2021 most humane design stories: covid-19 sofas and inclusive LEGO sets
Furniture tracking centuries of Black Culture and a dress empowering untamable women feature in our ‘2021 most humane design’ round up.
7 quirky and surreal furniture designs debuting at Design Miami/ 2021
Tables that dream of being lights, weird creatures from another planet, a glittering disco chair, and a clay celebration of African womanhood… We picked seven bold and surreal furniture designs in Miami.
Todomuta studio designed the Massless collection starting from the concept of ‘void’
The Massless collection of tables, vases and seats combines metal, marble and leather in search of unexpected aesthetics.
Design Miami 2021: five ‘emotional’ curio exhibitions
Delicious furniture to make you feel loved, emotional rocks and a bedroom to explore different levels of consciousness. Five ‘emotional’ Curio exhibitions exploring the waves of the soul through design.
Samuel Ross design collections track back 300 years of Black culture
Samuel Ross’ new furniture collections blend European and Western African references to explore Black culture’s wounds and hopes, from the African diaspora to contemporary struggles.
Design Miami 2021 dodges hypes exploring the ‘Human Kind’ theme
Design Miami 2021 focuses on human-based projects. From ceramic vessels reinterpreting the African diaspora to ‘floral’ cabinets exploring ideas of ephemerality, decay, and more.
NYCXDESIGN 2021: 10 furniture designs on show at ICFF + Wanted Design Manhattan
ICFF + Wanted Design Manhattan 2021: pendant lamps inspired by fireflies in the Mexican forest, an ergonomic seat doubling as a tool for posture exercises, ethical carpets combating illegal child labor and more…
Colony’s ‘Join’ exhibition in New York explores togetherness through design
Colony, the designers’ co-op, presents the ‘Join’ exhibition featuring new work from 12 independent American designers exploring the tactile meanings and emotional complexities of togetherness. A mother/son lighting design, two armchairs for slow conversation and shared meditation and a set of urns/vessels in honor of a beloved family member lost during the pandemic.
New York Design Week 2021: 7 must-see exhibitions, fairs and destinations
New York Design Week 2021: a collective showcase reflecting on the power of post-pandemic togetherness, a wall-light anchoring ourselves among the chaos and psychedelic furniture drawing from the natural and biological world.
Tanween 2021: 4 design, science and material innovation projects inspired by the UAE
A Biosand cabinet, a tech-crafted ottoman with river tamarind leather-like fabric, ghaf tree lamps and desert cotton upholstery. With the Tanween 2021 program, Tashkeel platform for the UAE design scene presents the work of four emerging female designers who teamed up with local botanists, scientists, engineers and manufacturers to develop innovative materials and create bespoke furniture and lighting collections.
DAE Graduation Show 2021: 8 projects by Design Academy Eindhoven graduates
DAE Graduation Show 2021: from human-made clouds to musical tennis tables and trauma healing garments… 8 out-of-the-box projects by Design Academy Eindhoven graduates.
Edit Napoli 2021: 8 design projects on show at the Neapolitan fair’s central exhibition
Archipanic explored Edit Napoli 2021, the third edition of the international fair focusing on creativity between industrial and collectible design. A lava alphabet, new oil rituals and porcelain toothbrushes vessels… Check what we liked the most at the Monumental Complex of San Domenico Maggiore.
Objects for a New Kind of Society: Dutch Invertuals envision future ‘design-scapes’
The Dutch Invertuals’ ‘Objects for a New Kind of Society’ exhibition at Dutch Design Week 2021 explores our relationship with objects and designers’ social role.
Eclectic tactile bathroom designs standing out at Cersaie 2021
Smooth ceramic vortexes, soft cork-and-resin basins, waffle-like radiators and NYC-inspired taps with distinctive knurling improving grip and the experience of touch. Four tactile bathroom furniture designs debuting in Bologna.
