Known for his muscular and clean-lined furniture, Mr. Liaigre designed the influential Mercer hotel in SoHo, as well as the homes of Rupert Murdoch and others. By Penelope Green Christian Liaigre, a ...

Over the past few years, independent furniture designers have gravitated toward metal. It’s a bit of an about-face in the midst of an era dominated by light woods and textured ceramics. The ...