This Week’s Top Story

Contemporary furniture label Roche Bobois (222 W. Hubbard St., roche-bobois.com) is divided into two yin-and-yang-like collections: Les Contemporains, which celebrates forward-thinking design, and Les Nouveaux Classiques, which focuses on stalwart styles that get an of-the-moment twist. Now, the spotlight is on the latter thanks to a new capsule collection by Christian Lacroix, a 56-year-old Paris-based label that has collaborated with designers like Jean Paul Gaultier, Sonia Rykiel, and Missoni.

“It’s very different than what we’ve done in the past,” says showroom manager and interior designer Brennan Bohman of the Maison Lacroix collection, which calls to mind an avant-garde, Alice in Wonderland-like aesthetic. “We want to always be surprising people.”

Of the 20 pieces in the collection (which boasts a double-sided, digital printed screen; stackable storage cubes; and colorful, zebra-like dining chairs), Bohman gravitates toward the upholstered armchair. “It has an interesting curve from every single angle, which is something you don’t [often] see,” he says. “They’ve played a lot of interest to the form of the chair—the profile of it—so that part is beautiful.” Plus, it comes in hundreds of fabric options from solid velvets to whimsical prints.

Though Nouveaux Classiques typically leans French, with gilded accents and curved silhouettes, “The Christian Lacroix set is like that [but] jazzed up,” Bohman says. “It has the fun, clean lines; it’s got the brass edging on the dining table. It’s different, but still livable.”

Interior Intel

The Walter E. Smithe (multiple locations, smithe.com) Friends & Family sale is back. Starting today, visit the website to get a coupon worth $500 off the first $1,500 of your purchase, then enjoy savings of up to 20 percent. The sale ends Monday.

Through October 30, enjoy 20 percent off the entire Blu Dot collection at iD (375 W. Erie St., Ste. 101, idchicago.com).

Sundays just got an upgrade: Lincoln Park favorite Tabula Tua (1015 W. Armitage Ave., tabulatua.com) is open from noon to 5 p.m., now through the holidays.

Events

Join PowerHouse Smart and River North Design District for wine, bites, networking, and more at Casa Spazio (222 W. Hubbard St., casaspazio.com) next Thursday for the first-annual Stellar Sales & Marketing Success Stories symposium that will toast industry leaders. Get tickets here.

For the DIY set: Designer Leah Ball (leah-ball.com) is teaching a wall-hanging workshop at Humboldt House (1045 N. California Ave., humboldthouseco.com) next Thursday, where she’ll help craftsmen of all experience levels create mobiles and wind chimes. Register here.