"Today, wicker and rattan are having a moment again, in both furniture and interiors. Artists like Katie Stout and Chris Wolston are proposing new designs, while interior designers like Adam Charlap Hyman of architecture firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero incorporate vintage examples alongside with the new. 'It brings a historical note into a room, in addition to warmth and a sense of craft,' says Stout, whose contemporary wicker and rattan lexicon includes sideboards, vanities, and shelves. 'We try to use rattan or wicker in every project we do,' adds Charlap Hyman. 'There’s something so graceful about it.' Humor lives alongside the grace, as Wolston can attest with his own anthropomorphic wicker pieces complete with arms, legs, and comically bulging butt cheeks."