Mixing old pieces with new technology here are a few examples of the way designers have updated traditional pieces in a non traditional way. Shown at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2010 Paul Smith has taken a series of wood frame chairs and ...Read More

Reinvention

              Using metals as one would use paper or fabric; designers have been using technology to turn harsh solid material into products that have the aesthetics not normally associated with an industrial material. Products have a sense of movement and weightlessness ...Read More

Weightless Steel

    Moroso's Victoria & Albert Sofa in African print fabric at Milan Furniture Fair  2009  African American designer Stephen Burks was asked to design an exhibition based in Moroso's Milan showroom. His work is a contemporary vision of Africa, translating traditional crafts into an industrial product. Seen ...Read More

Patchwork

  Even at a time of global recession/depression we can’t get enough of lovely shiny things. Particularly Gold.  I guess there’s safety in investing in something tangible and weighty and rather pretty. The value of the real thing has rocketed up ...Read More

Gold

Heres a few pics of Milan.  Just a little taster... Studio Job: Beautiful setting, a sanctuary from the rest of the busy venues.                   African artists created furniture, furnishings and installations curated by Patrizia Moroso           Piet Hein Eek's installation at Spazio Rossana Orlandi                  Jaime Hayon's ...Read More

Milan 09

Bit of a messy title but self explanitory. Heres a collection of products that feature this messy form of adornment. Above: Splatterplatter by Louise Campbell for Royal Copenhagen. Working with mass dyed porcelain Louise uses  bold gestures to drip spill and splatter into ...Read More

Dripping & Splattering

    Artists and designers have been fascinated by invertebrates for a millennium - or two or three or more... If you think of how the ancient Egyptians revered the humble dung beetle, maybe the start of our recognising beauty in something that ...Read More

Beetles & Bugs