A personal review of design creations
#Salone - Little Monsters / Scary Beasts
Craftsmanship is an essential element in every country’s narrative. It is not only its soul but it is a signature, a way of using what is locally available and creating something noble out of it. During Milan Design Week, discover the works of five communities from Albania, Bosnia, Hungary and Romania thanks to co/rizom.
#Salone - Port Light by Tom Fereday
At Salone del Mobile 2022, Australian design Tom Fereday unveils ‘Port Light’, a new light series made out of cast crystal glass. Handmade in Australia in collaboration with Rakumba Lighting.
The Colour Bath at Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station
With an estimated 3.7 million commuters daily, Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station, in Japan, is considered the busiest transportation hub in the world. But somehow Moment Factory managed to create an oasis of calm…
Phillips New York Design Auction
It’s almost the end of the auction season. On June 7th, Phillips is hosting a design auction in New York. Here is my personal selection…
Colour Rush! An Installation by Sabine Marcelis
Following an invitation from the Vitra Design Museum, Sabine Marcelis has transformed the Schaudepot in one simple, sweeping gesture by sorting its roughly four hundred exhibits by colour.
‘Beirut. Eras of Design’ Exhibition
Despite all possible challenges, Lebanon’s design scene has flourished with a diverse palette of talents. ‘Beirut – Eras of Design’ exhibition portraits the dynamic evolution and growth from 1950s.
SUN/LEAF by Andrés Reisinger
Andrés Reisinger debuts in the Middle East with SUN/LEAF commissioned by Gallery COLLECTIONAL to be unveiled during Art Dubai.
A multiuse brutalist space
For its new concept, Osmo X Marusan café-terrace in Montréal commissioned local design studio MDT Mobilier to create a hybrid collective space.
“Beneath the Surface” in Taiwan
On the occasion of the Taiwan Design Expo in Chiayi, six design teams were asked to re-envision public spaces based on water landscapes.
6 Rooms × 6 Positions
Six Swiss design studios design a room and furnish it with pieces from the Zurich Design Museum collection. Jörg Boner, Connie Hüsser, Kueng Caputo, Sebastian Marbacher, Panter&Tourron and Adrien Rovero showcase their favourite objects and convey a sense of how they work and what drives them.