ST1112 by Sven Temper
Designer and artist Sven Temper is showing a new chair at his upcoming show “Sven Temper Raumbilder” (“Spatial Pictures”) at the Hans-Peter Jochum gallery in Berlin. Called ST1112 the chair is a unique take on ordinary household. Berlin-based Temper is known for minimalist works that blend cultural patterns and functionality rendered in everyday wood and mass produced materials. … Read more
Momentané Exhibition about the Bourroullec Brothers
An exhibition that celebrates Erwan and Ronan Bourroullec‘s 15 years career in design, has recently opened at the Les Arts Décoratifs museum in Paris. The show is called Momentané and includes furniture, lighting, spatial designs, drawings, videos and photographs by the Bourroullec Brothers.
Milan 2013: Moroso
Yesterday the annual Salone del Mobile or Milan Furniture Fair opened and the first day brought heeps of new products, colours, materials and inspiration. Here’s a sneak peak of italian furniture brand Moroso’s stand. Long lasting friendship and collaboration between owner Patricia Moroso and very-happening designer Patricia Urquiola was very evident as Urquiola’s name … Read more
The Picnic Stand by Raw Edges for Kvadrat
London-based design duo Raw Edges arranged hundreds of fabric ribbons around the edge of their display stand for Danish textile manufacturer Kvadrat at this year’s Stockholm Design Week. Raw Edges used a selection of 20 Kvadrat textiles to make the 1500 ribbons that surround the display stand, which they called The Picnic, at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. The wooden structure, … Read more
Danish Exhibition joins up Young Design with the Old Masters
The Danish exhibition ”At Least One Minute” (Mindst ét minut) has just opened at the art gallery Nivaagaard north of Copenhagen and is a brave and unusual experiment to try and make the viewer stay “at least one minute in front of each painting. The gallery holds a number of painters by old masters such as Rembrandt and Bellini. … Read more
Paris 2013: Glass is Tomorrow Exhibition
One of the more exciting exhibitions during Paris Design Week was the Glass is Tomorrow projects where a number of craftsmen and designers had joined up to challenge the craft of glass making. Designers including Tim Brauns, Sebastian Herkner, Alfredo Häberli, Lucie Koldova and Cecilie Manz have created glass objects working from the three themes Stackability, Silver Glass … Read more
Louis Vuitton’s Objet Nomades at Design Miami 2012
During Design Miami 2012 Louis Vuitton showed the collection Objet Nomades. The collection was a collaboration between luxury handbag brand Louis Vuitton and a handful top notch designers such as Patricia Urquiola, Nendo, Campana Brothers and Christian Liagre. The entire collection was on view during Design Miami at Louis Vuitton’s temporary store, and it is now … Read more
The Crystal Dome at Swarovski Kristallwelten
The Crystal Dome at Swarovski Kristallwelten (Crystal Worlds) is a part of the company’s museum and headquarters located in Wattens in Austria. The Crystal Dome was designed around the concept of being captured inside a crystal. There are 595 mirrors that cover the dome’s walls, creating a kaleidoscope of shifting shapes, reflections and colours, that gradually reveal hidden works … Read more
Squat #1 by Dimore Studio, Nilufar Gallery & Balice Hertling
Three exciting forces have gone together for the concept space Squat #1 in Paris during the annual art fair FIAC 2012. Milanese interior design studio Dimore have teamed forces with Milan based design gallery Nilufar and Paris based art gallery Balice Hertling to create the 350 sqm pop-up apartment situated just above Avenue Victor … Read more
Louis Vuitton & Yayoi Kusama Pop Up Shop
Louis Vuitton has made an accessories collaboration with japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and to celebrate this, the label has opened a pop up shop in London department store Selfridges. Kusama is famous for her wonderous universes that are built up by polka dots and phallos-like growths and so is the pop-up shop and … Read more
