Sagmeister and Walsh: the humanity of beauty
On display at the Design Museum Holon in Israel, the first retrospective of the New York firm Sagmeister & Walsh is an invitation to look for beauty in everyday objects.
Rome. A house among trees open to nature
A renovation that connects interior spaces and opens them towards the park, giving an illusion of continuity with the surroundings.
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Ross Lovegrove, Corolised Chair
The project forms part of a Welsh industrial designer study into the potential of 3D printing. From Domus 1026, July/August 2018.
Burgundy. A wooden house heats up without gas or electricity
Totally sustainable is the wooden “passive house” designed by Atelier Ordinaire in Beaune, France. Furniture is by Stattmann Neue Moebel.
I am Walter de Silva
From car design to the world’s lightest shoe: the designer of complexity recounts a life’s work driven by the wild urge to create and design.
Twenty years of design with Ceramica Flaminia
Following a series of iconic objects, the first bathroom furnishings company to collaborate with designers presents the ceramica light concept.
A talking stool
Xia is a a “living” sit, a speaking stool that produces the note “A” when it is used. It is in ash wood and burel textile.
Objects of common interest creates a landscape of blue shapes
Referencing to their Greek roots, Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis created a still life installation in Athens that calls for interaction and play.
The voice of mosaic
Light and free like a butterfly, extending and folding like a folding screen, ORIGAMI, designed by Alberto Meda, is an electric plug&play radiator that liaises with its surroundings.
VISUAL GEOMETRIC
Square mirror with lacquered metal frame, mocha or burnished brass finish. Central mirror available in different shades.Fascinating reflections and precious finishes enrich with refined simplicity every single public or private habitat.
TREASURED LIGHT
A symmetrical bamboo-effect interlocking puzzle characterises Mr. Zheng coffee tables by Roberto Lazzeroni, which name underscores its Far East inspiration.
Russia. A fluffly showroom by Eduard Eremchuk
Inspired by James Turrell and Alexander McQueen, the showroom designed by Eduard Eremchuk puts together colours and glam in 46 square meters.
Filigrana. The The glazed lampshades by Established & Sons
The light touch of Sebastian Wrong: a classic Murano blowing technique used as an anti-decorative function, like a Zen practice.
Carl Di Salvo
How can design contribute to democracy?
We put this question to Carl Di Salvo, author of the book Adversarial Design, which shows how social practices and experiments are the new perspectives of contemporary design.
Postcards from the Mediterranean: Superpoly for Etage Projects
The French designers talk about their first solo exhibition now underway at a gallery in Copenhagen, where the room is lit up by their sunny furniture and objects from the Riviera.
Going Real, Marco Petroni’s new book, is a call to action
Discussing what is meant by design today, the critic and curator identifies a cross-cutting approach that can bring disciplines together and stimulate debate, using new methods to construct a broader field.