The elegant chandelier-like Édith Hood designed by Fabrizio Crisà for Elica, has won the 2015 iF Product Design Award, annually given out by the Hannover iF International Forum Design. This year, the best international projects that stood out for their design were chosen out of nearly five thousand nominated projects. Among all the products I’ve designed… [Read More]
Ikon Table by Marc Thorpe for Horm
Alongside the QuaDror™ Collection at the 2015 Salone del Mobile, Italian manufacturer Horm has also introduced a new table designed to be the expression of the concept “the least possible design”. Designed by Marc Thorpe, the Ikon table features a ceramic top surface that rests on four tapered minimal legs acting as trusses. The legs are… [Read More]
Exocet Chair by Designarium
We have featured the Exocet Chair in our top picks from IDS15 Toronto earlier this year, and we had to share more images of this inspiring design in case you did not have a chance to see it at the show. The Exocet Chair is the first piece of furniture created by Montreal based Stéphane… [Read More]
Monument for a Bulb by Ingo Maurer
Monument for a Bulb is an intriguing small lighting object that looks like a tiny maquette for a huge monument. The sculptural lighting fixture is part of the I Ricchi Povery collection by Ingo Maurer, so well known for its whimsical designs. You may remember Toto and Bzzzz we featured last year. Monument for a Bulb… [Read More]
Horm presents QuaDror™ Collection
The new QuaDror™ Collection recently presented at the 2015 Salone del Mobile marks the first collaboration between the Italian manufacturer Horm, and New York based studio Dror led by Dror Benshetrit. QuaDror™ consists of a selection of pieces that features a brilliant versatile structural system that is enhanced by simple and elegant materials. While he was working on… [Read More]
Cristian Sporzon designs prototype inspired by New York Skyscrapers
Cristian Sporzon has revealed a prototype that takes inspiration from New York’s skyscrapers. The tall structure of the Set Back cabinet features a 360 functional storage system emphasized by cleverly placed mirrors and drawers. When I designed Set Back I was thinking about New York Skyscraper. In 1916 groundbreaking Zoning Resolution was issued, this fact… [Read More]
Ingo Maurer designs a desk lamp with powerful message
Known for their whimsical lighting designs, German brand Ingo Maurer has taken Milan Design Week by storm. The new prototype What We Do Counts part of the 2015 Euroluce exhibition at Fiera Milano, brings together functionality, humour and creativity. Inspired by comic books, the table lamp was designed in the shape of a speech bubble… [Read More]
Reverb by Alessandro Zambelli for Zava at Milan Design Week
Milan Design Week has officially started and there is no shortage of inspiring new designs. Italian designer Alessandro Zambelli has debuted a new collection of table lamps designed for Treviso-based Zava, a company specialized in producing metal lighting accessories. Named Reverb, the new collection draws inspiration from old carbide lamps, and is currently on display at… [Read More]
Kayan – An Exclusive 3D Printed Shade For Plumen
Creators of the world’s first designer low energy light bulb, Plumen, and the Italian 3D printing design brand Formaliz3d have teamed up to launch an exclusive new lamp shade for the Plumen light bulb range. Part of the successful Rumbles series, a line of 3D printed lampshades developed by Formaliz3d, Kayan will be showcased for… [Read More]
Acoustic Panels by Form Us With Love for Baux
The Stockholm based studio Form Us With Love, has designed a new range of acoustic panels for Baux that reflects the try, the Swedish forest. The collection includes five wall patterns, combining 22 colours that follow the scheme of the Scandinavian landscape, in a contemporary play with the outside and the inside. Following the success of the Baux Acoustic… [Read More]
