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A century ago, Larry Perkins and Philip Will Jr met as roommates at Cornell University, shared a tiny office in Chicago afterward, and designed their first project together, a house in Illinois, for a fee of 15 cents an hour. Perkins&Will today is ranked among the top global design firms, with more than 1500 professionals
Ruang Nyaman, a company based in Bali, has created an intricate façade using arched bamboo elements for a hotel and…
Farming is a series of handmade furniture – by the Latvian company Sampling – with crocheted upholstery and wooden details. The concept of this collection is a mutation of volumes that evolve from a traditional piece of furniture – pouf. The creations assume forms that relate to nature, landscape elements, and the animal world, although there are
For the series entitled Spaghetti Bench, Pablo Reinoso used public benches, which are anonymously designed and travel across cultures with an out-of-time, old-fashioned quality, as a starting point for his reflections. Starting in 2006, these new creations have multiplied and found homes in very diverse places. © Spaghetti Bench by Pablo Reinoso In line with
The Playwood series, made in Germany by Hamburg designer Silvia Knüppel, lives up to the promise of its name: playful use of this table is not only possible but positively required. The table is made up of 33 loosely stacked individual layers of solid wood, reminiscent when fully closed of a classic side table
ASPECT Studios wins design competition for Alibaba’s Xixi Campus in Hangzhou,ASPECT Studios won the international design competition for the Alibaba…
In March 2020, while the Covid19 lockdown took over Italy, Slamp, producer of quality handcrafted illumination since 1994, led their Research and Development team into a new creative frontier: the PurityCapsule. Scientific studies published in the Virology Journal showed that Covid19 can survive on surfaces for up to 28 days; it favors plastic, metal, paper, and glass
It features a carbon-infused memory foam and a cover made with pure silver fibers that help it to maintain a self-cleaning surface, which helps to prevent bad bacteria growth. Product designer and entrepreneur Ivana T. Lowchareonkul developed the Alpha Pillow 2.0, following the success of its predecessor on Indiegogo. Similarly, it uses innovative materials to
Precious Plastic just released a brick made from 100% recycled plastic to empower people to build constructions just like with LEGO (but a whole lot bigger). The brick design is published open-source, meaning that anyone can download the drawings online, for free, and start turning plastic waste into a useful building material. The bricks are
Foster + Partners, the well-known British firm, has completed a new office tower on Park Avenue, New York.Dubbed “New York’s…
Designed to generate a creative interplay between human and object, the SFIR table lamp invites users to playfully interact and switch between different light ambiances. The SFIR lamp is characteristic of German designer Johannes Budde’s usage of a combination of simple geometric shapes. The design comprises linear and curved geometries to produce a visually balanced
WEEK architecture studio based in France and Chile designed the monument.This monument addresses the number of deaths reported on construction…
A first of its kind concept, Germany-based Hylo Tech’s “H1” lounge chair is a part of HygroShape – a fascinating collection of one-off pieces demonstrating truly self-shaping warm wooden furniture. Intrigued? Inspired by the Greek term ‘hyle’, utilized for both matter and the ancient building material of wood – Hylo Tech brilliantly develops innovative ecological
An ongoing research of ways to sustainably valorise bloom waste – ‘Flower Matter’ by Finland-based Irene Purasachit aims to cut down this waste stream by seamlessly fabricating it into environmentally responsible bio-based materials. While flowers are breathtakingly beautiful they have an incredibly short life span and end their journey in landfills – 40% of them
Steven Holl Architects added a new Commons building on the historic campus,complementing the Rubenstein Commons building.At the Institute for Advanced…
Smartians is a collection of cloud-connected actuators that convert old manual appliances into smart cloud-controlled appliances. In this ever-evolving market, there are numerous smart home appliances coming up every day, making existing appliances obsolete as today’s FOMO addict consumer always wish to align with the updated technology. As a result of which there is an
Fellow brings together the coffee novices and experts with their beautifully functional Stagg Carafe. The system includes: a vacuum insulated dripperdouble wall glass carafe for servingtwo double wall tasting glasses © Fellow The vacuum insulated dripper controls temperature during brew time, for a more consistent extraction. Not sure the right recipe or dosage for coffee
Download our DWalking guide (pdf, mobile-friendly) with all the info for visiting. Six ethereal lighting collections inspired by places of worship: Divine Inspiration is the first lighting product released from Lee Broom in four years and marks the brand’s 15-year anniversary. Known for pushing the boundaries of how materials can be used and for examining the
Growing your own sprouts at home with SproutyPod can save 104 pieces of single-use plastic from entering the ocean each year.Growing sprouts at home isn’t a new phenomenon, but it is definitely one that could be improved. Transforming the traditional mason jar (a fan favourite amongst DIY sprout growers) SproutyPod simplifies the process with an
SmartMoov, a futuristic mobile kiosk brings together these two elements into one solution.SmartMoov Mobile Retail Kiosk is a future vision where we no longer need to rent physical space to start a new business. Renting a physical space can be expensive and extremely bureaucratic. Most of the new businesses can’t even afford it to begin
“Cybertruck, Elon Musk, PowerWall, GigaFactory”Those are words, products, and protagonists not only of an extraordinary entrepreneurial adventure but also of a new lexicon that associates these labels with exciting and contagious meanings, sometimes even bearing some fundamentalist spirit.I don’t have to be a Tesla-fan to recognize the value of Elon Musk’s work, starting an authentic
