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‘Bill’ lamp by David Irwin (UK)

Walter Phillips — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:24:59 +0000

David Irwin’s ‘Bill’ table lamp explores the use of a new type of plywood, UPM grada 1000, to produce a distinctively formed diffuser which takes its cue from the bill of a birds beak. “The UPM Grada material is based on new technology which allows the wood panel to be formed with heat [...]

Photo tour of May Design Series London 2013, Parts 1, 2 & 3

Walter Phillips — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:22:58 +0000

London’s first May Design Series featuring four of the city’s districts, 200 exhibitors, speakers in the Conversation Series, the kbb Innovation Awards, and more, took place from May 19 to 21, 2013. Join us on our photographic journey through the exhibition halls of the main events; The Arc Show, KBB LDN, DX Freight and INTERIORS [...]

Materials Council at Clerkenwell Design Week 2013

Walter Phillips — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:45:01 +0000

Materials Council is running drop-in ‘Council Meetings’ at Clerkenwell Design Week 2013. Attendees are invited to come down and get free materials advice on current projects. Situated in the new materials and surfaces pavilion, Covered at Charterhouse Square, Materials Council will be relocating their studio for the duration of the show and will also be [...]

Yes We Can: debating the future of American design

Walter Phillips — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:33:40 +0000

A recent panel discussion at Washington DC’s International Design Festival got to grips with the somewhat provocative question, “What Happened to American Design?”, the implication being it doesn’t enjoy the singular, coherent identity of other national design cultures. Here, journalist and panel moderator David Sokol outlines and extends the debate. read this article in [...]

Go West: Architonic strengthens its presence in North America

Walter Phillips — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:20:30 +0000

With an expanded North American sales team, a bigger presence at this year’s ICFF in New York, and two brand-new apps – ‘Best American Design Brands’ and ‘Best Canadian Design Brands’ – Architonic has gone all transatlantic. (by Simon Keane-Cowell) read this article in full on Architonic

Only Connect: Belgrade Design Week 2013

Walter Phillips — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:06:06 +0000

If you were to create a global map showing the key cities through which game-changing creative ideas flow and where new thinking about products and processes are generated, one of its nodes would undoubtedly be Belgrade. In eight short years, Belgrade Design Week has put the Serbian capital on the creative map, playing annual host [...]

‘Low Table’ by Marina Bautier for MA (BE)

Walter Phillips — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:49:33 +0000

Belgian designer Marina Bautier has designed a series of solid wood low tables for her new design brand ‘MA’ that, with rounded corners and a tapered shape, resemble plastic storage containers. “After ten years of working in the furniture industry, it felt like the right time for the launch of her own label along [...]

‘Wings of Sparkle’ stand by Tokujin Yoshioka for Swarovski (AT)

Walter Phillips — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:12:00 +0000

Tokujin Yoshioka’s ‘Wings of Sparkle’ stand design for crystal brand Swarovski at Baselworld 2013, the international watch trade show, featured a wall with hexagonal reflectors and strategically placed blinking lights within them that made the wall appear to “sparkle”. For the interior, “The crystal walls consisting of a total of 34,000 cut [...]

‘Foulard’ glass shelving by Studio Klass for FIAM Italia (IT)

Walter Phillips — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:41:08 +0000

A curved glass wall shelves collection, ‘Foulard’ by Milan-based Studio Klass is also a modular system that lends itself to multiple configurations on the wall. “The traditional archetype of the wall shelves, meant as a horizontal plane only, is reinterpreted in a three-dimensional way, made possible thanks to the features of curved glass [...]

‘Stripes’ carpet system by DUM for M.I.D. Carpets (NL)

Walter Phillips — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:20:59 +0000

Dutch design brand DUM has created a series of distinctive brightly coloured wool carpets called ‘Stripes’ with help from noted colour artist Fransje Killaars. “Stripes is an innovative and playful new carpet system made of 100% New Zealand wool with an extraordinary color-range designed by the well-known artist Fransje Killaars.” says DUM “Characteristic [...]