Monthly archive April, 2008
A graduate of Goldsmiths College in London, fashion designer Anna Antoniades’ work focuses on the relationship between body, garment and space. She distresses the form to accentuate the silhouette through excessive folds, bold pleats and voluptuous draping. Antoniades’ work has been seen in London – four shows in London Fashion Week – Bilbao and Tokyo,...
Finnish supreme companies Artek and Marimekko will break boundaries when they are presenting the Milkbar, a new concept at this years Milan Design Week. You will find the Milkbar at Viale Francesco Crispi 3. Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : milan design week milan furniture fair artek marimekko Andra bloggar om: milano, möbelmässa, artek, marimekko, möbler,...
Here follows a couple of images of new products presented at the Milan Design Week by French designer Inga Sempe. They are: Endormis plates by Domestic, Double stray paper lampshade by Artecnica and Low back Moel seat range by Ligne Roset. I especially like the plates. In the typically shrewd design style that has become...
Here follows a couple of image of different projects presented by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec at the Milan Design Week. The products are Alcove love seat highback for Vitra, Rocs for the Vitra Edition, Steelwood collection for Magis, Pebble for Tectona and Papyrus chair for Kartell. Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : milan design week milan...
When the tourist office and the city museum in Ulricehamn, Sweden grew to large for their facilities the municipality asked Kjellgren Kaminsky Architects to design a new building combining the two programs. The building will be a passive house, making it the first museum in the world built with this technique. SITUATION The site for...
For the third year Konstfack, the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm will be present at the Milan Design Week with the exhibition Functional Design for a Dysfunctional World. The exhibition focuses on a group of young designers, students or recent graduates of Konstfack, who operate both as producers and social engineers....
I’m proud to announce the new David Report bulletin called “I shop therefore I am”. In this issue we are looking into the world of consumer culture from different point of views; ethical, social, political, economical and humanistic. Shopping has turned into a lifestyle. We consume as leisure and a way to pass time. But...
Comme des Garçons’ founder and head designer Rei Kawakubo will create this autumn’s guest designer collection at H&M. Rei Kawakubo, famous and admired for her creativity and artistry, will design a women’s and a men’s collection, with some pieces for children too. Accessories and an exclusive unisex fragrance will also be included in the collection....
Now you can make your green design concepts even greener by sourcing for sustainable building and interior materials at a new material library located in San Francisco and Providence, USA. Initiated by Matt Grigsby and Joe Gebbia, two graduates from the Rhode island School of Design, Ecolect is a free on-line library that hosts an...