Curiosity object by Gaëlle Gabillet & Stéphane Villard
Gaëlle Gabillet & Stéphane Villard have made a Curiosity object which is both pieces of furniture and display windows. The lights act as small curiosity cabinets highlighting the beauty and strangeness of their subjects. These lights question what is to be looked at: the object or its content? Where are we supposed to be focusing our...
The year of the dragon
Shanghai based design brand Stellar Works now brings their cross-culturally inspired design universe to the European market presenting several collections at Galleria Cartiere Vannucci in Porta Romana during this year’s Milan International Furniture Fair. Stellar Works bridges the past and the present with an inspired eye for the future. Working with some of the world’s...
Corniche glossy pedestals from Vitra
We are normally not that excited by new wall shelves. But the new Corniche glossy pedestals by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Vitra have a subtle elegance that stand out. We have to admit that the Bouroullec brothers are covered every now and then here at David Report, but there is always this subtle touch in all...
BCXSY in collaboration with Irish boat builders Meitheal Mara
Dutch-based design duo BCXSY has just finished the latest chapter of their Origin series. Contrast, as the third chapter is called, will be presented next week during the Milan Design Week at Spazio Rossana Orlandi. Chapter is developed through a collaboration with Meitheal Mara – (translated from Irish roughly as, workers of the sea or sea community), a...
We feel fine – An exploration of human emotion, in six movements
I have written about one of Jonathan Harris’ projects before – back then it was Cowbird. Now it is something older, but nonetheless equally fascinating. “We feel fine” is a program, a piece of code written to detect human emotions all over the world as they are declared online on blogs. Since August 2005, We...
Signature suites by Lagranja Design at the Madera hotel in Hong Kong
Barcelona based design studio Lagranja has just finished the signature suites at the top four floors of a new hotel in Kowloon, a district in Hong Kong and probably the place with the highest population density in the planet. It’s called Hotel Madera, a Spanish name that leaves little room for doubt. An oasis of...
New monograph about Bouroullec brothers
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have just announced the upcoming launch of their new book that sets out the result of almost fifteen years of mutual collaboration. Works is a comprehensive monograph featuring a lot of images of their projects, models and drawings. It documents what Ronan and Erwan do by proposing an intuitive understanding, a flowing journey from...
Bellows luggage collection by Benjamin Hubert
The Bellows luggage collection designed by Benjamin Hubert for Nava will be launched during Salone Del Mobile 2012 in Milan. The activity will take place in the Nava flagship store on via Durini 23. The Bellows collection was originally shown as prototypes during Salone 2011 and is now available in 3 colours and 5 models. The...
Instant presence
Continuing the thoughts of my previous post - and thereby the development of the aesthetic strategy, I am working on at the moment - I intend to discuss what extending the “payoff time” includes, and why doing so (or not doing so) can be a strategic parameter. By prolonging the time it takes the receiver to understand...
Portable rechargeable solar lamp
The O’SUN NOMAD solar lamp has been designed to meet a need, or rather several very different needs, to improve the quality of life of its users and to promote sustainable development. NOMAD is designed by Alain Gilles. The NOMAD solar lamp has been designed for very different worlds. First of all, (A) to meet the...
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