The pictorial inspiration for fashion designer Timothy K.’s collection "Opus 2" comes from the Guggenheim. A cubist painting portraying a woman in a deconstructed gown that seems one ...
What’s the weather like? The answer is blowing in the wind, with 2 rings that are precious in metal and impetuous in concept. The large "Filidinuvola" by Falabrac will bring sweet neb...
Maybe one day we’ll be able to directly design objects in space, without paper or PCs. But Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra want to be ahead of the times. In their project "Analogia 003&quo...
We’re stumped to decide which of these two steel seats is the most ergonomic. Is it chaise longue "Tolix" by Brasilian designer Zanini de Zanine with its straight and rounded lines? O...
A woman roaming abandoned rooms, evocative of photos by Francesca Woodman. It’s the feminine intimacy rediscovered in the candid robes of Sante Bozzo, winning fashion designer of "My Own S...
We’re well into the Spring and even jewelry blossoms. "Half Golden Things" by Anna Kiryakova are earrings that hold much promise, protected in their gold and porcelain sprout. Whereas...
Carwan Gallery returns to Fuori Salone with "Contemporary perspectives in Middle Eastern crafts". A collection of furniture and objects created through the interaction of 9 emerging designe...
You can now contemplate the details of a flower as if you were a bee, thanks to "Big Bloom" by The Cottage Industry, a minimal frame equipped with a magnifying lens. But if you want a wider...
During Salone del Mobile fair in Milan Burg Giebichenstein Halle presented a selection of its 2012 graduate projects in the area of Ventura-Lambrate. Versatility and sustainability are the common thr...
Meditation needs the right location. Despite its’ spaceship shape, "Zen Armchair" by Rafael Morgan is inspired by the silhouette of a monk in prayer. A more accommodating line may be ...
Before leaving they put on their helmets, like any good space travelling model would. And the signs of the voyage are visible on the clothes. Anrealage’s F/W 2012 collection "Time" is...
Two ways of treating metal and the shapes it can produce. "Flachmann" by Florian Kallus and Sebastian Schneider is flat. It can hang from the wall or rest on a table with chic simplicity. &...
More than 14 thousand candidates compete for the Red Dot Award, a sought-after International design award since 1955. This year’s winner in the category of product design is Slamp with lamp &qu...
All those golden dots surrounding "Helios", from the "Hera" collection by Monomer represent sun rays. Together, they shine like a pulsar enveloping your finger with light. Rana&nb...
Zoe Miller and David Goodman make toys for kids. And also books published by Tate. One of these, called "Faces", was the inspiration for an exhibition of "totems" made with salvag...
The use of paper in lighting is not so surprising. Not as much as the beauty of the luminous tutu that surmounts "Paper Floor Lamp" by Hettler Tüllmann. Another strong emotion is evoke...
Transforming waste materials that are readily available into something beautiful is his specialty. So much so as to build a big design company around this idea. Piet Hein Eek explains how materials a...
A light sculpture that resembles a crystal structure. "X-Plus" by Xiaoxi was not designed with a precise function. Yet it won the Red Dot Design Award 2011. "La Chose" by Cé...
Strong lines, determined and sharp, resembling industrial machine structures. As well as the deconstructivism of Frank Gehry. Heavy Machine’s shoes are contemporary totems on heels. Tools for s...
Seen in profile, "AVL Koker Chair" by Hans Lensvelt could have a Greek nose, lacking any aquiline convexities like those displayed by "N.U.D.E"(N.ew U.nclothed D.ressed E.dition),...
PadiglioneItalia takes its cue from the big metropolitan areas to trace a map of Italian design. Hubs that are open to the world, communicating flows of ideas with the outskirts. But it also reveals ...
Both "Endless" by Dirk Vander Kooij and "Maurits" by Fred&Juul are into ballet. And they challenge each other with dexterous dance steps without the need to play "Swan La...
Those who want to get rid of their old chairs and renovate their interiors can look no further. Studio Bernotat & Co have the solution with "Chair Wear", a project that not only dresses...
A wireframe leaf, softly folded at the angles, is the organic concept of "Mü", designed by Hermann A. Weizenegger. Whereas the stool from series “A Tempo”, created by Pauli...
A project that was finished ahead of schedule and a rented car to be delivered back at the airport in the evening. Renato returns to France, precisely Giverny, in the Japanese garden where Monet pain...
Designer Sebastian Herkner presented "Bell Table" at Salone del Mobile in Milan. Blown glass and brass are combined to create a transparency gradient. Thomas Bentzen does not admit shading ...
A split loaf of bread as a manifesto of their approach to design: local, artisanal, to be shared and produced through daily acts. They are Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin, aka Studio Formafantas...
At first glance it looks like a single piece. But "Seattoo" (winner of the Red Dot 2011), is composed of two stools that can be nested together to interact in an unusual manner. The harmony...
At Salone del Mobile fair 2012 Something Good presented "Edition of 9", an exhibition of products conceived and developed thanks to the meeting of contemporary design and artisanal traditio...
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