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Friday Five with Jennifer Newman

UK designer Jennifer Newman began her career as a professional artist and colorist before opening her London-based studio in 2006. Over the years, her tables and benches has become instantly recognizable for their simple lines and bold colors, filling a much-needed void in the market, which was the inspiration for her career change. Working with clients like Coca-Cola, Four Seasons Hotels, and Sony, as well as a host of architects and interior designers, has continued to grow her unique brand, including the launch of her A Frame Picnic Table for CB2. Check out her design-focused picks of inspiration in this week’s Friday Five.

1. Original Volkswagen Beetle.
Design perfection that 80 years of tinkering has failed to improve.

F5-Jennifer-Newman-2-Mount-Fuji-House-Satoshi-Okada

Photo by Satoshi Okada architects & Katsuhisa Kida

2. Architect Satoshi Okada’s House on Mount Fuji.
Stripped-down design sits beautifully in nature.

3. Thames Barrier.
A great example of good design driven by engineering.

4. Jewish Holocaust Museum Garden of Exile, Berlin by Daniel Libeskind.
Where design makes language superfluous.

Photo by Monica Feudi

Photo by Monica Feudi

5. Yohji Yamamoto.
Unfettered imagination.

Caroline Williamson is Editor-in-Chief of Design Milk. She has a BFA in photography from SCAD and can usually be found searching for vintage wares, doing New York Times crossword puzzles in pen, or reworking playlists on Spotify.