designer and director mikiya kobayashi has designed a walnut furniture collection for japanese manufacturing giant, masterwal. ‘yu’, meaning thoughtful in japanese, is thought to be masterwal’s brand concept. although the company has never had experience manufacturing chairs with complex structures, kobayashi led the team to create an elegant walnut-based armchair collection, as well as some ent..
Design firm Mili Mlodzi Ludzie have recently completed the interiors for this apartment in Poznan, Poland, and as part of the design of the living room and dining area, they created a wall of cabinets that have geometric cut-outs in the doors. Some of the cut-outs allow for direct access to whatever is stored within the cabinets, and other cut-outs have a mesh protecting the items. from contempo..
London designer Rio Kobayashi has reinterpreted the colourful markings found on Mikado pick-up sticks as a pattern for his new East West furniture collection. Kobayashi, a London-based Japanese-Austrian designer, presented his East West collection during this year's London Design Festival. Inspired by his experience of both far-eastern and western countries, the designer wanted to bring the both..
renovo hardwood bicycles and glenmorangie, creators of highland single malt scotch whiskies presents the first bicycle made from whisky casks, the ‘glenmorangie original’. this innovative collaboration creates a one-of-a-kind bicycle with a rich history that is as unique as glenmorangie’s wood management policy. both glenmorangie and renovo are renown for their refined expertise in wood. the cas..
Honda has revealed a small city car design study at the 2017 Frankfurt motor show called Urban EV Concept. It’s immediately obvious that its styling is inspired by that of the classic N600 city car, although there’s nothing retro about its spectacular wrap-around panoramic dashboard that’s basically one extremely wide screen running the width of the dash. from drivemag
the smart vision EQ fortwo is highly flexible, efficient form of transportation that provides a new perspective on individualized, urban mobility and local public transport. the fully-autonomous, electric vehicle dispenses with the traditional steering wheel and pedals. this EQ fortwo concept is glimpse into the possible future of car sharing as it’s able to pick up its passengers from a desired..
When Atelier 111 were renovating an apartment located in Prague, Czech Republic, they decided to build the couch and shelving into a niche that protrudes from the facade of the building.Instead of buying furniture separately and having an odd space in the living and kitchen area, they created a dedicated space for lounging by using a light wood to build a frame that houses a couch and open shelv..
Schiavello just launched a new series of furniture designed in collaboration with designer Gavin Harris. The Toku Collection aims to bring people together through interaction and communication by creating environments that encourage talking and collaborating. Toku, which is ‘talk’ in Japanese, includes benches, ottomans, tables, stools, and screens that can easily be moved around to design workp..
the design of the ‘rollbe’ ruler by toronto-based the work of mind inc allows it to be rolled from point to point taking an accurate measurement in the metric or imperial system. designers, carpenters, fashion designers, sewers, architects and many other professionals draft specific layouts and templates where measuring curves and design details is necessary. its two smallest sizes, 4 inches and..
from the company who brought us the retro-modern typewriter in early 2017, lofree again merges nostalgic design with advanced technology, presenting the ‘poison’ speaker. it enhances a 10W dynamic driver that delivers mid and trebles from the front, and bass from the rear. as you can imagine from this vintage set, the speaker functions through radio channel surfing, but can also work with an AUX..