Solar-powered cycle stand
Solar energy and cycling are seen as sustainable alternatives to transportation powered by fossil fuels. This efficient design brings the two together in a solar-powered cycle stand called SolarCell that produces a 70-watt light. Motion detectors integrated into the cycle stand have a range of 80 meters, triggering the embedded LED lighting to illuminate the...
A film on the discipline of drawing
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec present a new edition of the exhibition album at the Vitra Design Museum Gallery in Weil am Rhein. For the first time, album features formal studies, freehand drawings and sketches that are originals. album also presents a film on the discipline of drawing – as Ronan and Erwan daily practice it. It is directed by the French collective...
DFTS Factory launches the bracelet Torus
Torus is a new bracelet for women designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune and produced by DFTS Factory. Claesson Koivisto Rune holds a deep respect for the traditional handicraft so etched in Swedish culture but blends this with a fervent appetite for the most cutting edge techniques in the industry and it’s this element which has been...
Silestone Slab Vases by FUWL
Form Us With Love and Cosentino present a project exploring the quartz surface Silestone. Silestone Slab Vases were shown at the Form Us With Friends exhibition at the Swedish Museum of Architecture during Stockholm Design Week. The project aims to break away from the familiar Silestone slab form and explore the material’s tactile dimension. The...
Portable park chair Share by Thomas Bernstrand
Swedish designer Thomas Bernstrand has made a portable park chair called Share for Nola. Share chairs are lightweight outdoor seats designed to nest within each other as they attach to an immovable base. Like the attachable trolleys used in super- markets and airports, the chairs are equipped with coin-operated locking mechanisms that link them together when...
Designboost-Design Intelligence in Stockholm February 8-9
Designboost – Design Intelligence takes place February 8–9 at the Audi Forum, Hamngatan 17 in Stockholm. The event offers a range of speakers that talk about the importance of creating better design solutions. There will be a photo exhibition in which 50 world-renowned designers reason about the importance of daring to make mistakes. You can...
Urban artist ROA working on a show in Stockholm
The Scarlett Gallery is working on a show in Stockholm with the urban artist ROA. Right now he’s among the top five muralist/installation urban artists in the world, his most recent shows include Gambia and Australia and in the last three months of last year he showed in four continents. His work was at MOCA, LA last...
The room in-between by Nude
Nude is Stockholm based creative atelier that creates energy-filled rooms for well being. During Stockholm Design Week they will launch The Room In-Between, accompanied by a limited edition of specially designed furniture. The founder of NUDE, Eva-Lotta Axelsson, describes their philosophy: In the city, everything is represented by a facade. The facade and its location becomes...
The Atelier Collection from David Design
I just got the good news that my former company David Design, which I founded back in 1988, has got a new management, new designers and new products. I left the company 6 years ago and I’m happy to see that there is some new power behind the brand! I have heard that the work...
Superior quality fabrics from HOSOO
The Danish design bureau OeO has teamed up with Japanese textile brand HOSOO for their new fabrics collection that was just presented at Maison & Objet in Paris from 20-24 January 2012. Building on its celebrated legacy, HOSOO develops superior quality fabrics for high-end interior. The new fabrics collection from HOSOO reflects the company’s strong commitment...
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