I recently came across this website in my search for an office space and was astounded by the concept and great thoughts behind! Desk Camping – Free Desk Here, started as Open Studio Club, is an initiative to bring people together – agencies with excess space meets freelancers in need of a working desk. At...
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair is calling out to all independent designers and design schools around the world. The application for Greenhouse is out - the popular section at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair where up-and-coming designers and design schools can showcase their prototypes to future partners, producers and customers. The deadlines are as follows: Schools –...
= Swedes + deSIGN* : function, aesthetics, and affordability SwedeSIGN [Swedish design]* scene is more vibrant than ever despite the size of economy. Traveling the world over, but heart and soul remain in motherland. Diversity is a significant keyword that describes their creativity, and the drive to combine functionality with beauty and efficiency is pervaded...
There are numerous events in the watchmaking calendar each year but none are as eagerly anticipated and prestigious as the one kicking off today in Switzerland – I am, of course, referring to BaselWorld. This exceptional and luxury-packed event lets all the big-hitters from the watchmaking world – the likes of Rolex, Breitling, Montblanc and...
We know we are a bit late. But now you can finally share images with us at Pinterest as well. Looking forward to seeing you there!
This is the final post with snapshots from the recent Milan Design Week 2013. Former posts: Milan Design Week 2013 – part one, Milan Design Week 2013 – part two. Ice from Torne älv in northern Sweden. The three images above from the Lexus Design Award. Experience room at the Lexus show. Excelsior department store...
Here’s part two of our snapshots from this years Milan Design Week. You can see part one here. Material meetings at Baccarat Fab at MOST Footsteps at Maison Margiela Courtyard of Maison Margiela Dennis Parren lamp at Rossana Orlandi Olof Kolte grocery stand at Ventura Lambrate MOST downstairs exhibition Stellar Works handicraft production Machinery at...
We left Milan Design Week 2013 with different impressions. Some things were very disappointing. Superstudio seems to be totally out of artist direction and has been in a negative trend for many years (so far from the first years when Giulio Cappellini hand-picked the different brands). Also the Zona Tortona area in general was weak...
We are getting a lot of inviations these days concerning the upcoming Milan Design Week 9-14th April, 2013. We thought we should share some of them with you. Our editor-in-chief David Carlson will spend some spring days in Milan for the 24th year in a row… not so much for the actual products, but for...
This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. - William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) Hamlet. Act 1. Sc. 3. Inundated by fakes and sophisticated counterfeits, people increasingly see the world in terms of real or fake. Authenticity: keeping...