Amsterdam based 3D printed jewelry experts Zazzy have officially launched a new platform that allows fashionistas, bloggers, students, and creatives to design their own jewelry, create their own brand and sell to their online audience, for free. The new Zazzy.co platform invites users to design their own jewelry or browse and buy other people’s designs. The marketplace… [Read More]
Archives for 2015
Ingo Maurer creates an edgy new lamp
Ingo Maurer has recently launched Bastardo, a floor and table lamp with an edgy design that focuses on the needs of the user. The design is based the table and floor lamp Prototype by Bernhard Dessecker, introduced in 2001. This fun lamp incorporates parts of diverse designs by Ingo Maurer, making it instantly recognizable and… [Read More]
Cantilever Coffee table by Dror for Horm.it
Cantilever is a seemingly simple coffee table. Designed by Dror for Horm.it, the table was born from the personal desire of the designer to have a pristine minimal design article in his home. The design represents the quintessence of the company’s philosophy: space takes shape and lives. Cantilever is composed of three volumes stacked on top… [Read More]
BonBon side tables by Luca Nichetto for Verreum
Luca Nichetto has designed a collection of mouth blown silvered side tables for Czech company Verreum. The BonBon family was launched at the Salone del Mobile in Milan earlier this year. Luca Nichetto’s inspiration for the collection came from the silver paper wrapped around candies. The nostalgic inspiration led to a table composed of simplified geometric… [Read More]
Malmö Live represents a new cultural ‘city in the city’
May 2nd, 2015 marked the official opening of Malmö Live, the new cultural centre in Malmö, Sweden. In 2010, schmidt hammer lassen architects in a team with Skanska, Nordic Choice Hotels, Akustikon and SLA won a competition to design the 54,000m² concert, congress and hotel complex. Located on Universitetsholmen in Malmö, the building consists of cubic… [Read More]
UK Pavilion opens today at Milan Expo 2015
Today marks the opening of the UK Pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015. The pavilion will be open until October 31, participating alongside 144 other nations and contributing to the core theme of the expo: ‘Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”. UK’s participation theme is “Grown in Britain & Northern Ireland”, led by UK Trade &… [Read More]
GEOGRAFIE – From Art to Design Exhibition at Poldi Pezzoli Museum
“GEOGRAFIE” (GEOGRAPHIES) is an exhibition project designed by INVENTARIO and promoted and sponsored by Foscarini with Edizioni Corraini. The exhibition explores the uses of cartographic imagery in art and design today and is currently open to public at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan until May 4th. Curated by editor and critic, Beppe Finessi, the show presents… [Read More]
Max. Floor lamp by Ingo Maurer
Ingo Maurer has launched the new Max.Floor lamp as an adaptation to the Max. Kugler lamp released in 2001. The new floor version, as with the original offers timeless design and great flexibility. Max.Floor and the new versions of Max.Kugler are equipped with LEDs, which are both energy-efficient but also achieve a very high colour rendering of more… [Read More]
Sto Werkstatt to present interactive installation at Clerkenwell Design Week
As part of Clerkenwell Design Week’s sixth annual show in May, Sto Werkstatt will present a new multisensory and interactive installation. Hypnos: The architecture of sleep has been created in collaboration with international design practice HASSELL and London based Draisci Studio. The design teams have joined creative forces to present a unique and immersive environment… [Read More]
Axo Light presents collection of pendants inspired by Russian Dolls
Italian company Axo Light has presented at Euroluce a new set of pendant lights that take inspiration from the traditional Russian dolls. Designed by Dima Loginoff, the Fedora collection consists of a recessed spotlight and five different types of suspension lamps varying from individual pendant to clusters of twelve lights. The lamps are made of aluminium… [Read More]
