Monthly archive April, 2010
A realist approach towards fantasy subject matter

A realist approach towards fantasy subject matter

Jonathan LeVine Gallery is announcing Three-Handed, a three-person exhibition of new large-scale paintings by New York based artists Eric White and Nicola Verlato, along with Palermo-based artist Fulvio Di Piazza. Showing together for the first time at the gallery, these three skilled painters take a realist approach towards fantasy subject matter. For his largest work to date,...
Sfera makes sense

Sfera makes sense

Japanese producer Sfera is announcing the opening of SferaSenses in Milan, their first showroom in Europe. The Swedish design and architectural office Claesson Koivisto Rune helped Sfera design a physical space with an ethereal atmosphere, where sbuble aromas, rich textures and seductive sounds guide visitors across thresholds to the sensory world. The five senses shape...
Pour carafe and glass

Pour carafe and glass

POUR is a new launch by Lina Öhlund Karboub for Swedish Reijmyre Glasbruk. The design, already available as a vase, is now being completed with a carafe and a glass. POUR is a series of multipurpose glass items and, as implicated in the name (“pour in English/ “for” in French), the purpose is decided by the...

Popular Science+ for the iPad

Mag+, Bonnier’s digital magazine platform, is a project that began months ago in a collaboration between Bonnier’s global R&D task force and BERG, a London-based design studio. It is now an ongoing project across all Bonnier titles in the U.S. and Europe to rethink the way magazines can be read on a new generation of full-color, touchscreen tablet devices. Bonnier...
Hybrid thinking at Future Forum

Hybrid thinking at Future Forum

The Design HotelsTM Future Forum 2010 The Design Hotels(tm) Future Forum 2010 will focus on “Hybrid Thinking” in the context of hospitality. Hybrid thinking requires much more than a multidisciplinary team – it requires a team of multidisciplinary people. Hybrid thinkers blend different skills and fields of thought to develop innovative concepts. Their ideas have the...