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Marcin Rusak (born in 1987, Warsaw, Poland) is an artist and multidisciplinary designer interested in ideas of value, ephemerality and aesthetics. Specializing in storytelling, process and material investigation his work often incorporates research, object and installation as well as visual creations to explore overlooked details of our lives which recreated and reimagined are shown again … Continue reading “Marcin Rusak”
A classic of its kind, the wooden chair with cane seat serves as a point of reference for the Lui5 chairs: the traditional techniques used to make them are undertaken faithfully and with mastery, but the curved, soft forms of the original model leave space for simplified lines and crystallised forms that multiply in space … Continue reading “Lui5 Armchair”
design classic duesseldorf is THE annual German Fair for Modern Design Classics – with its 20th return beginning of December 2018 presenting more than 150 dealers over 5000 square metres.Visitors from USA, South Korea, Brazil, Japan and nearly all European countries meet in Duesseldorf every time, the design event takes place. Indian summer on the Rhine … Continue reading “design classic duesseldorf *”
Floral and resin vase This cylindrical vessel, reminiscent of a krater vase, is a spectacular marriage of ancient motif and use of contemporary material. With a strong form, the vase is constructed of molded and cast resin encasing dried floral remnants. Creating a stark pattern on the surface of the vessel, the floral elements seem to freeze … Continue reading “Perishable vase by Marcin RUSAK”
“Wooden Textiles” convey a new tactile experience.We are used to experience wood as a hard material; we know the feeling of walking across wooden floors, to touch a wooden tabletop or to feel the bark of a tree. But we usually don’t experience a wooden surface which can be manipulated by touch.”Wooden Textiles” is a … Continue reading “Wooden Plaids”
This award-winning Wooden Hammock by Australian designer Adam Cornish is an alternative to the common cloth hammock. Although made from wood, the design is flexible and comfortable due to the rubber vertebra which allows the wooden segments to move, mimicking the human spine. Manufactured from a standard sheet of plantation grown plywood, the design maximizes the economy of materials … Continue reading “Wooden Hammock”
The Isla is all curves. Sculptural and futuristic, its asymmetrical top perches above two large voluminous legs.Wood Tabletop: Walnut, Blackened Walnut, Bleached Maple, Blackened Maple, Natural White Oak, or Blackened White OakStone Tabletop: Travertine, Pietra Cardosa Marble, Petite Granite Limestone, or Rojo Alicante MarbleTable Base: Lacquered Wood in colors including Clay, Dove, Flint, Charcoal, Caviar, … Continue reading “Isla Coffee Table”
By Adam Nathaniel Furman To be seen at the Biennale INTERIEUR 2018 18-22 October Kortrijk, Belgium The Nakano Twins are a pair of furniture units designed to be as full of personality as cartoon characters, voluble, talkative little members of the household that bring as much animation to the spaces they are in as a happy pet, … Continue reading “Nakano Twins”
The young and talented designer Elise Fouin presents her Papillon’s collection, edited by French Lighting House, Forestier.This pendant light, made of metal wire, which represents the flapping wings of a butterfly. Its consists of 3 lamp shades, the first, has a an elongated shape, the second is gently put above with a form more cylindric … Continue reading “Papillon Pendant light by Elise Fouin for Forestier”
The garden Pavillon Toku is a shading structure made of cedar heartwood treated with a transparent impregnating product, which makes it suited to an outdoor use also in harsh weather conditions.The structure features four panels, two are fixed and two have adjustable backrests. They can be moved and arranged according to one’s needs. The panels … Continue reading “TOKU by Vincent Van Duysen for Paola Lenti”
O P P I ®, a new toy brand that combines design and education, launches PIKS, a balance toy that stimulates attention and concentra- tion! The very rst toys are nally available on kickstarter.com!Do you think as of today children spend too much time on screens, have dif culties to stay focused and don’t use … Continue reading “O P P I ®, a new toy brand that combines design and education”
An example of minimalist designJapanese studio YOY proposes simple and very innovative design creations.POSTER is a series of a wall lamp like a A2-sized poster.Two cuts are made in the paper to form the curved lamp shape, and a small LED light is fitted inside.The light illuminates the paper from behind, while the cuts allow light to … Continue reading “Poster Lamp by YOY”
His sculptural objects seem sober spatial constructions: boxlike, slab built architectural structures of austere colours dominated by right angles. But appearances are deceptive: these objects have a poetic charm which saves them from only being rational and cold. The eye of the beholder detects small projections, subtle displacements and slants which, together with the immediate … Continue reading “Stoneware & engobes”
For the past 20 years, Jos Devriendt has been working with the mushroom as an archetypal form translated into functional sculpture. Part of an ongoing series known as Night and Day, Jos Devriendt’s lamps express his interest in the ways in which time and atmosphere can transform our perception of objects and contexts. Deftly rendered … Continue reading “Space Horizon 24 B”
Back from New-York Design WeekThe Coexist Coffee Table is made of a slab of white venato Italian marble with two pure brass cubes holding up the surface.One of the cubes rests on its edge, playing with balance, perspective and geometry to achieve the effect.The pieces fit seamlessly together in harmonious balance capturing the weight of … Continue reading “COEXIST Marble & Brass Coffee Table”
