steel in a trifecta of aptly named pastel colorways: Uptown Blue, Soho Yellow, and Downtown Pink. 

Nick Cave x KnollTextiles

In the late 1980s, artist and educator Nick Cave received his M.F.A. at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, the celebrated Michigan institution where Florence Knoll Bassett launched her career—as did several prominent designers in Knoll’s alumni. Cave builds upon that rich narrative with four upholsteries, three draperies, and three wallcoverings for KnollTextiles that pull from his multidisciplinary oeuvre spanning sculpture, video, and sound. Oversized florals, vintage button prints, and faux shearling, for example, nod to Soundsuits, Cave’s signature assemblages of found objects, and luminous vertical movement and two-toned spider web–like embroidery take cues from his large-scale 3D and beaded installations.