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Foto ©Jon Jon Augustavo Hungry for new things, impatient becoming old, tired of anonymity global product, with an equal dose of coherence and incoherence, rampant for years now the passion for vintage as everything that does not seem just out of its package. Whether it is clothing that of furniture: next to the carpets worn […]
Collection by Stephanie Wong, photography by Sean Michael Revisit tradition to enhance authenticity Reviving and renewing traditional craft techniques to enhance narrative and meaning to objects. Designers work with recycled materials, conjuring up the concept of an improvised lifestyle as a counterpoint to our technology-dominated society. Art direction by FranklinTill Photography by Jeremias Morandell Basket […]
KL30 by Yago Hortal Harness technology to generate uniqueness Emerging materials and technologies allow replicable unique and personalised results. To accommodate the demand for unique, individualised products, designers increasingly experiment with novel materials and technologies. Esbat Stitches No. 8 (detail) by Vaka Valo Computer algorithms and similar technologies facilitate the mass production of customised […]
From the roughness of urban design comes the inspiration for the new Mirage porcelain stoneware. The raw concrete emerges with forms, volumes, and structures boasting strong colours and structural expressionism. With refined beauty and surfaces that evoke the look of exposed raw concrete, Nolita is the expression of a sophisticated and cosmopolitan urban style and […]
Craftica by Formafantasma for Fendi Strip back to reveal purity and integrity In search of a sense of spirituality natural materials are celebrated in their purist form. As a response to mass production, the interest in objects that have personalities and are accompanied by stories is increasing. In the quest for meaning, this movement honours […]
The GRASS presentation at interzum 2013 has won this year’s ADAM Award from FAMAB, the German professional association for direct communication, in the category “XL – exhibition stand up to 1,500 m2”. On 7 November, FABAM rocked the hall at the Leipzig Exhibition Centre where some 1,500 guests attended an entertaining official award ceremony. Representatives […]
Black Strawberry Lace by Carole Collet, photography by Christoffer Rudquist Synthesise the natural world for a sustainable future The convergence of science and the natural world uncovers progressive synthetic solutions for a more sustainable future. New textile techniques intertwine living systems with and biological and texture technologies copied from nature to form novel fabrics. […]
A delicate and ethereal soap bubble that quivers in space filling it with white Scandinavian light: this is the image immediately evoked by Yoko, the new table lamp by Foscarini proposal for Euroluce 2013 and awarded by BO BEDRE MAGAZINE as the best lamp of the year. Intangible and ethereal, simple and extremely refined: Yoko […]
Création, collection Viora Red, blue or green – almost everybody has a favourite colour or at least feels more attracted to some colours than others. In this respect, we allow ourselves to be guided by our emotions, because colour can trigger both a sense of wellbeing and unease. The German Wallpaper Institute presents a brief […]
* Louise Campbell designs “Das Haus – Interiors on Stage” at the imm cologne 2014 as a low-tech house in which open space and furniture are put to flexible use * The Danish designer will be staging her individual interior vision as a play with measurements and scale entitled “0-100. (Made to measure)” It is […]