Cultural Calendar
Current
RITZWIRTH / anderswar
The Biel duo RITZWIRTH has a unique position in the Swiss art scene. Katia Ritz (*1973, CH) as an architect and Florian Hauswirth (*1976, CH) as an industrial designer not […]
Aug
27
Carving a Love Story. Monica Förster Design Studio, Zanat
Exhibition at Villa San Michele
Past
Pragmatic Sculptures, Bram Vanderbeke
Atelier Ecru, Ghent
Current
x_minimal
Cassina Projects, Milan
Sep
16
3daysofdesign
Denmark annual design festival
Sep
5
Salone del Mobile.Milano
SuperSalone 21
Long Reads
A Hustle on the Catwalk
Gus Van Sant
Since the late 80s Gus Van Sant has been directing movies that have resulted in cult classics and box-office pullers. A film is a film for him regardless of the […]
Invisible Depot to be Seen
Words by Dawn Hung
“Many museums are very preachy,” says Winy Maas, principal architect and co-founder of MVRDV. “That is what we tried to avoid.” The studio’s latest project is the world’s first publicly […]
Happiness Index 4.14
10 Years Later... Alice Wong
Ten years ago, information and story designer Alice Wong graduated from design school in Hong Kong with Happiness Index 4.14, a book about happiness. Her project was a response to […]
Research & Realities
THE R’s—REASEARCH AND REALITIES, Benjamin McMillan
BIO: Benjamin McMillan is a recent graduate of the graphic design department at ArtEZ Arnhem, the Netherlands. His current work investigates the intersection between machine-minds and design. PROJECT: Full Auto […]
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL LIFE
Hans Lensvelt gives good anecdote, after all this is the man who gave the go ahead for the special edition Torture Chair. It’s probably why he is working on a book to preserve and share his memories.
Tools of Invention
Rather than seeing digital and analogue productions methods as opposites, the research behind the works design duo Janne Schimmel and Moreno Schweikle created for their exhibition A Tree Full of Splinters asks us to consider what a ‘real’ material is.
Productivity
Foscarini
White Noise is the latest lamp created by the Diesel Creative Team, turned into reality through its collaboration with Foscarini. It is also the first LED lamp for the Diesel […]
Danese Milano
The Decomposè Light is designed by atelier oï. Besides a floor-standing version, the fixture is also available in the form of a table lamp or a suspension lamp.
Artemide
The Grafa system, designed by French architecture firm Wilmotte Associés for Artemide, received the prestigious iF Design Award 2016 in the Products category. “Grafa is the simplest form of an […]
Lumen Center Italia
Omega LED, being introduced at Light + Building 2016, is a re-edition of Gilles Derain’s table lamp designed in 1983: an essential arc in white or black aluminium. Already innovative […]