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Fabio Novembre certainly is an unconventional designer. A quick look at his work is enough to understand the issues he raises aren’t limited to a question of use or comfort. Through his interpretation, design and architecture become a way to express every aspect that creates our condition as human beings. Each object has to tell a story. And if man is the central core of...

Atelier Areti is comprised of Gwendolyn and Guillane Kerschbaumer, sisters with impressive credentials and loads of talent. Greek for virtue, goodness, righteousness, Areti represents the team’s design philosophy – a philosophy which eschews the importance of objects to focus on the importance of beautiful and well-designed objects. Their goal is not just to create but r...

You will never be as cool as Bec Brittain, so you can just stop trying. The 33-year-old designer founded her studio in 2011 and set to work creating one-of-a-kind lighting. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Brittain’s diverse background is easily discernible in her designs. She studied industrial design at Parsons, has a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from New York University...

When her daughter, Angela, stepped up to take over the Missoni empire, the founder happily stepped away. But she quickly realized that retirement was not for her and returned to manage the Missoni Home collection. This was in 1997. Seventeen years later, she is over eighty years old and still running Missoni Home. She emphasizes that Missoni is not just a brand, it’s ...

We could go on for hours about how much we love the work of Studio Drift. In fact, we already have. Their phenomenal lighting creations are often soft, always inspired and sometimes ethereal. While we can’t say that we could picture their work adorning houses in the neighborhood, each piece provokes an emotional nostalgia that definitely fits the season. We decided to as...

Born in Kurdistan and based in Sweden, Jangir Maddadi creates objects that flawlessly marry function and form. He formed the Jangir Maddadi Design Bureau in 2008 and has since been producing consistently sleek and modern designs that manage a wink of fun. All of his designs are 100% made in Sweden, and Maddadi ensures that his products are manufactured by the best of the...

Ionna Vautrin has everything of the pure French designer. She’s part of this upcoming generation of designers that are no longer focused on the future and able to acknowledge their origins. She proudly claims her French heritage, a culture tangling between engineering and art. These two notions perfectly sum up her distinguished Bicnic lamp. A small lamp designed for Fos...

Established in 2011, Egg Collective is a Brooklyn-based design company founded by three friends: Stephanie Beamer, Crystal Ellis and Hillary Petrie. With emphasis on local craftsmanship and sophisticated design, Egg Collective is one of the shooting stars of the American design world. They received the distinction of “Best New Designer” at ICFF in 2012 and were part of a...

Studio Drift revisits ordinary beauty, putting it out of context and reworking it. A dandelion suddenly becomes a radiant object of wonder, while a stagnant lamp becomes a changeable flower. Indeed, Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta’s creations awaken their audience, provoking strong reactions with common inspiration. After their graduation from the Design Academy Eindhove...

American designer Jason Rens takes familiar objects and makes them new again. How? By using unexpected forms and shapes to construct objects with a vague resemblance to things that we recognize as a useful. His Rason Jens collection is populated with geometric, structured objects that could perhaps be practical but perhaps not. The use isn’t always quite clear, which som...

Even in the collaboration’s infancy, their creative output is prolific and diverse. They have worked with the likes of Philippe Starck on the Istanbul location of the design-conscious Mama Shelter. They are a craft-focused and environmentally conscious pair; their submission to the 2012 Green Design Competition manages to take the least sexy of products, the dehumidifier...

A veteran of the design scene, Jean-Marie Massaud has been racking up awards and honors for twenty years. His Studio Massaud has become a permanent fixture of the design world, the world of architecture, the world of urban planning…the list could go on. Yes, M. Massaud does it all, and he does it exceptionally well. Clean and simple, his visionary yet universal creations...

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Well. So well that TIME magazine accolades him as one of the 100 most relevant creators of our time, and Wallpaper magazine named him one of the most influential creators of the last decade. His artistic output (from furniture, product, interiors and sculptures to art installations) exudes quirky Alice-in-Wonderland vibrations but reposes on fine craft skill. This speci...

German architect Frei Otto was posthumously named the 2015 Pritzker Prize laureate. On Monday, the 89-year-old architect passed away, causing the Pritzker jury to push the prize announcement forward by two weeks. The jury visited the architect prior to his death to inform him of their decision. “Our jury was clear that, in their view, Frei Otto’s career is a model for...

Blending cultures and materials, Sebastian Herkner has very quickly paved his way in the world of design. Since graduating from the Offenbach University of Art and Design in 2007, he has established his own studio and designed for the likes of ClassiCon, Moroso, La Chance, Sancal and Rosenthal. Despite being in the early stages of his career, Sebastian’s work demonstr...

With thirty years of design experience under his belt, Ross Lovegrove is one of the more prominent designers of his generation. He works at the crossroads of technology, material research and organic inspiration. His products frequently take their form from nature, yet are executed using innovative technology and interesting applications of materials. We had the priv...

Dutch designer David Derksen is living proof that inspiration truly is all around us.”It starts with a personal fascination,” he explains of his design process. During this year’s Dutch Design Week, Derksen endeavored to display not only his finished products, but also the research and exploration behind the design from a spark of personal fascination to a tangible objec...

