As often it was a lucky coincidence that led to the founding of the “wooden radio company for FINE ECODESIGN” in 2007: In his job as a brand expert Oliver Errichiello visited an international trade fair in Jakarta where he saw a radio made out of wood in a totally unique design. Between all the …
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Simplicity is back! This could be the manifesto of DP 01 telephone, designed by Jasper Morrison for the Swiss brand Punkt. Forget all those hyper-technological gadgets, complete with handbooks which resemble a Bible in volume. And this is certainly not one of those next-generation smartphones with option “coffee machine” included. It is a return to …
AI_ is the brain child of Italian designer Andrea Incontri. The brand was established in Milan in 2009 and is fully committed to produce quality leather goods, small and large, suitable for both sexes. Even if the brand is still very young, it has already conquered a large crowd of fashion-forward followers due to its …
An amazing, new and futuristic district will be finished in Stockholm in the next 2012. Following the strong green philosophy of the city, the Royal Seaport has been totally re-designed for a sustainable way of life and it probably will be the first example in Europe of that. 10.000 new aparments, 30.000 new work spaces, …
Mr & Mrs Fragrance contribusice alla causa dell’Associazione Progetto Sorriso nel Mondo con un progetto artistico che coinvolge 10 artisti e designers di fama internazionale. Luca Trazzi, Ross Lovegrove, Alessandro Mendini, Elio Fiorucci, Karim Rashid, Aldo Cibic, Francesco Illy, Teresa Missoni, Carlo Stanga e Oliviero Toscani hanno personalizzato a loro modo il diffusore disegnato da …
Even if the cheap watches with silicon wristband hype is slowly fading out, these candy-colored watches from O’CLOCK are hard to resist. The brand is US-based, but the products are ‘conceived and manufactured in Italy’ – designed by laboratorio.quattro.
Is it just me or designing light bulbs is the new trend? After Plumen, there is the second light bulb design makeover I come across. Renowned artist KAWS paired up with design hotels chain The Standard Hotel to launch a limited edition of light bulbs. There are only 1,000 sets that contain 3 bulbs each, …
Nel nuovo scenario informativo sull’arte contemporanea, Drome si presenta tra i magazine più all’avanguardia nel panorama italiano e non solo. Ed infatti, l’inglese OtherEdition (società leader nella comunicazione iPad, iPhone e magazine digitali) ha invitato la rivista italiana alla diffusione in formato digitale su scala mondiale. Arte, fotografia, moda, architettura, design, cinema, musica, video, teatro …
“Go big!”: ecco a voi i gioielli oversize dell’artista e illustratrice -australiana ma con base a Tokyo- Anna Gleeson. Niente paura, sono leggerissimi perchè sono di carta. Tra gli altri lavori di Anna, vi segnalo la serie di stampe Collagraph Recovering Tomboy. Trovate tutto qui e qui.
Quanti sono gli oggetti che quotidianamente tiriamo nella nostra pattumiera?Infiniti. L’usa e getta è ormai un must giornaliero; spesso, avvolti dalla velocità del tempo, non ci fermiamo più a riflettere sul quale potrebbe essere un secondo utilizzo del prodotto che abbiano appena finito di utilizzare o consumare. Lo prendiamo e lo gettiamo, punto. Invece c’è …
Berlin isn’t Milan, Paris or New York not even London. Berlin stays Berlin and loves to be underground. The fashion dinosaurs didn’t show up, but the young hip and independent trendsetters met around Bebelplatz and Gleisdreieck, to see what’s going on in Germany’s „frosty but sexy“ capital…And there was enough: beside the fashion weeks catwalks …
Apparently, ‘Zarb’ is the French slang for ‘bizarre’, therefore this new brand of champagne is anything but ordinary. Actually, the non-bizarre thing about it would be the content, which comes from the domains of the Baron family in France, a family with a tradition of over three centuries in champagne making. The bottles, however, are …
EDUN was founded by Ali Hewson and her husband Bono, but it is not just a fashion brand. Not just a spectacle every few months for people to look at and marvel. Not just a company making money. They are actually making a difference. People can give money to Africa (I am not saying it’s …
