Baker Cookstove – an energy efficient cookstove for the developing world
The majority of women in the developing world prepare food on a technology called a three-stone fire. It is basically three rocks that support a pot with an open fire in the middle. This cooking method is very inefficient and leads to many environmental and health problems. Another bad side effect is that children are...
Brass objects from Skultuna
Swedish company Skultuna is producing brass and sterling silver objects of the highest quality for both everyday use and for special occasions. They have been doing ot for a long time, Skultuna is one of the oldest companies in the world, founded in the year 1607 as a brass foundry by King Karl IX. At...
A story about Ceremony by Claesson Koivisto Rune
As a highlight of the exhibition Claesson Koivisto Rune + Mjölk we set out to design something unique for Mjölk. Having learnt about the philosophy of Mjölk and being encouraged by owners John Baker and Juli Daoust to choose handicraft techniques available in and around Toronto, we decided to design a milk and sugar set...
Widlund vacation house on Öland
The Widlund vacation house by Swedish architects Claesson Koivisto Rune is like a funnel of light, space and sea views. The location is the west coast of the Baltic island of Öland. The white concrete box is “corsetted” in the middle, creating slightly sheared wall and roof angles. This gives the house both its direction...
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...
Swedish brass bowls by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Skultuna
Swedish architects and designers Claesson Koivisto Rune have made a new design called “Ballerina” for the Swedish brass manufacturer Skultuna. It’s a set of small polished brass bowls with a playful feature, when touched the convex bottom makes the bowls dance, projecting golden light reflexions. The ballerinas are perfect to collect your keys, small change etcetera....
Interesting typology for armchair by Claesson Koivisto Rune
During Maison d’objet in Paris Swedish designer trio Claesson Koivisto Rune will show their new working chair, “Isola” for Tacchini. It’s a sort of new typology for armchairs; a table built in to a organically-shaped and generous seat shell, where you can both relax and work. While using these devices in many public or semi-private...
Folded Leaf mobile phone by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Folded Leaf is a new mobile phone design by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Huawei. Folded Leaf will be exhibited at Superstudio Piu, in Zona Tortona, during Salone del Mobile, 2011. Claesson Koivisto Rune’s mission was to create a design that re-engages with a more simplified and intuitive notion of communication and that sidesteps the functional...
Green Oasis for a better indoor life
OASIS is an assortment of design products, which together with flowers and plants enhances and adds value to the work environment, not least through an improved indoor air quality. Produced by Swedish design manufacturer Offecct. Green Pedestals by Front Green Islands by Jean-Marie Massaud Green Pads by Luca Nichetto Green Trays by Claesson Koivisto...
New glass and silver by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Swedish architects and designers Claesson Koivisto Rune have recently completed work on a special collection of objects that combine the expertise of the fine quality glassmaker Lobmeyr and the exclusive metalworks of Wiener Silber Manufactur. The collection, called Vindobona, is currently on show at Liechtenstein Museum arranged as an installation in the special exhibition gallery....
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