On February 22nd 2012 the VitraHaus in Weil am Rhein celebrates its second birthday. A brave decision not just structurally but also commercially, the VitraHaus has proved to be a bigger success than...
Making their debut at IMM Cologne were the Norwegian producer Hødnebø Although they have a wonderful range of products, one of the real curiosities is the Spinnaker Chair – a chair made from u...
At IMM Cologne 2012 Ligne Roset presented a number of new products; the highlight for us – and that’s not a pun, honestly – was PEYE by Saint-Etienne based design studio Numéro 111...
It’s an oldie but a goodie – Becherlicht by Martin Neuhaus is a delightful piece of research on what happens when you pass a concentrated beam of light through a plastic cup. And a produc...
Just received the most wonderful comment: This house castle website is pathetic. it’s written with the arrogance of a spoilt teenager but with the knowledge of a ten year old. Your comments on ...
We admit it was an idle moment. A moment when we technically had other things to do – but our curiosity got the better of us. Thankfully! Krakow based designer Grzegorz Cholewiak recently won f...
One of the most famous furniture design anecdotes is that of Charles Eames about his iconic Lounge Chair; namely, that it should resemble and be just as inviting as a well-worn baseball glove. Simila...
Papa Bear by Hans Wegner Hug bear
Wilhelm Wagenfelds 1931 Teeservice is without doubt one of the most iconic examples of product design. Whilst undeniably formally inspired by Wagenfelds aesthetic wonder, New York based designer Yuki...
Banff. Macduff. For non-natives they might be two mightily unfriendly words but their joint “COAST Festival of the Visual Arts” is certainly one of the friendliest summer festivals. We...
One of the guiding philosophy’s of Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec’s work is leaving the end-user to decide what an object is and how to interact with it. Halle based designer Stephan Schulz h...
Burg Giebichenstein in Halle is without question one of our favourite German design schools. Next week they will open their new “Design Haus Halle” project – a business start-up ce...
Among the more interesting projects at this years Saloni Milano is garagedesign. The basic idea is not new and there exist several “commercial” applications, but we like the reference to ...
We know that we occasionally come across as the Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec fan club, something that Le Freres Bouroullec occasionally interpret as stalking. And yes we do enjoy their wonderfully pare...
There are many good reasons to welcome spring – not least that it herolds the launch of the latest collection from one of our favourite Swiss design collectives Postfossil. The 2010 Postfossil ...
Whether it’s Dr Who’s Tardis or Jesus’ feeding of the five thousand, there is nothing , but nothing, more endearing than when apparently small masses reveal themselves as being cons...
Sloppy as it sounds, we are still working our way through our photos and videos from the 2010 IMM Cologne. Obviously it ain’t sloppy. It’s an indication of just how busy we are. Before tr...
We belive we’ve said it before, but just to reiterate – we’re not fans of solid wood furniture. Never have been, never will be. That said we are fans of the portal handmadedesignerf...
Many thanks to designeast.eu for drawing our attention to this wonderful adaptation of a typical modular seating system. Created by Polish designer Tomek Rygalik, Termo is in essence a series of oute...
On Thursday the 2010 Leipzig Buchmesse begins, and with it Europe’s largest reading festival Leipzig Liest. From both the Book Fair itself we will bring you our impressions on the new books and...
Gabriel Cañas is a Spanish industrial designer. That much we know. The rest of his coroflot portfolio is in Spanish. Cuerito Â, fortunately isn’t in Spanish but rather in an invigorating mix o...
Until March 31st there is still time to enter the Re:design[net]WORK AWARD. Organised within the framework of the Programme for Transnational Cooperation Slovakia–Austria 2007–2013, the competition i...
If we’re honest – and we always are – we are no real fans of home furnishings. They just get in the way of us being untidy. That said, we can’t help admiring the Ray Eames-esq...
Greece, as we all know, is broke. Beggared, bust, dirt poor, flat broke, impoverished, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, ruined, stone broke, strapped, tapped out. Skint. If you want to help the Mo...
The weeks drag on and the days become ever longer, but still the new products from the IMM Cologne keep flowing in….. Axel by Alexander Gufler is one of those products we can’t help but ...
Thanks to inhabitat.com for drawing our attention to this ingenious product – a product that is not only the ultimate example of minimal resource furniture design but is also further evidence t...
London 5 March 2010: The seven category winners of the Brit Insurance Design Awards 2010 are announced today. Collectively they celebrate everyday design, reflecting international trends, current the...
Grassworks by Jair Straschnow We said: We particularly like the Eames-esque easy chair – not least because it flips over to form two different shaped chairs – and the extending trestle table. Both ha...
Soon….. The shortlist is: 360° Work Chair by Konstantin Grcic Carbon Fibre Chair Shigeru Ban Extrusion Thomas Heatherwick Studios Grassworks by Jair Straschnow Breathe Furniture by Helen Kontou...
A bit cheeky… but hey aint that us. Shortly after we published the shortlist, we quickly covered Linda Brothwell’s Repair Project … and for reasons of time – the winner will b...
Du abonnerer ikke længere på . Fortryd?
Danish
English
Suomi
Svenska