Nendo designs a kinetic Christmas tree that literally glitters in the air
In the central hall of Tokyo Midtown shopping centre in the Roppongi district, Nendo has created a matte champagne gold kinetic Christmas tree.
BluRhapsody rethinks the art of making pasta with 3D-printing technology
Italian company BluRhapsody digitally crafts handmade pasta for jaw-dropping gourmet finger food. Have a merry – and 3D-printed – Christmas dinner party!
Long Live The Christmas Tree! A winter wonder exhibition at Harewood House
Eleven ‘traditionally untraditional’ Christmas trees mesmerize the country house’s visitors in West Yorkshire, England. Long Live The Christmas Tree!
Christmas gifts: eight design ideas for architects, writers, and poets
The ultimate paper tablet, concrete pens for concrete writing, a BauHaus-inspired alarm clock for some good analog time, and more. We selected eight design ideas for architects, writers, and poets.
Irreverent Christmas decorations with a quirky attitude
Forget angels, lights, and garlands. Archipanic’s design contributor Antonella Galimberti selected irreverent Christmas decorations to add fun to the house or under the Christmas tree.
Stipfold’s jagged Christmas Tree brings forward unexpected festive aesthetics
Georgian design studio Stipfold has created a jagged Christmas Tree by deconstructing traditional geometries and playing with materials and reflections.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all
What an exceptional year! At Archipanic, we wish you Merry Christmas and happy holidays.
X-mas Treet ceramic set looks like a small Christmas Tree
Korean ceramic designer Minji Jung has designed X-Mas Treet, an exquisite set composed of stackable porcelain pieces that allow to enjoy the intimacy of Christmas.
5 unconventional candle-designs to lit your Christmas dinner with style
Tom Dixon and Zaha Hadid candle holders, Ingo Maurer’s magical LED ‘flames’, a simple A4 paper sheet flickering design by Kazuhiro Yamanaka and Pelty candle-powered speaker. 5 out-of-the-box candle-designs humbly revealing hidden science and technology.
Electric Nemeton: Sam Jacob merges fairytale Christmas forests with London urban vibe
Drawing on the origins of the Christmas tree tradition, Sam Jacob Studio has completed THE ELECTRIC NEMETON, an urban installation playing with geometry, colour and light.
BaumHaus Christmas tree merges Madrid’s traffic lightscape with BauHaus architecture
Sergio Sebastiàn has created a 24 metre high Christmas tree made of crystal and metal geometries towering over a blustling motorways in Madrid. The landmark installation juxtaposes the city’s moving flows of light with BauHaus and Expressionism.
Pinterest: unconventional Christmas trees across the globe, design-wise
They float in Rio and hang upside-down in Paris… Check our Pinterest board dedicated to eccentric and unconventional Christmas trees around the world.
Yinka Ilori’s colourful Christmas tree at Sanderson London hotel
As you walk in the lobby of the Sanderson London hotel, Yinka Ilori’s colourful Christmas tree glows, framed by modernist architecture and eclectic interiors.
7 Christmasy tableware designs bringing conviviality with style
We picked 7 Christmasy tableware designs tuning with different styles and attitudes of your most beloved lunch or dinner mates.
7 design bottles foodies would love to find under the Christmas tree
The first hype-free carbon negative vodka, a tequila supporting Mexican endangered communities and the Amalfi coast panorama, distilled into premium flavoured gin! We picked 7 design bottles combining conviviality with style!
10 convivial tableware designs looking great on the dinner table and under the Christmas Tree
From brutalist cheese platters to Memphis-style bottles and extravagant glassware pot-pourri. 10 convivial tableware designs to set on the table or wrap with a ribbon.
Lasvit and Yabu Pushelberg create a bespoke Christmas Tree at The Upper House
Lasvit’s handblown glassware and lighting elements create glowing patterns composing a contemporary Christmas Tree at The Upper House hotel in Hong Kong. The design will be auctioned off to raise money for charity.
Lee Broom’s Christmas Tree of Glass for The Shard shines for good causes
Lee Broom reveals a cascading Christmas Tree of Glass for the Aqua panoramic restaurant at the 31st floor of The Shard supporting those affected by terrorism and the fire at Grenfell Tower.
Flying Christmas Tree on a Drone
Provider of flying aerial images Fly Guy Promotion has created a Flying Christmas Tree mounting a dual-sided foam cutout integrated on a drone ready to take off.
Kalpataru whishing tree at V&A Museum spices Christmas spirit with Hindu mythology
Sarthak and Sahil blend the festive spirit of an ancient Hindu festival with Christmas celebrations with Kalpataru wishing tree installation at Victoria & Albert Museum.
Living Architecture movie series by Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine
Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine completed LIVING ARCHITECTURE: the movie serie that develops a new way of looking at architecture starting from masterpieces by Koolhaas, Meier, Gehry’s, Piano and Herzog & de Meuron.