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Download our DWalking guide (pdf, mobile-friendly) with all the info for visiting.Slamp invites visitors inside its Milan Duomo flagship, the first Italian showroom where the brand will exhibit some of its most iconic products, including the latest pieces by long-term collaborators, French designer Marc Sadler and Milan-based designer Lorenza Bozzoli.Set to go on display during Milan
Orbit is the company’s new portable, wireless lamp, meant to be the perfect companion for your indoor and outdoor adventures.Constructed in milky white plastic with refined brass details, light and stylish, this lamp is easy to carry around wherever you go.© UMAGEOrbit portable lamp has three different light modes, and its construction lets you turn
Forget salt and pepper: this futuristic condiment features crayon-based flavouring for a taste explosion in every bite.For the majority of us, gastronomic perfection is impossible to achieve. If it’s not the combination of flavours, the kitchen skills needed to achieve Michelin star presentation are almost impossible to master. That’s why Food Crayon was invented, edible
LAYER Studio, delivering award-winning and market-leading experiences, has designed the sustainable packaging for Never Go Alone (NGA), a fresh brand dedicated to daily wellness essentials.The Never Go Alone packaging has been designed with a focus on sustainability and features innovative on-the-go usability features informed by observation of human behaviours to elevate the hygiene experience and
Product designer Jonna Breitenhuber created SOAPBOTTLE — biodegradable, zero-waste packaging for toiletry products that simply wash away.In an effort to reduce single-use plastics, German product designer Jonna Breitenhuber has come up with a way to avoid packaging altogether. Her SOAPBOTTLE concept introduces a line of waste-free cosmetics presented inside prototype bottles made entirely of soap.According
Architrave in classical architecture is the lower part of a particular type of lintel called…
Switch scooter is a portable electric solution which makes city commuting easy.Scooters often sound like a great idea. They are promoted as environmentally friendly, and a good, fun alternative to commuting by bicycle. Yet there are still a few things that stop people from taking the leap and buying a scooter.As people consider their transport
This week in Dhahran, Tanween, Ithraa’s flagship creative festival, concluded with a series of talks…
A project called T.R.S. 001, an acronym for “Tag Removal System”, designed by Milan-based design studio Valerio Cometti + V12 Design, aims to contain the proliferation of “tags” that reflects negatively on the level of urban decorum, regardless of area or city.This is a problem that has nothing to do with Street Art, whose graffities
Download our DWalking guide (pdf, mobile-friendly) with all the info for visiting.Each limited edition piece of the Modern Heirlooms collection by the Turkish Ahu Studio combines works of graphic art with innovative product and furniture design.It is inspired and informed by the art, craft, history and mysticism of the diverse cultures that have inhabited Asia Minor
Among the things that bear direct contact with flood waters are building materials. It has…
The Canairi Fresh Air Monitor draws inspiration from methods used in coal mines during the 18th century to detect gases, such as carbon monoxide.In those days, mine workers would bring a canary with them in the coal mine, to detect toxic gases — when the bird fainted, it was time to get out. Using a built-in
The teal coloured device looks like a table lamp, which speaks to the product designer’s aim of creating something that would look smart whilst sitting on a kitchen countertop.Called Foody, the concept food analyser tells you what is inside your food. It’s inspired by a BMI machine, which typically uses an electrical pulse to determine the
Download our DWalking guide (pdf, mobile-friendly) with all the info for visiting.The project brings the sense of “ma”, a Japanese concept that relates to all aspects of life, often described as a pause in time, finding meaning in distance and time. The “ma” is found in Tokinari by using incense and sound.It holds the incense upside down
Known across the globe for his iconic sense of poetry, wanderlust and romance that he seamlessly infuses into products, spaces as well as experiences – UK-based Mark Mitchell crafts a minimalistic ‘Sunbeam Side Table’ skillfully sculpted from Botticino marble by artisans at Serafini. “Heaven has often been depicted as being in the clouds, that have this
Magway, a UK based engineering start-up enterprise has raised over £1.5 Milion to initiate a revolution in transportation.Magway is preparing to build a network of tunnels that will carry commercial good over magnetic tracks. Each tunnel, measuring less than one meter in diameter, will ship commercial goods across multiple stations, non-stop, at a rate of
Beautifully translating to tranquility, Sweden-based Mia Cullin brilliantly crafts the Ro room divider with a painted aluminum structure featuring modules covered in wood or leather that rotate independently and effortlessly adapt to spaces. Comprising clean, straightforward as well as simplistic geometric shapes harmoniously infused with handcrafted intricate details – her alluring work ranges from interior design
Download our DWalking guide (pdf, mobile-friendly) with all the info for visiting.Dr. Guan Lee’s striking floor installation, illuminated by light bulbs, is made from POLiROCK, a new material developed by Material Architecture Lab: fired clay with unique characteristics, somewhere between ceramic and rocks.It appears natural and yet it is made by recycling manufacturing waste.Lightweight and porous
Focusing on crafting objects that are anything but boring by harmoniously blending function with style and imagination, Bored Eye design studio fabricates ‘Lugo’ – one-of-a-kind LEGO-inspired luggage as their recent submission to Render Weekly.Based in Essex, UK and an anagram of Bedoyere – Bored Eye design studio is brilliantly founded by industrial product designer Liam
The new Jaguar Project Vector concept adapts its interior cabin space for private or commercial use.At National Automotive Innovation Centre, Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled the bold new concept vehicle, Project Vector, as part of the company’s Destination Zero journey, offering its vision of an autonomous, electric, connected future for urban mobility. Jaguar Land Rover’s
The Arab artist tended to paint nature, like other artists in the successive Islamic eras,…
