Wim Crouwel, the renowned Dutch graphic designer responsible for the identity of Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum for more than two decades and founder of Total Design, has died in the city at the age of 90.
Gus* Modern launched a collection with LUUM Textiles that reimagines the Halifax Chair and Porter End Table with new colorways based on LUMM's Knurl fabric.
the cross chair project began with jinghua zeng exploring the material structure of linoleum and its application in furniture design.
Although well-established in Japan for many years, Paul Smith lacked a notable presence in Osaka, the country’s second largest city. Well, that was yesterday. Finding a premium location smack on Mido-suji dori, a bustling tree-lined artery in the heart of the city, the British luxury brand rubs shoulders with peers from the industry, such as Hermès, Commes des Garçons and Louis Vuitton. The Paul Smith flagship store occupies a 213 sqm. (2,293 sq.ft.) on the ground floor of a 12-storey office building and the façade has been especially modified and now features faux glazed blue bricks and both a doorway and windows framed by shiny green metal.
Born and raised in Sweden, Simone has been building things since she was a child. Today, she runs a YouTube channel with nearly 2 million subscribers who eagerly anticipate her next “shitty robot”. We caught up with Simone to chat making things fail on purpose, getting bored and undergoing treatment for two brain tumours online.
Words: Sophie TolhurstAll Images: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.The design museum is a fitting host for this expansive exhibition on Stanley Kubrick; its raison d’etre is the…
round, soft shapes and vivid colors characterize both furniture collections, matching kresta design's playful personality.
Lake Como: known for oligarchs galavanting on speedboats, stark fascist-era architecture, George Clooney’s villa and now, as a growing destination for contemporary design, thanks to the Lake Como Design Fair. Now in its second year, the event brings to…
In contrast to Western culture, furniture does not have much of a presence in traditional Japanese architecture and is extremely understated. At a recent exhibition jointly curated by Kengo Kuma and his long-term collaborator Time & Style, held in the manufacturer’s Amsterdam showroom, the architect explains, ‘The transparent nature of traditional Japanese architecture avoids heavy walls and uses slim pillars to support roofs, under which is an open-plan space. Paper-covered sliding windows called shoji act as walls, and even then these are often left open. Similarly, thin sliding doors divide interior spaces.’
Leading Dutch typographer and graphic designer who created the Gridnik and New Alphabet typefaces
Some of the biggest names in art and design have created new works which “represent the truth around climate change” for a new auction hosted by London-based design studio Accept & Proceed.
For people who work from home, the home office is an area that must be detached from the rest of the home. It is a place where productivity and creative
The quantum internet is coming sooner than you think—even sooner than quantum computing itself. When things change over, you might not even notice. But when they do, new rules will protect your data against attacks from computers that don’t even exist yet.
Reaching Net Zero emissions will be a huge challenge, says UK’s outgoing chief environment scientist.
Many desire time out on the water, but few have the space to store a boat or full-length kayak. Oru Kayak, on the other hand, aims to make kayaking more accessible. Their offerings, which fold down to manageable sizes, are inspired by origami and work the same as any other vessel. While they launched their…
British designer Samuel Wilkinson has paired steam-bent wood with Vienna straw to create a contemporary dining chair called Latis.
Virgil Abloh and Vitra join forces for new furniture collaboration and installation at Fire Station at Vitra Campus in Basel for Design Miami/Basel
For many, a chair is just a chair. It’s somewhere to sit down and rest your legs. It’s a small part of a matching dining room set. And, admittedly, it’s often an afterthought. But at the new exhibition, aptly named ‘The Chair’, The Future Perfect separ…
from june 22nd to august 18th, 2019, visitors will be able to enjoy all the products designed by the kengo kuma and produced by time & style amsterdam.
Designer Yinka Ilori has used his signature colourful and graphic style to create the exhibition design for Get Up, Stand Up Now, a show celebrating half a century of black creativity in the UK.
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