Unveiled in 1999 at the Paris Furniture Show, this chair was immediately noticed by Giulio Cappellini. That was the beginning of my collaboration with this major house. Using an innovative technique, it is entirely built with multi-colored sheets of resin bonded by ultrasound. The contrast between its sober lines and psychedelic colors softened by the … Continue reading “Rainbow Chair”
Fantastic, daring, and acutely colorful are words that describe the innovative work of Italian artist Jacopo Foggini. Working with a machine of his own invention, Foggini heats metacrylate, a polymer derivative, to volcanic temperatures in order to create thick, colorful threads he molds by hand into lit art. Foggini sites the magic of childhood and … Continue reading “Brilli – Model E”
This week in MilanDesigner / Christopher Coombes & Cristiana Giopato Manufacturer / Giopato & Coombes This sculptural piece uses metal and artisan Murano glass to create a multifaceted wall light.Numerous components work in harmony, projecting direct or indirect light about the Gioielli, with each element bearing its own special characteristics.The emerald green light has a battuto … Continue reading “Gioielli Wall Light”
The work consists of 522 Italian Travertine Silver blocks and a framed hand-drawn construction drawing.The blocks have been cut and sanded into 10 different basic shapes, based on children’s wooden toy blocks. These are built into a construction, based on the construction drawing on black paper.The blocks are not affixed in any way, but placed … Continue reading “Construction III”
PAD PARIS (5-8 April) Galerie BSLThe ‘Crescent Loveseat’ is a contemporary reinterpretation of several major classics from the 50’s.The comfortable crescent shaped design offers soft, pure yet flexible lines enhanced by the contrast of fabrics.The back that resembles a cape envelops the loveseat enhancing its cozy aspect and completing the attire.The small size of this … Continue reading “‘Crescent Lovseat’”
The work ‘Dancing Stones’ from Gerard Kuijpers is the result of extensive purification. The steel and stone reach their ultimate essences. The steel being as strong as never before; the stone radiates its heaviness. This piece of art shows how the stone, even in complete rest, never loses the potential of movement. ‘Dancing Stones’ consists … Continue reading “Dancing Stones”
Flora lamp is a balanced composition of geometric cantilevered shapes, composed of brass, glass, and our unique Flora Perma material. A glass globe offsets the body, offering a soft dimmable light source. Flora Perma: The body of the lamp is carefully machined to reveal the intricate and complex beauty of the cross sections of flowers, … Continue reading “Flora Lamp”
This beautiful molded glass carafe was particularly noticed at the last fair in Milan.GLASS SERIESmaterial: glasstechnique: glass blowingyear: 2017dimensions: 195x130x310mmVítor Agostinho is a ceramic designer with a relevant experience in cookware products to industry. Recently he starts to reorient his work for a more personalized and artistic development as a result of his investigation in … Continue reading “POLIEDRO #56”
As guest of honour at imm cologne 2017, Todd Bracher, the New York-based product designer, will produce a distinctively spacious and architectural design for the design event “Das Haus – Interiors on Stage”. Under a floating roof will stand two interwoven, starkly different frames – one a large space surrounded by bookshelves as walls and a semi-transparent shell, … Continue reading “Todd Bracher guest of honour at imm cologne 2017”
Product’s details: – Date : 2008 – In collaboration with Anthony van den Bossche – Client : ARTISTS SPACE, New York – Curator : Alexandra Midal – Materials : glass blown & thermoformed, water pump, joints – Dimensions : Medium 73 x 45 x 91 cm Large 162 x 73 x 100 cm Work & … Continue reading “Local River”
David Galvañ and Manuel Bañó, designers and founders of LaSelva design studio have developed a concrete accessories collection for a Mexican company called Más. Radial vase is divided in two materials, a heavy base in concrete and a light top in metal. The metal piece can be extracted from the concrete so the user can fill it up with water and then put it … Continue reading “MÁS concrete collection”
Modernism Week presents a one-day only exhibition opening by Photographer Tom Blachford, at the iconic Menrad Residence in Palm Springs.On Friday, February 20th the latest installment series by photographer Tom Blachford “Midnight Modern” will be unveiled for a one-day only exhibition opening. The new works are an extension of Blachford’s previous collection, capturing classic Palm … Continue reading “Midnight Modern by Photographer Tom Blachford”
Castor is a furniture range designed by Swiss Studio Big-Game for Japanese company Karimoku New Standard.The design of the Castor sofa, part of the Castor family, respectfully refers to Le Corbusier’s legendary Grand Comfort sofa and combines the elegance of elaborate functionality with the highest seating comfort. It draws on Karimoku’s exceptional know-how in wood … Continue reading “Big-Game adds sofa to the Castor series”
Gallery Sofie Lachaert celebrates its 25th anniversary with an exhibition entitled “Not just a bowl of cherries”, an allusion to the expression “life is just a bowl of cherries”. No less than 40 artists were inspired by this expression.The bowl is naturally one of the first objects invented by man. This is the materialization as … Continue reading “Exhibition “Not just a bowl of cherries””
The distinct shape of this table mortar is inspired by archetypical millstones. It is both, a closable container for spices and a grinder. Manufactured from marble, the product stands for longevity and quality. With its sculptural appearance it does not need to be hidden in cupboards – it is an everyday product designed as a … Continue reading “Mark Braun Table Mortar for Hem”
