Showing posts from February, 2012

Paradise: RCA at Milan 2012

Module from 2D to 3D by Camille Flammarion, RCA Ceramics & Glass MA student The RCA 's show for Milan 2012 will celebrate the college's 175th birthday by including, for the very first tim…

HBL Book of the Week: Design + Craft: The Brazilian Path

Design + Craft: The Brazilian Path ( Terceiro Nome , 2011) is the latest book by Adelia Borges , a renowned Brazilian writer, curator and former director of the Museu da Casa Brasileira in São Paulo…

Sunbury Antiques Market: vintage inspiration

Antique dealers and enthusiasts flocked to Kempton Park in Sunbury on Tuesday for the bi-monthly antique market. Attracted by the variety of vintage furniture, books and household accessories, new an…

Free Port by Marti Guixé

Marti Guixé has designed a new cabinet for BD Barcelona . Called Free Port, the design comprises a series of modular boxes on metal legs, which can be added to, reduced and playfully reconfigured fo…

Retro Poland by Lukasz Wierzbowski

Self-taught photographer Lukasz Wierzbowski is obsessed with interiors, props and surroundings. In these photographs, retro apartments in his native Poland provide a backdrop full of colour, bold fa…

The Gourmet Mallow

Artisan marshmallows by Bea's of Bloomsbury; image via Delicious Marshmallows are the latest sweet treat to receive a luxury makeover, reports the London Evening Standard , citing new marshmallow…

Live from Craft Design & Paralela Gift, São Paulo

Greghi at Craft Design & Paralela Gift 2012 Brazilian trade fairs Craft Design and Paralela Gift bring to the market the newest trends in design, arts and crafts. This year, religious themes we…

Postmodernism: Italian design subversion at Mart

Martine Bedin (for Memphis): Super Lamp prototype, 1981 © Victoria & Albert Museum Mart (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Trento and Rovereto, Italy) is the new home for Postmodernism: S…

HBL Blog of the Week: False Arms

False Arms: Green Described by its founder Ben Critton as "a colour-based image re/depositor", False Arms is a vibrant and haphazard collage of images and ideas arranged simply by colour.…

Bambu pet hammock

Since the launch of WGSN-homebuildlife's Pets section , we are always on the lookout for great products for animals. The Bambu Pet Hammock is made with exotic strand bamboo material, which looks…

Studio B launches furniture collection

Pavao chair and ottoman by Studio B Studio B , a Brazilian design studio founded by brother and sister Eduardo and Cristiana Bortolai, has launched a furniture collection for M Design at ABIMAD fair…

Hobo, Indonesia: retail update

We track the progress of Bali-based homewares brand Hobo since it opened its first store in Seminyak ( read about it here ). Hobo's creative director and co-founder Anna Pretty explains that the…
Subscribe Our Newsletter