One of our favourite exhibitions at this year’s Milan Design Week brings together a collection of furniture and homewares designed by students from the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. Titled ‘Delirious Home’ the objects feature haptic and other integrated technologies to bring us witty interpretations on the concept of the ‘smart home’. “ With … Continue reading
Next week sees the opening of a, if not *the*, design event of the year which, if a part of that world, will have most certainly been highlighted with a big red marker (metaphorical if not actual), in whatever diary-keeping system, application or platform you might use, under the heading “NOT TO BE MISSED”. The … Continue reading
Concrete drawers? It sounds like a term the Mafia might use, but these drawers by GIQ and Sai Industries at the House of Detention during Clerkenwell Design Week are anything but sinister. A 3mm concrete veneer never before seen in furniture applications, creates functional, elegant pieces with the cool, smooth touch and the solid look of concrete, contrasted with timber … Continue reading
Goodness! What would the Victorians have said about this piece from Boca Do Lobo, bringing sexy back (front and sides!)… what with their fetish for covering up furniture so as to save immodest thoughts about a ‘well turned’ table leg?!! Who cares! All we know is that we love the come hither looks of the Mondrian range, with their contra-drawer … Continue reading
Presented at Salone Satellite during Milan Design Week 2013, Japanese design studio YOY have developed ‘Canvas’, a series of two-dimensional hanging furniture pieces. Constructed out of wood and and aluminum, the volume is covered by an elastic fabric – screen-printed with drawings of different types of furniture. The piece works when the frame is leaned … Continue reading
‘The Word On The Street_’ is a new feature where we get out and about in our local neighbourhood(s) and explore the spaces and places, be it here and now or in the making, that we want to hang out in, whether for work or play, eating and drinking, shopping, resting and thinking… This week … Continue reading
Come see, play and debate at Hotel Droog, Amsterdam on March 21st 2013… Highbrow Thinking from the Low-Tech Factory – read more on Second Sight‘s blog. Continue reading
Curated Futures 