Dan Yeffet defies definition. When asked, he describes his overall direction as simple, emotional and material- or technology-oriented, but the Israeli-born, Paris-based designer is constantly pushing boundaries. His Balloons light, for example, tests the limits of handblown glass, playing with the volume almost to the point of bursting. After studying at the Bezalel ...

A certain movement and lightness permeates the creations of French designer Constance Guisset. Each of her objects exist without overwhelming. Indeed, she incorporates a “poetry and softness into objects” that lightens their presence and makes a beautiful element that doesn’t necessarily have to be the immediate and constant object of attention. Perhaps as fascinating...

The Brazilian architect founded Studio MK27 in 2001 and has since swept more than 50 architectural awards around the globe. The firm’s well-rounded and multidisciplinary approach certainly contributes to their success. In fact, the firm’s vast pool of knowledge extends to design, urban planning, cinema, economics, politics and art, all of which provide a clear source of ...

No one can say that Rudy Ricciotti is lacking in principle or resolve. One only has to watch an interview with him to understand the extent of his character. The Algerian-born architect studied engineering in Geneva before returning to his Mediterranean roots to study architecture in Marseille and investing himself in the region. As an ardent defender of local traditions...

Ricardo Bofill is the President of his family’s Barcelona-based architecture practice, which is three generations in the making. What is so special about the practice is its unique identity as a taller, or workshop. Founded in 1963 by Bofill’s father, the Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura (RBTA) united a multidisciplinary team of architects, engineers, urban planners...

Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas did not initially want to become an architect but rather an artist or a poet. Architecture was his last choice, however a simple glance at his prodigious body of work reveals that it has been an excellent decision. Fuksas opened his first studio in 1967, while he was completing his degree at La Sapienza University in Rome. For tho...

Mendes da Rocha – known for projects including the Museum of Contemporary Art at the University of São Paulo and the Brazilian Sculpture Museum – was selected by this year's Biennale curator Alejandro Aravena for the prestigious architecture award. A citation from Aravena and the board of Biennale directors praised the architect for the timelessness of his designs. ...

Andreas Ruby, architecture critic, curator, teacher, publisher and the new Director of the Swiss Architecture Museum, pays his respects to the life, work and brilliance of Dame Zaha Hadid who died suddenly on March 31, 2016 at the age of 65. We all have to die, but strangely the terrible news of the sudden death of Zaha Hadid had something unreal about it, as if it si...

Zaha Hadid was widely regarded to be the greatest female architect in the world today. Born in Baghdad in 1950, she studied mathematics at the American University of Beirut before starting her architectural journey in 1972 at the Architectural Association in London. By 1979 she had established her own practice in London – Zaha Hadid Architects – garnering a reputation a...

since frei otto‘s passing earlier this year, there has been a global outpouring of tributes to a man who sought to redefine the very limits of architecture. quite simply, no other architect provided as many decisive ideas to construction in the second half of the 20th century as frei otto. through the exploration of energy-efficient building techniques, otto’s work c...

Zhang Ke named his practice standardarchitecture, although standard is not a word easily applied to this Chinese architect’s work. Having set up 14 years ago as one as one of the earliest private practitioners in China, he has since been involved with projects deeply imbued with a sensibility of place, from the inner city hutongs of Beijing to the slopes of the Tibetan ...

Public space in Poland is often a bit of an overlooked terrain it seems – even for those who live there. During communism it was state-run and tainted, something to be shut outside. Today it is something for which many people do not feel responsible, leaving it to lie unkempt and unregarded, or to be gradually privatised between anonymous new developments. However, this ...

News: Foster + Partners has been given the title "most admired architect" for the ninth consecutive year, in a global survey of architecture firms. London-based Foster + Partners, led by architect Norman Foster, won 17 per cent of the vote in the World Architecture 100 2015, a survey of the world's biggest practices undertaken by architecture website BD. "To be vot...

Isareli architect Moshe Safdie, who is now based in Boston, was named the 2015 recipient of the American Institute of Architects' highest accolade, last week. He will receive the award almost 50 years after his ground-breaking Habitat 67 housing project in Montreal was presented at the 1967 World Expo as a vision for the future of cities, combining high-rise living with...

Design Miami 2014: an exhibition opens today at the Bass Museum of Art celebrating the work of flamboyant American architect Peter Marino – the recipient of Design Miami's inaugural Design Visionary award. The exhibition at Miami Beach's Bass Museum of Art is curated by Jérôme Sans and titled One Way: Peter Marino. Marino is best known for his store designs for luxury ...

The main objective when designing a home which will be inhabited by children is creating a space for dialogue, sharing and complicity to favour relational and self-learning experiences, in an environment which is as safe and well-balanced as possible. By implementing a few but highly essential changes, it is possible to create a serene atmosphere, attentive to the needs ...

Inhale the cool evening air or the early morning breeze, enjoy the warmth of the sun and relax outdoors, alone or in company. This can be achieved by transforming the outdoor areas of the house, whether they are small terraces, gardens or large spaces with swimming pools, into authentic outdoor living areas that extend beyond the interiors and can be equipped with everyt...

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