Showing posts from March, 2012

Miniature Houses

House dish rack by Veronika Paluchova ; image via Design East From magazine holders to outdoor lanterns, the miniature house shape is an example of designers' current quest for simplicity in prod…

Design Indaba 2012 online

Porky Hefer at Design Indaba 2012 from Design Indaba on Vimeo . Design Indaba has now made a number of its 2012 talks and interviews available to watch online - with one of the highlights being P…

Hacked Lab at La Rinascente

Honey & Bunny Curator Beatrice Galilee will transform La Rinascente 's Design Supermarket into an interactive experimental lab space for 100 hours of rebellious creativity during Milan Desig…

Eat & Joy: the Finnish food experience

A Taste of Finland by Eat & Joy for WDC Helsinki 2012 Nordic farmers market Eat & Joy presents over 500 delicacies from producers around Finland at its regular Helsinki-based markets and eve…

Contemporary Perspectives in Middle Eastern Crafts

Beirut-based Carwan Gallery has commissioned international designers and local Middle Eastern artisans to co-create a collection of limited-edition objects, which will be exhibited at off-fair distr…

Post-War British Textiles

London's Fashion and Textile Museum throws a spotlight on three female textile designers who brought new life to British textiles in the years following the end of WWII, in an exhibition which …

Materica by Fedrigoni: eco-luxe papers

Italian specialist brand Fedrigoni is renowned for its fine papers, which it manufactures for printing, publishing, labelling, bookbinding, packaging, security systems, and even for use as currency. …

HBL Book of the Week: Moleskine's Architecture Book Series

Moleskine: Architecture Book Series Famous for its black leather notebooks, Italian stationery brand Moleskine has launched a series of journals which reveal the relationships between four architect…

Lunch Book by Alessandro Garlandini & Sebastiano Ercoli

Lunch Book by Alessandro Garlandini and Sebastiano Ercoli Winning first prize in the lunchbox design competition for Expo Milan 2015 , Lunch Book is a recipe book made of paper dishes, which can be …

Panic Room by Tilt

Panic Room by Tilt. Photo by BigAddict Graffiti artist Tilt was invited by French hotel Au Vieux Panier in Marseille to treat a guest room as a huge piece of canvas. The result was half a room left…

In Wonderland

Ajisai and Rosa by Lin Ching Man Not wanting to be slaves to standardised children stories - where princesses are saved by Prince Charming, the fairy god mother makes dreams come true, and life is li…

Google's Mies van der Rohe doodle

Following Marimekko's Google Doodle this time last week, Google today celebrates architect Mies van der Rohe's 126th birthday with an image based on the SR Crown Hall at the Illinois Instit…

Ombré: trend update

Airvase by Torafu Architects for Ligne Roset Last year WGSN-homebuildlife reported on Ombré as an emerging colour trend for both beauty and interiors . This year, graduated colour is continuing to …
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