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The template for the impressive series ‘Digital cities’ by Hubert Blanz was old discarded CPU printed circuit boards. The structure and arrangement of the main boards and other hardware resemble a giant a modern urban space...
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Artisan accessories by Kouta Fukunaga
The Japanese designer and craftsman Kouta Fukunaga is one of several artisans from Hokkaido who find inspiration in the natural environment of the northern Japanese island...
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The Berlin-based manufacturer Parkhaus had the ingenious idea to design and produce fitting seat cushions for classic and contemporary design chairs. All their designs are made of 100% wool felt. Here some examples of their beautiful add-ons...
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At the Arnhem Fashion Biennale the London based Dutch designer Henny van Nistelrooy presents this beautiful chandelier made of light reflecting discs that conventionally are used in photography...
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Interview with Shigeru Ban. The Finnish manufacturer Artek presented the new '10-unit system' (#21751) by the Japanese arcitect. We had the pleasure to meet Shigeru Ban in Milan...
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The colo-concept, by Wachs breaks with the handling-habits of an old-fashioned dishwasher. it’s a reduction of the machine to its essentials. ‘colo’ merges the dishwasher with the sink...
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Creative Space Serbia- Young Serbian Designers
148 designers applied and 10 were selected by a jury presided over by Konstantin Grcic to present their products at this year´s Salone Satellite in Milan.
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Oskar Zieta, designer of ‘Plopp’ and collaborator at the ETH Zürich, presented together with ETH students, an advanced design of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT), which was developed using the same ‘FIDU’ technology.
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The Berlin based designers Tom Kühne and Zascho Petkow strive to free themselves from traditional ideas of furniture designs and surprise again at this year´s DMY festival with their “wild” interpretation of interior objects...
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For the first time in its existence the Belgian manufacturer Quinze & Milan goes concrete!
Gitta Gschwendtner has created concrete and woodcrete stools cast from moulds based on paper shopping bags...
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The Swedish manufacturer Skulpturfabriken is specialize in the design and fabrication of concrete products for both interior and exterior environments. The whole collection of the monolithic and sculptural products is designed by the Stina Lindholm...
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Croatian manufacturer Element presented ‘FKY’ shelf by Austrian designers of For Use in Milan. The irregular structure, horizontal sticks parallel while the vertical ones are slightly inclined, gives stability to the simple construction.
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The Swiss designer Olivier Sottas presented at this year´s DMY Festival in Berlin ‘Plié’, a series of floor lamps. The lamps are composed of a paper lampshade, which gets its structure and stability from the artful folding...
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In Hong Kong you only see the laboriously constructed huts made of corrugated iron and planks of wood in which the poorest of the poor live if you look upwards – they occupy, to put it in cynical terms, a penthouse location...
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The Swiss designers of Big-Game recently presented their ‘Blur’ collection. It consists of a vase, two mirrors, three tables and four lamps, which are playing with the notion of blurriness...
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Mega churches by Christoph Morlinghaus
His ’straight photography’ of empty spaces often leave a mystical and surreal impression, even though Christoph declares not to use any additional light...
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Centre for Dentistry by Jürgen Mayer H.
The sculptural elements and the sophisticated colour scheme have the typical handwriting of the Berlin-based architect...
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‘Allumette’ by Atelier Oï for Röthlisberger Collection. The chair, sofa and table are built using the statics of traditional framework design. Here, forces and counter-forces interplay to absorb the load...
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Transalpino: Here, ideas and inspiration are shared, with none of the usual references to who has designed what. This theme continues in the workshop rules: 'Adopting ideas is encouraged', 'Copyright-free zone' and 'No mass production'.
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Creating spaces with a minimum of material, is the aim of the Los Angeles based architects of Ball Nogues Studio
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Almost all of his works remind of architectural constructions, but the latest piece of the German designer Jens Otten is definitely the most delicate one.
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The NRW-Forum in Düsseldorf questions the differences/similarities of contemporary design-art with works by designers/artists like Ron Arad, Hussein Chalayan, Liam Gillick, Marc Newson, Franz West... 23 May until 5 July...
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‘Reef Benches’ by Remy & Veenhuizen
The stylized dunes are placed on the gray tiled roof top and form a contrast to the rather confined atmosphere of the building.
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At this year’s Milan furniture fair the German manufacturer ClassiCon presented some famous classic creations by Sergio Rodriges, a real doyen of Brazilian furniture design. We had the honour of interviewing him in Milan.
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