Giorgio Rava reflects on our ancestral relationship with water with the ‘Anima Liquida’ sculptural stone sink for Antoniolupi
Stone and water. These are the only elements that makeup ANIMA LIQUIDA, the new freestanding sink signed by Giorgio Rava for Antoniolupi.
Nadja Zerunian captures the guilty aesthetics of the iconic Forbidden Fruit
With the ‘Forbidden Fruit’ installation at Design Miami/ Basel 2021, the eclectic artist and designer creates a still life setting reflecting on moral codes, prejudice and lust.
Design Miami/Basel 2021 rethinks the relationship between humans, nature and human nature
Design Miami/Basel 2021: Space Age-inspired parametric sofas, blackhole mirrors between the parallel universe and the antiverse and a constellation of lighting designs blooming in mid-air. We round up 12 must-see best exhibitions on show.
3 Days Of Design 2021 focuses on well-being through design
Textile ‘rural graffiti’ inspired by flocks of sheep, the beauty of imperfect objects with a past and psychologically supportive mirrors. 3 Days Of Design 2021 took over Copenhagen, exploring how the objects we live with can help us to feel better.
Elena Salmistraro: “Milan is back. This year I felt excited as if it was my first design week”
We sat down with Elena Salmistraro to talk about her projects at Milan Design Week, what the pandemic has taught us for good, women in design, and her positive attitude toward the future.
Holographic furniture by Object of Common Interest compose ‘futuristic domestic landscapes’
Developed for Etage Project gallery, the holographic furniture collection debuts at the Alcova exhibition in Milan.
MISSED YOU CALL: Design Academy Eindhoven grad-show debuts in Milan
Can tomato plants and a server live in symbiosis? How much would you pay for a cloud? Would you use an influencer starter kit for your kids? We selected ten out-of-the-box graduation projects by Design Academy Eindhoven students on show at the MISSED YOU CALL exhibition in Milan.
Salone del Mobile 2021: ‘Supersalone’ opens its doors in Milan
Design is coming home, in Milan. Salone del Mobile 2021 opens its doors with the Supersalone special format and event.
NOMAD St. Moritz 2021 brings design from Rio to Milan and Beirut to the Swiss Alps
NOMAD St. Moritz 2021: Christo’s wrapped furniture, bespoke Lebanese carpets, an Alpine Wunderkammer, and more… We selected 10 great projects from around the globe on show.
Design Shanghai 2021 focuses on regenerative design
Leading Chinese and international brands go on show at Design Shanghai 2021. The fair returns to the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center with a program of talks and a range of exhibitions exploring how design can have a positive impact on people and the environment.
Stefano Boeri unveils Supersalone: the exceptional edition of Milan’s Salone del Mobile 2021
Great news from Milan this week. On September 5-10, Salone del Mobile. Milano will be back with Supersalone, an innovative edition and format taking over the city’s fair and La Triennale design museum.
The 59th Salone del Mobile has been confirmed. See you in Milan this September
After a turbulent week of discussions, Federlegno announced that the 59th Salone del Mobile will go ahead with a curated edition.
Moooi’s Hortensia Armchair is made from 30.000 flower petals
Have you ever taken a seat in a blooming flower? Born as an impossible digital project on Instagram, the Hortensia Armchair by Andrés Reisinger & Júlia Esqué is a dream come true thanks to Moooi, and now available to all in real life.
AMOR FATI: Elena Salmistraro depicts Cappellini’s world through the lens of philosophy
Cappellini unveils its 2021 furniture designs within the AMOR FATI dreamlike display by Elena Salmistraro.
‘Flowing Fragments’’ furniture collection by Richard Yasmine raises awareness on antiques trafficking
Classic geometries and minimal contemporary aesthetics blend in Richard Yasmine’s ‘Flowing Fragments’ design collection made from upcycled sedimentary and basaltic stones.
Tom Dixon virtually launches the ‘Burst’ chandelier and the ‘Hydro’ chair in Milan
Tom Dixon visited Milan as a hologram to launch the BURST and HYDRO collections across two iconic architectures in town by Ignazio Gardella and Oscar Niemeyer.