During the London Design Festival this coming month, a new Swedish brand is planning their attack. Based in Malmö, Sweden, founders Johannes Herbertsson and Jonas Nordgren of RVW have been working on their inaugural collection since last year in preparation for their huge Tramshed exhibition from the 22 to 26 September in east London. Read more…
Although it may seem that the façade of a building falls victim to it’s surface material when it comes to color choice, Swisspearl creates an effect using cement composite panels in a wide assortment of colors that could change the way you see architecture. Read more…
We’ve all heard of the Snuggie, but what about the Snug-It? You may not be able to wrap your self in it and wear it around the house, but the Snug-It does have the potential to make television watching more stylish. An adaptable, tool-free furniture system, Snug-It takes away the horror of the lost screw or useless plastic “screw driver.” Read more…
Back in 2007, the prolific Philippe Starck created a refreshing desk for Vitra that defied the standard right angles of office furniture. It was called the BaObab Desk, Read more…
There’s a new composite material on the market called Cementoresina® by Kerakoll Design that was recently spun into the major MAXXI museum by Zaha Hadid in Rome. Read more…
Sometimes the ability to customize a product is a good thing and other times it is nothing more than an advertising gimmick. A lot of furniture that is adaptable, never changes from the day it is first purchased. Read more…
The other day I heard about a Parisian cordwainer who creates handmade leather shoes tailored to your foot size and shape. Supposedly, his shoes are so well made that a large french corporation in the design industry bought his business to keep his practice afloat. Read more…
Although I have always loved sterile, impermeable bathrooms, today I became a hypocrite. But it’s not my fault, I blame Descartes and Agape. The modern philosopher who challenged traditional thought in mathematics and natural sciences has also inspired the presence of wood in a new bathtub by Benedini Associati for Agape. Read more…
However you shake it, the candy shell and velvety interior of the Tea Collection by JM Ferrero for Sancal makes me hungry. The chairs come in an assortment of visually indulgent shades and materials - Read more…
To the untrained eye, interior glass doors are as transparent to a space as the gifted vase on your shelf. With the new Vetroslide manual glass sliding door system by GEZE UK, the modest chemistry of a glass door and its innovation becomes, well, clear. Read more…