During Milan Design Week 2010, we visited the Soft Architecture exhibition from Italian lighting manufacturer FLOS at Superstudio in Milan’s Zona Tortona district. Soft Architecture consists of a new collection characterized by the use of a special composite material (Under-Cover technology) of which Flos holds an exclusive license agreement in the lighting compartment for its production and com..
During Milan Design Week 2010, designers Jan Wertel and Gernot Oberfell of Platform Studio, introduced the Dragonfly.MGX Pendant Light that they designed for .MGX by Materialise. The Dragonfly.MGX pendant light draws inspiration from the curved honeycomb structure of insect eyes and their optical qualities. The fascination for us lies within its complex three dimensional array of photoreceptor c..
At Salone del Mobile 2010 in Milan, we visited the booth of Italian manufacturer Infiniti Design, where they provided us with creative images of their 2010 Collection. from contemporist
Busnelli has introduced the new Bohémien sofa for 2010. Designed by Italian architect Castello Lagravinese, Bohémien is a modern interpretation of traditional styles. from contemporist
Finnish designer Tuukka Halonen has designed a range of pendant lights made of repeated interlocking parts for design brand Skandium. Called Pilke, the light shades are made of identical plywood cutouts, which interlock to form a three-dimensional shape. The shades slot together and don’t require any tools or adhesives to assemble. The collection includes two different designs that come in white..
Denmark has a proud design history, but the great masters of the past such as Arne Jacobsen, Hans J. Wegner and Poul Kjærholm have also overshadowed their young successors. This is no longer the case. A new generation of creative and skilled craftspeople and designers have demonstrated that they are capable of taking up the mantle. 14 of these innovative and talented craftspeople and designers h..
At Salone del Mobile 2010, the Italian manufacturer Schönhuber Franchi exhibited the new Arena collection that has been designed by Luca Trazzi. The collection includes a sofa and chair made from slats of ash wood that have been steam bent and shaped at different angles. from contemporist
Milan 2010: here are some more pictures of Dutch designer Bertjan Pot’s Jumper chair, launched by British brand Established & Sons in Milan last week. The design features a knitted cover, created on a machine for making clothing and washed at a high temperature to shrink the wool. Buttons hold the resulting cover around the bent steel and wood frame. More about Established & Sons in Milan here. ..
Contemporist went to the Eurocucina 2010 show in Milan, and we’ve got some photos of the various contemporary kitchens that were on display.
Finnish designer Timo Hoisko has created the Farmline chair out of a single metal tube and locally-produced hemp fiber. I believe in sustainable development, and in the design our products we should promote nature-conserving renewable materials. I wanted to design an ecological chair using locally-produced hemp fiber, a rare material in the furniture industry that I believe would create new oppo..