Showing posts from April, 2012

Balanced by mischer'traxler at Wait & See

Milanese concept store Wait & See teamed up with design duo mischer’traxler to create Balanced, an exhibition for Salone del Mobile 2012. The concept for the exhibition was "forma mentis&q…

New lighting by Aqua

Mimosa pendant by Aqua Tel Aviv-based design brand Aqua introduced two new lighting collections at the recent 2012 Light + Building show in Frankfurt. The brand's founders Ayala and Albi Serfat…

The Downton Abbey kitchen

Downton Abbey still; image via Preservation Nation Hit TV show Downton Abbey enjoys an international cult following, drawing 11.5m viewers per episode in the UK alone. Documenting the changing socia…

Braided rugs by Pet Studio

Pet Studio Bone-Shaped Braid Rug at Pet Edge This braided polypropylene bone-shaped rug by Pet Studio is available in six bright colourways and fits perfectly with our braided Idiomatic rug design f…

Tutti Frutti: food in motion

This video by ECAL Visual Communication students Florian Luthi, Teo Schifferli and Chloé Tun Tun documents a series of foods as they explode, contract, degrade and develop over time - and was on sho…

Floriade world horticultural expo 2012

This Netherlands flower festival takes place in the town of Venlo every ten years. Listed by CNN as one of the world's top 2012 destinations, Floriade uses fields of flowers, stylish pavilions a…

Titanium tableware by SUS Gallery

Sakura Titanium Tableware by SUS Gallery Japan-based SUS Gallery exhibited a collection of double-walled crystallised titanium cups at Spazio Rossana Orlandi last week. Gold Titanium Tableware by S…

Front, Nacho Carbonell & FormaFantasma for Booo

New Dutch lighting brand Booo launched its inaugural collection of LED lightbulbs at Spazio Rossana Orlandi last week - including this bursting bubble lamp by Front and a squishy rubber balloon-sha…

HBL Book of the Week: Parasomnia

Parasomnia by Dutch photographer Viviane Sassen ( Prestel , 2011) is a deeply inspiring photographic journey through African dreamscapes, saturated with colour and viewing the continent from a uniq…

Kees' tailor-made iPhone cases

Kees Case in Sparkly, Bohemian Blue Online design brand Kees , founded by Dutch brothers Jonas and Daaf Samson, uses 3D printing technology to create completely personalised iPhone cases. Kees case i…

Atomizers for food by Design Attico

Atomizer Collection by Design Attico Italian brand Design Attico 's new collection, Atomizer, is a collection of table perfumes inspired by antique fragrance bottles, which aim to encourage gentl…

Hable sisters at Hickory Chair: Live from High Point

Brooklyn-based textile company  Hable Construction , founded by sisters Katharine and Susan Hable, continues its ongoing collaboration with traditional American furniture company Hickory Chair  with …

Colour-Based on Nature by Irma Boom for Thomas Eyck

Waddensea, Netherlands from Colour-Based on Nature by Irma Boom During Milan Design Week, Spazio Rossana Orlandi was host to Dutch design publisher Thomas Eyck 's new launch - a collection of str…
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