7 poetic designs on show at Design Miami/ Basel 2018
Snuggle-up alcoves within endangered monsters’ hugs, bespoke thrones in a barn and ‘watercoloured’ furniture… 7 poetic designs debuting at Design Miami/ Basel 2018.
Nendo’s Watercolour collection looks like is made of painted paper
Nendo debuts at Design Basel 2018 with the poetic Watercolour collection: steel furniture were treated to look like they were cut our from a paper sheet with bleeding blue-hues.
Pinterest: Design Basel 2018
In Basel world’s leading galleries teamed up with established and emerging designers to create poetic and surreal furniture. We pinned some of the most inspirational designs on show in the Swiss city.
Ore Streams: Formafantasma explores design solutions tackling the electronic waste global issue
Gold and silver are some of the most unsustainably recycled materials in the global electronic waste emergency. With the Ore Streams exhibition FormaFantasma looks into this challenge starting from an imaginary office design collection.
MEMPHIS – PLASTIC FIELD exhibition in Venice celebrates the geometric shapes and the bright colours of the rebel design group
Fondazione Berengo presents the exhibition MEMPHIS – PLASTIC FIELD which highlights the irreverent spirit of the Memphis group by framing iconic designs within the sumptuous halls of a 16th century Venician palazzo.
10 debuting indie furniture designs at NYCxDESIGN
Multi-casted Chess pieces-inspired tables, ‘slow design’ monolithic vessels and a tubular ‘cute’ chair shaped with those soft traits that make us coo over a baby. Archipanic picked 10 indie furnitures debuting at NYCxDESIGN 2018.
Balance-Unbalance: Colony showcases seemingly stable and apparently unstable designs
Is ‘true balance’ a design lie? New York’s designer Co-op Colony explores the tilting boundaries of the perfect equilibrium with the Balance-Unbalance exhibition.
Anna Karlin and Fernando Mastrangelo cast Chess-inspired furniture from different materials
Pastel hues of layered concrete and crystals of salt, quartz and silica inform the Chess-inspired furniture collection by Anna Karlin and Fernando Mastrangelo in New York.
Crosby Studios’ ultraviolet and hands-full capsule collection for Opening Ceremony
A chair inviting to seat on an open palm and spider lamps with hand-shaped lampshades. Crosby Studios creates Ultraviolet and hands-full furniture inspired by the Radical Design movement.
NYCxDESIGN 2018: 10 eclectic lighting designs shining in New York
Telescopic luminous globes, architectural zodiacs and philosophical rocking lamps. Archipanic selects 10 eclectic lighting designs shining in New York.
Heavenly Bodies. The Metropolitan Museum of Art examines the link between fashion and the Catholic imagination
Papal robes from the Vatican and designs by Alexander McQueen, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent and more… The Heavenly Bodies exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art features a dialogue between fashion and masterworks of medieval art, architecture and crafts.
Another Human creates quirky Memphis school-inspired lamps
The playful chrome-plated geometries of the new Memphis school-inspired lamps by L.A. based Another Studio debut in New York.
Designing Women II: Masters, Mavericks, Mavens: Egg Collective celebrates female designers’ creativity
The creative power of renown and emerging female designers across the globe goes on show at the Egg Collective’s exhibition Designing Women II: Masters, Mavericks, Mavens.
Hiroto Yoshizoe’s indirect lighting design creates a floating constellation of moons
Japanese designer Hiroto Yoshizoe created a hanging constellation of moons: mirrored disks and cones reflect light re-creating a sidereal gravity-free and sparkling effect within the room.
6 multi-functional bathroom designs at Milan Design Week 2018
Gymtastic bathrooms, electricity-free countryside jacuzzis and friendly mirrors for people with Alzheimer. 6 multi-functional bathroom designs at Salone del Mobile and Fuorisalone.
10 brilliant lighting designs shining in Milan
Jewelry-inspired chandeliers, lunar constellations, unconventional light-bulbs and more… 10 brilliant lighting designs shining at Milan Design Week.
FILAMENTO lamp shines a light on the “visual and linear form of energy”
Smart and modular FILAMENTO lighting design by Madrid-based Mayice Studio used a single piece of curving glass creating a filament of light.
Gabriel Scott and Bar Basso create Negroni Sbagliato inspired lighting designs
During Milan Design Week cocktail Mecca Bar Basso showcased Gabriel Scott’s lighting designs tuning with Negroni Sbagliato’s colours and flavours.
Las Veredas: colorful Colombia shines in Marni design collection
Colorful hammocks, vibrantly woven seats and a design barnyard with responsibly handcrafted hen-shaped toys. Las Veredas collection by Marni pays tribute to Colombian crafts for a good cause.
At ECAL Digital Market you can buy everyday items 3D printed on site
ECAL has turned Spazio Orso 16, a 17th century Milanese palazzo, into a contemporary production site and retail shop inspired by a new vision of digital manufacturing.
Flos pays tribute to Achille Castiglioni with the re-launch of iconic lamps Ventosa and Nasa
On the 100th birth anniversary of Achille Castiglioni, FLOS launches special re-editions of quirky design icons Ventosa and Nasa and presents an exhibition tuning with the great Master’s motto “If you are not curious, forget it!”
Horah lighting design installation by Raw Edges at Spazio Krizia is inspired by Jewish folk dance
A traditonal Jewish folk dance and the fascination for synchronized movement inspired Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay of Raw Edges to design a poetic installation in collaboration with Wonderglass.
Snarkitecture designs a conceptual kitchen island inspired by water, ice and steam
The “Altered states” installation by Snarkitecture for Caesarstone features a topographic and conceptual kitchen island surrounded by a white to grey arena.
AGC’s innovative sound-generating glass opens new paths for architecture and design
What if our furniture could play music or if stores windows were able to talk? The sound-generating glass presented by Asahi Glass Company in Milan with a poetic installation by Motosuke Mandai expands the potentials of the material.
At Galleria Rossana Orlandi Nada Debs presents playful designs which were both “handmade and earthmade”
Archipanic meets Lebanese designer Nada Debs who created playful and human-based furniture collections meshing Middle East craftsmanship with her international imprint.
Mingardo experiments with metal for the new Iconic Handicrafts collection developed by Federica Biasi
Mingardo new Iconic Handicrafts series of lighting, furniture and covering designs highlights a minimal and contemporary approach to interior design with an with an Art Deco feel.
8 gourmet design experiences at Milan Design Week 2018
Design lovers have too eat too. We picked 8 gourmet design experiences at Milan Design Week 2018. From Russian Avant-Garde inspired cocktail bars to a tribute to American diners, from edible future cities to a design journey into the joys of honey.
Siman by Gian Paolo Venier: Iranian architecture… À la table!
Concrete cake cake stands and candle holders. Gian Paolo Venier translates Iranian architecture into a tableware collection for UrbiEtOrbi.
Disco Gufram: club culture meets radical design. Are you ready to dance off?
Impetuous sofas, flamboyant carpets and afterparty melted disco-balls. Everybody rocks with the the Disco Gufram collection!
Fuorisalone 2018: 15 must-see exhibitions in Milan
The debut of Ventura Future and the Vegan design challenge, a sky-mirroring courtyard and choreographies of light inspired by folk dance. 15 must-see exhibitions at Fuorisalone 2018.