Shimmer Chair by Gary Marinko
2020-11-26
The Shimmer Chair creation was a result of a joint partnership between the University of Western Australia and the ForestRead More →
8 Beautiful Scandinavian Coffee Pots
2020-11-13
The British Museum collection has over two million records. The search is intuitive and now offers suggestions as you type. The following selection are some beautifully designed coffee-pots with that clean, elegant nordic appeal.Read More →
Ceramics by En Iwamura
2020-11-11
Biography In 1988, En Iwamura was born in Kyoto, Japan. He grew up in an artistic setting under the influenceRead More →
Hervé Van der Straeten – French Designer revives craftsmanship of the past
2020-11-10
The French design world was excited by artists back in the 1930s and 1940s who created modern objects that combinedRead More →
Buckminster Fuller compared to Leonardo da Vinci
2020-11-10
Buckminster Fuller was a preacher as much as an architect, a town crier as a scientist. He was among theRead More →
Bailey Street Design changes name to encyclopedia.design
2020-11-08
After five years of posting and blogging as the Director of Bailey Street Design, I have decided to take theRead More →
Boldly illustrated signs all over NYC’s Chinatown
2020-10-29
Dingding Hu, a New York-based illustrator, colour lover, artist, and life observer, partnered with the NYC DOT Art Department and the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) to tell the stories of Chinatown, Manhattan, residents.Read More →
Best Aerial Photos of People for ‘Drone Awards 2020’
2020-10-29
The most significant global aerial photography and video competition is the Drone Awards. It’s a Siena Awards initiative dedicated to a new genre of photography, intentionally differentiated from conventional photography.
Aerial photography and video, whose platforms often include fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, balloons, blimps and aircraft, rockets, kites and parachutes, are open to the competition.Read More →
Curata is a Green Beauty Brand With Beautiful Packaging
2020-10-29
Haryco Branding & Design created this wonderful botanical-inspired packaging for Curata beauty, a new green beauty brand. “We had the very pleasurable task of creating the entire branding platform and packaging solution for Curata, a sustainable luxury brand.Read More →
14 Stunning New Season Fabrics at Marimekko
2020-10-28
Marimekko ‘s versatile range of fabrics is continually updated: old classics are turned into modern interpretations and brand new innovations are frequently applied to favourite patterns. Keep an eye on this category to see new designs – maybe your favourite print will soon be available by the metre!Read More →
‘HEALING’ – Perrotin presents new exhibition
2020-10-28
In the context of Bubblewrap, Healing examines the multifaceted and quirky universe that is Takashi Murakami’s Superflat and the far-reaching and profound influence of Japanese ceramic art. Where art in the West is focused on the distinctions between ‘highbrow’ and ‘lowbrow’ culture,’ original’ and ‘derivative,’ art ‘and’ product,’ Superflat is a distinct lineage of contemporary Japanese art rooted in anime and manga.Read More →
Nendo – Giving people small moments
2020-10-28
Nendo is a Japanese design company founded by Sato Oki in 2002 that works globally on design projects. In Tokyo, the first office was built. The second office was opened in Milan in 2005. Over the course of 18 years of establishment, the business works with different brands and has received numerous awards. With subtle influences from Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics, Nendo is recognised for its simple and minimalist style.Read More →
Alike But Not Alike, portrait photography by Peter Zelewski
2020-10-27
In his ongoing portrait photography collection, Alike But Not Alike, London-based photographer Peter Zelewski has explored the similarities and differences between sets of identical twins. Captured against neutral backdrops on the streets of London, Zelewski’s duos are of various ages, ethnicities, cultures, and styled to dress in matching clothes. This style places the spotlight on the subjects, showing the special, unbreakable relationship and remarkable resemblance of the siblings, while also allowing viewers to take a closer look and explore the tiny differences between each pair.Read More →
Josef Maria Olbrich Austrian Artist, Architect and Designer
2020-10-26
Josef Maria Olbrich, born in Troppau, was an Austrian artist, architect and designer who worked in Vienna and Darmstadt.
From 1882, under Camillo Sitte, he studied at the Staatsgewrbeschule, Vienna. In 1890, he studied at the Akademie der bildenden under Carl von Hasenauer.Read More →
Motel Beer inspired by vintage travel ads
2020-10-25
We brew modern beer in Berlin. We like our beer simple and clean; comfortable and welcoming; occasionally unexpected but always memorable. Like a motel should be. — Motel Minibar Motel is a Berlin-based craft brewery.Read More →
Miriam Haskell mid twentieth century New York Jewellery Designer
2020-10-25
Miriam Haskell was a New York-based American Jeweller. In 1924, at the McAlpin Hotel, where she sold her jewellery, Haskell opened up a small gift shop. Her key designer became Frank Hess, a display artist at the nearby Macy’s department store. They worked on antique-quality glass-bead and simulated-pearl jewellery. By the 1930s, their enterprise had expanded to include separate production facilities. Read More →
Izabel Lam American fashion designer to sculptor and industrial designer
2020-10-25
Izabel Lam is a sculptor and an American fashion designer. Lam turned to industrial design from fashion in 1988. In a neo-baroque style, she designs housewares, including flatware, picture frames, candlesticks, vases and letter openers. Her 15-piece lighting set was made of oxidised curved steel with shades of metal-mesh.Read More →
6 Diverse European Designers from last century
2020-10-24
A diverse, eclectic and interesting selection of designers; architects, ceramicists, metal smith, interior designer. For inspiration and information;Read More →
Karen Vibeke Klint – Danish Textile Designer
2020-10-24
Karen Vibeke Klinti s a Danish weaver and textile designer, educated in 1949 from the Arts and Crafts School in Copenhagen . Vibeke Klint has been extremely active in the latter half of the twentieth century, both as a craftsman, designer, teacher,.Read More →
Manuel Orazi and notable art nouveau posters
2020-10-24
Manuel Orazi was a Spanish illustrator, a lithographer who contributed notable Art Nouveau posters of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. He designed the 1884 Théodora poster for Sarah Bernhardt with Gorguet. Others of his posters were for Peugeot bicycles, the opera Aben Hamet and, in the form of an old torn manuscript, for the opera Thaïs by Jules Massenet.
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