Above: Porcelain pen-drives by Vanessa Redondo
April is somewhat sneaking up on us all and we can’t wait for the beginning of the design season with Milan Design Week. On the 9th until the 14th of April, Salone del Mobile will showcase some of the best designs in the world. We’re looking forward to seeing Organisation in Design’s latest project: Ventura Lambrate 2013. Continue Reading…
The ‘His and Hers’ side table set by Niche London is a contemporary twist on traditional nesting tables. Continue Reading…
The interactive Postcard Player by Uniform is designed to ask questions about how we access music. The postcard prototypes are printed using conductive inks, which act like switches when put into the player, telling the tracks to play. Continue Reading…
Above: Lux
These wallpaper designs are by French company Élitis. The new Pleats range resembles unfolded sheets of paper with their crisp fold lines still visible on the walls. Continue Reading…
Above: Saj Tables, Steel shelf by Noam Dover and Michal Cederbaum
On 28 March a new exhibition will open at the Soho Design Gallery, 19 Greek Street. Designing in the Middle East: Part 1, will showcase the work of Noam Dover and Michal Cederbaum from Tel Aviv, alongside their collaborator Yoav Reches – a London based Israeli designer – for the first time in the UK. Continue Reading…
Filling the South London Gallery is a vast string installation titled: Too Much Night, Again by Los Angeles based artist Pae West. Continue Reading…
Above: Display at the Decorators Notebook stand
Jam, dragons and wobbly glassware: three things you probably wouldn’t associate with Somerset House. However this weekend in the Embankment galleries – which recently played host to the mammoth Valentino exhibition – that is exactly what you will find. Continue Reading…
Above: Exhibition Road Redevelopment Scheme by Dixon Jones
Transport has always seemed like an unglamorous area of design, but technologies and ways of thinking are changing. Designers are using their skills to create innovative projects that change the way we think about travel entirely. The three designs from our Top Picks in the Transport category show that there is more to transport than bigger planes and rising fares. Continue Reading…
Above: Kiosk 2.0 by Unfold Design Studio
The nominations for the Product category at Designs on the Year 2013 are as diverse as ever. 3D printers, perfume bottles, ceramics and childrens’ toys are just a few of the unofficial subcategories this year, where responsible design and open source ideas are gaining ground. Continue Reading…
Above: Gravity Stool by Jolan van der Wiel
The Designs of the Year 2013 Exhibition opens today at the Design Museum in London and is showing over 90 nominations across seven categories that highlight the best designs of the year.
There are too many designs to show you them all, but over the next couple of days we intend to highlight some of our Top Picks from the exhibition. Continue Reading…
Above: Raspberry Pi Computer Designed by Raspberry Pi Foundation (shown in case). Nominated in the Digital Category.
This morning was the Press Preview of the Design Museum Designs of the Year 2013 Exhibition which opens tomorrow. We were lucky enough to get an invite and spent the morning looking at some of the greatest designs of the past year. Continue Reading…
Above: Entrance lobby featuring (left to right) Mammoth Chair by Any Somerville; Chequers carpet by Arabella McNie; Hummingbird Wallhanging by Alexander McQueen for The Rug Company and Clouds by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Kvadrat
It’s the middle of March and winter seems to be hanging on with a vice-like grip over the country. So what better time and place than a rain soaked Blighty to highlight the wonderful things you can do with wool. Continue Reading…
Christophe Mayer has designed the Puzzle range of contemporary furniture. The French designer had ‘chaotic equilibrium’ in mind when he designed these tables, which are available in black and white, or mulitcoloured finishes. Continue Reading…
Above: Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, 2013. Photo by Yoshiaki Tsutsui
Toyo Ito has been announced as the winner of the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize 2013. Continue Reading…
Surface design is big news this year and Capitol Design Studio (CDS) has organized a pop-up installation in Primrose Hill to show what can be possible using porcelain tiles. Continue Reading…
