Showing posts from September, 2012

Designs on Chocolate

Faye Toogood with Cocomaya One of the most inventive exhibits at Tom Dixon's design emporium and show space The Dock this week is made of chocolate. The designs are the results of pairing four o…

Nose: Paris's freshest perfumerie

After two years of meticulous research, the founders of Parisian perfumerie Nose have come up with a bespoke service using a computerised system to pinpoint five perfumes to suit you perfectly. Thei…

New lighting by Foscarini

After furnishing the Venice Architecture Biennale with its latest designs last month, Italian lighting brand  Foscarini  has released a new collection of pieces. Werner Aisslinger 's cocooned Be…

Critter by Skitsch: Salone del Mobile 2013 preview

Critter is a freestanding mobile kitchen comprising a sink, two burners, and storage space for pots and pans under the countertop. Designer Elia Mangia has worked together with Italian design compan…

Time Capsule buried in foundations of new Design Museum

The Design Museum 's director Deyan Sudjic and founder Sir Terence Conran today buried a time capsule in the foundations of the London institute's new building, at the site of the former Comm…

On Plate, Still Hungry: adventures in food

Online food, drink and travel magazine On Plate, Still Hungry is your go-to resource for localised guides to who's eating what where - from tripe soup in Istanbul to the top five places to dine…

Republica by Patrick Norguet

Republica by Patrick Norguet The French bistro chair is to Paris what the red phone booth is to London and the yellow taxi is to New York: a symbol. French manufacturer Drucker started making these r…

Fendi Casa: Maison 2012

Fendi Casa's newest collection, launched at Maison & Objet in Paris this month, brings together plump forms and architectural lines, and includes the brand's new outdoor pieces. The Modu…

No Place Like Home Shoes by Dominic Wilcox

British designer Dominic Wilcox has created a pair of shoes with embedded GPS, which uses a circle of LEDs in the left toe to show the direction of travel and a line of LEDs in the right toe to indi…

Student Wallpaper Design Competion 2012

Mark Amura An exhibition celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of British architect Augustus Pugin has opened at London's prestigious Imago Gallery , featuring the the shortlisted and wi…

Kitchen focus: Downton Abbey VM

The Conran Shop, London There is currently a focus on the kitchen in in-store visual merchandising, particularly in The Conran Shop and Anthropologie , who are among many retailers to have been insp…

Trita: Milan buys into the burger craze

Trita, Milan A number of restaurants dedicated to the burger have recently opened in Italy's fashion capital, and the Milanese are embracing the humble fast food with as much enthusiasm as London…

Orange connects with the young design generation

For the second year running,  Orange  has curated a design competition to promote links between creation and technology. The first edition, called Orange whispers to your ear, was dedicated to making…

David Lynch designs suite for Hotel Lutetia

David Lynch has created a luxury suite at the  Hotel Lutetia  that is described as an ode to the French woman. Lynch's signature themes of love, eroticism, dreams and death are drawn from, but th…

Vegetal Identity

Inspired by the spontaneity and beauty of nature, French design company Vegetal Identity uses up to forty different species of plants to create its range of wall pieces - which combine 3D wall art w…

Mood 2012: Innovative design

Innovative wallpaper concepts takes centre stage at this year's edition of upholstery, windows and wall covering show Mood . Reflective, three-dimensional and bespoke are the key recurring themes…
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