Showing posts from November, 2010

HBL Events: Brancusi's Rare Functional Objects

Saucepan, estimated to sell for 1500-2000 euros A selection of works by renowned Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi will be auctioned today by Artcurial in Paris - including a collection of objec…

HBL Kids Lifestyle: Carton Furniture Series by Riki Watanabe

Japanese industrial designer Riki Watanabe originally designed this set of children's furniture in 1965, and it's now being manufactured by Metropolitan Gallery Inc. Tokyo in a range of brig…

HBL Analysis: Diamante by Jacob Jensen

Danish design brand Jacob Jensen has produced a collection for Tommerup Kister , one of Denmark's biggest funeral directors. Inspired by gem-cutting, the range is made up of three coffins and an…

HBL Retail News: Artek opens in Stockholm

Finnish design brand Artek have opened their first Stockholm branch. Located in the Southern region of the city, the store has been designed by Harri Koskinen, a well-known Finnish designer, and wil…

HBL Events: Collacqueration: Designed in the UK - Lacquered in Japan

Lacquered Mugs by Max Lamb and Akira Sugimura . Photo by Daniel Katz The exhibition Collacqueration: Designed in the UK - Lacquered in Japan aims to highlight the ancient Japanese tradition of lacqu…

HBL Events: Comfort by Konstantin Grcic at Saint-Étienne Biennale

German industrial designer Konstantin Grcic has curated an exhibition for the 2010 Saint-Étienne Biennale which attempts to deconstruct the idea of comfort, celebrating common items which have enh…

HBL Retail News: The Temporium pops up for ten days

New retail space The Temporium will launch in Brompton Design District, London, on 9th December. The pop-up shop will host a range of homewares and accessories by established and emerging design bra…

Food and Design: a report by Dezeen for Scholtès

Image: Dezeen Online design magazine Dezeen today published a report on the subject of food design, covering aspects including the use of food as material by the new generation of product designers.…

HBL Retail: Crown Paints Colour Influences 2011

Last week, Crown Paints announced their colour influences for 2011. The palettes are decided by a diverse team of industry experts, invited by Crown to identify the key colour influences for the com…

HBL News: Whatswhat Collective win Muuto Talent Award 2010

Scandinavian design brand Muuto have announced the winner of this year's Muuto Talent Award: an adjustable floor lamp called Pull, created by Konstfack-based design trio Whatswhat Collective . …

HBL Events: Jaime Hayon X Kamide Choemon-gama

In the first in a series WGSN takes a closer look at some of our favourite designers seen at Design Tide Tokyo and Tokyo design week this year. Jaime Hayon teamed up with Kamide Choemon-gama to combi…

HBL Contract: Opus Lignea by Parchettificio Toscano

High-end Italian flooring brand Parchettificio Toscano has launched a new line of parquet flooring which is custom-made according to the customer's preference. The parquet, called Opus Lignea, i…

HBL Designer Profile: Juliette Warmenhoven

Juliette Warmenhoven is a recent graduate from the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem who exhibited her 'Everyday Growing project' last month at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. Her projec…
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