Architect Gert Wingårdh and Finnish illustrator Kustaa Saksi joined forces at the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair to produce this incredible installation for the Hello! Show.
The Milky Way in your living room
Tokyo Based Studio Niji have created this simple light using the latest lighting technology. Shoji Katsume, director of the studio, designed the Lactea lamp. Lactea means ‘Milky Way’ in Latin and is designed to express balance and continuity. Continue Reading…
An Ordinary Exhibition
Above: Road Sign by Jock Kinneir & Margaret Calvert (1964)
Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things opened this week at the Design Museum in London. The new permanent collection Continue Reading…
Scraplights by Graypants
The intriguingly named design studio, Graypants, has launched the equally intriguing Scraplights Continue Reading…
Unexpected Pleasures at the Design Museum
Above: Karl Fritsch, Screw Ring (2010).
An exhibition of contemporary jewellery from the perspective of the maker and the wearer is currently on show at the Design Museum in London. Continue Reading…
Demi Lamp for Design House Stockholm
Swedish designer Matthias Stenberg has designed the Demi lamp for Design House Stockholm. Continue Reading…
Printing Buildings
Universe Architecture is trying to revolutionise the field of architecture. The Landscape house resembles a giant mobius strip Continue Reading…
Concept Bike that does what it says on the aluminium
We received this exciting project in our inbox this morning. This bicycle concept by Paolo De Giusti was finished only a few days ago and promises to be…. a bicycle; it doesn’t have a USB Continue Reading…
Hi-Tech Bohemian Crystal
Above: Stone designed by Jirí Pelcl
After spending several years gathering dust, glassware is becoming exciting again. Despoke came across BOMMA, originally known as Bohemia Machine Glass, Continue Reading…
Ready Made Curtain by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
French designers, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, have teamed up with Danish textile manufacturer, Kvadrat to release the simple Ready Made Curtain. Continue Reading…
London Art Fair
Above: Sir Peter Bake, London – River Thames – Regatta, 2012. Paul Stolper Gallery
If you are in London this week, head down to the London Art Fair at the Business Design Centre in Islington. Artists such as James Capper Continue Reading…
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Time Wasting on a Wednesday
Google is Celebrating Frank Zomboni’s birthday today. In honour of the man who created the self-propelled ice-resurfacing machine, Continue Reading…


















