Lighting designIn anticipation of Milan Design Week 2023, which will focus on the theme of light and its dissemination tools, Platek, through its new proposals, increasingly embraces the concept of creating outdoor landscapesPlatek is progressively adopting the idea of designing outdoor landscapes with various languages and balances between natural and artificial lighting elements. To this
Visual designArtificial Intelligence is poised to revolutionise how designers create and plan innovative solutions. Its influence will only continue to grow4SPACE strives to stay ahead by utilising cutting-edge technology and embracing artificial intelligence software. Since introducing this highly beneficial tool, designers have used the software in their design processes.AI software has allowed them to automate
Visual designOver the past few weeks, AI-generated art has become a hot topic. The results we are experiencing are shocking. Here, we decided to share 10 AI art, design, and architecture projects that impressed us so farOver the past few years, AI-generated art has become a hot topic. Since recent improvements, AI image generators can
To get a step closer to the world 2.0 that we all want, there’s been a rise in groundbreaking softwares and web design enhancing the power of data visualizations – from Solar Protocol to Human Climate Horizons, Second Sea and PlasticFree. Climate change can often feel like an unfathomable problem – however, designers are now finding
Mobility designThis year, a wave of new electric off-rod vehicles will hit the world’s major markets. We’ve selected some of our favorite concepts, which show that sustainability and awe-inspiring design go hand in handTrying to follow the demand, many manufacturers now join in on the fun, offering their take on modern electric off-road vehicles.Bringing more
By integrating soft robotics into textiles, MotorSkins bridges the gap between science and design with a novel metamaterial based on fluidic circuits and material arrangements. Without requiring an external battery or motor, MotorSkins textiles tackle muscle weakness and disability through specialized active garments and revolutionize human-machine interaction through haptics and more intuitive interfaces.The research behind
Furniture designLiu Jo Living is set to showcase their new upholstered furniture collection, Coquille, at the upcoming Salone del Mobile.MilanoLiu Jo Living aims to provide an effortless way to transform your home, just as easily as changing your clothes. The collection, designed by Simone Cagnazzo, takes inspiration from the shell element, resulting in a range
Positively impacting healthcare, sustainable design and innovative technology have joined forces and given rise to a number of health products paving the way for better monitoring, understanding, diagnosis and treatments – from Sustainable Sonic Toothbrush to Dotplot, Hoopsy, Luma and SmartHEAL.Today, cutting down on virgin plastic in toiletries is the one way that designers are
TechnologySeoul-based designer Haechen Ryu offers SWP – an innovative device that improves the limitations of prism glassesThe best kind of product design aims to find answers to complex issues. An effective healthcare solution has been proposed by Haechan Ryu. SWP is a unique wearable strabismus cure device for kids that includes a motorized prism lens.
Loudt, an innovative audio technology company, has recently announced the release of their latest product, musegg, which aims to revolutionize the way we experience music. The speaker is designed to cater to the needs of music enthusiasts who have a penchant for design, while adapting to individual preferences and room acoustics.According to Juergen Seidler, co-founder
American members’ club Chief has set up its first London outpost inside a centuries-old townhouse in Bloomsbury, with cosy interiors conceived by design studio Thirdway. Established in 2019, Chief has locations in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco, where women working in senior leadership roles can connect, learn from industry peers and find
Design eventsThe 7th edition of Isola Design Festival will welcome visitors during Milan Design Week, from 18 to 23 April 2023. More than 40 exhibitions and installations, involving almost 300 international designers, design studios, creators, and manufacturersAfter an intense year of design initiatives that brought together Isola’s global design community in Milan, in Eindhoven during
After purchasing a 13,000-square-foot residence in Irvine’s lush Shady Canyon community, Jessica and Ali Omid were hard-pressed to find a designer willing to commit to their timeline. With two toddlers and a baby on the way, the Omids planned to overhaul the early-aughts interiors in mere months. Luckily, Huma Sulaiman’s Laguna Beach–based design firm loves a
From products including Great Wrap Film to GoneShells, Re:https://designwanted.com/innovative-eco-friendly-kitchen-products-sustainable-future/Mix, Carbonator 3, Snoot and Mill Kitchen Bin – designers across the globe are looking for more eco-friendly ways to package objects and are working to prevent food waste from going to landfills.Today, bio-based materials are becoming increasingly popular amongst design studios and brands as consumer awareness
Eight offbeat bakeries and patisseries that provide playful backdrops for baked goods A steely space-themed patisserie displaying chunks of meteorite and a green monochrome pastry shop with squiggly furniture feature in this lookbook of unusual and unique bakery interior designs. Architects and designers across the world have created bakeries and patisseries with striking interiors that provide
The Chieftain Chair by Finn Juhl will be featured in the exhibition THIS IS DENMARK hosted at Alcova for the Milan Design Week 2023 One of the main features of Danish design is a respectful attitude towards its origins. Re-editions and redesigns of historic masterpieces is an ordinary fact in Scandinavian culture: in Denmark it has become
Wood shingles and shakes (their brawnier, split cousins) have been a notable component in the homebuilder’s tool kit since the earliest days of European settlement in North America.It may be that newly arrived colonists were influenced by the practices of local Indigenous peoples such as the Wampanoag in Massachusetts, whose winter dwellings were constructed using
Georgian architect Sandro Takaishvili has converted an apartment building in Tbilisi into a hotel, with interiors informed by his love of cinema and movie projectors in all 16 rooms. Taking over three storeys above a restaurant in the capital’s Vera neighbourhood, the Blueberry Nights hotel features a theatrical colour scheme, Japanese furnishings and moody lighting.
Classic, elegant, timeless…. These are only a few of the adjectives you might hear someone use to describe traditional interior design. “In keeping with its name, traditional design has its roots in tradition, or the past,” says Paloma Contreras, a Houston-based interior designer, author of Dream Design Live, and member of the AD Pro directory. If you like the
Verner Panton’s Flowerpot pendant lamp by &Tradition will be featured in the exhibition THIS IS DENMARK hosted at Alcova for the Milan Design Week 2023 You need to be brave to work with Verner Panton’s designs. Such an iconic figure who envisioned the coming of a brand new era in home decoration deserves a lot of
Italian architect Francesca Perani has teamed up with design studio Bloomscape to create a reversible fit-out for this clothing store in Milan, which is dominated by a flexible gridded shelving system. Perani and Bloomscape installed the grid with its moveable shelves as a way to let the On-Off store effortlessly change its display arrangements. A
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