Transparency Matters: Furniture, Lighting & Art Collection by Draga & Aurel.Como-based duo Draga Obradovic and Aurel Basedow of Draga & Aurel have presented their new collection ‘Transparency Matters’ for Milan Design Week 2019, their first solo presentation at Salone del Mobile in a decade. Spanning...
The Shapes of Water by Sabine Marcelis for FENDI.For their tenth anniversary at Design Miami/, FENDI presented The Shapes of Water, a project by Sabine Marcelis. A series of resin installations were dedicated to rediscovering one of the elements FENDI cherishes most: water. Using...
Colourful, Geometric Small Furniture Pieces by Antwerp-based Nortstudio.Antwerp-based Nortstudio focuses on the design of small furniture and lighting pieces through an exploration of new techniques and interesting colour combinations. Unafraid to experiment and push boundaries, always in search of the...
Rust Harvest: Experimental Materials Project by Yuma Kano.Rust Harvest by Japanese designer Yuma Kano is a fascinating experimental materials project that really caught my attention during our visit to Salone Satellite 2018. Young Japanese designer Yuma Kano highlights that the prevention of...
In Our Image: Fragmented Sculptures of Humankind.We survey our favourite artists who are creating marble portraits and classical spinoffs that show off the human form, but also our fragmented, flawed nature—and the complicated, cracked, and crooked world we live in. Spanish...
Kinetic Jewellery Collection by Studio Elke.Elke Kramer’s jewellery has always had a brave architectural aesthetic. From her signature sweeping jewel-toned tassels to bold cylinders of carved resin and stone, Studio Elke’s statement earrings, necklaces, and rings are not really...
Light-Fragments by nendo for The Noguchi Museum + YMER&MALTA.As a special tribute to the iconic Noguchi light, YMER&MALTA has gathered an international roundtable of six designers to reinterpret his innovative lighting concept for the modern age. Tokyo and Milan-based nendo decided to channel...
1979 G-Class Mercedes Cast in 40,000 Kilograms of Resin.We’re now assured all cars will be driving themselves very soon, but all that amazing tech aside, design will hopefully be the lasting creative, human element in the automobile world. And it’s maybe that idea that’s inspired...
Marble-Made Tent in the Galaxy: Romola Restaurant in Madrid by Andres Jaque.Bursting from the former garage space of a 40s-era Luis Gutiérrez Soto building in Madrird, Romola Restaurant immediately reminds me of the jade powder room in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz. Its futurist...
