As enduring a modern icon as an Eames lounge chair, the Bubble Lamp series designed by George Nelson feels as fresh as it did when it was introduced in 1952. Made of a webby plastic over a lightweight ...

Taking a classic modern design and reworking it into something more traditional is viewed with suspicion by design aficionados. But Frank and Jay Novak of Modernica in Los Angeles decided - why not?

Modernica, maker of those beloved George Nelson Bubble lamps, announced that it is bringing back the Bubble’s cousin, the Net. In 1959, the Net Light rolled out to not exactly a fervor. Fewer than ...

The George Nelson Foundation, a nonprofit with close ties to furniture maker Herman Miller, is taking an aggressive legal step to prevent Los Angeles–based Modernica from continuing production of ...

Need another quick fix? How about a new shade for an old lamp. One of the latest to land on the market is Modernica’s riff on the bubble lamps George Nelson designed 50 years ago. The shades come in ...

HBO’s Winning Time is taking some heat from its real-life subjects: former Lakers executive Jerry West has his legal team working overtime to save face, while Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, also ...