Markus Lupfer Womens Sneaker
Markus Lupfer footwear continues to explore the world of his vision bringing a rich autumnal feel through textures and interesting materials. Glitter-blocks, vibrant sequin in colour, slick polished leather, intricate applications, platforms, bow details, all feature in Markus Lupfer shoe world this season. Introducing for the first time in the collection-Sneakers, Markus Lupfer aims to …
Weathertone Converts Climate Into A Pantone Chip
We all know the Pantone Matching System (PMS), a proprietary color space used in a variety of industries, primarily printing. Pantone colors are described by their allocated number (typically referred to as, for example, "PMS 130"). PMS colors are almost always used in branding and have even found their way into government legislation and military …
Coffee Tables Made Of An Art Crate
Crateive is a small furniture London based design studio by Bartek Stanny. The idea on which the studio built its collection was conceived few years ago. Stanny uses art crates that finished their life cycle and after travelling many miles to art fairs, galleries and clients around the world came to retire in London. He …
Bare Bones Concrete Dominoes
In collaboration with lifestyle brand Billy Reid, The Principals re-designed the classic “double 6” domino set. Named Bare Bones ($55) after the raw feeling of the concrete they are cast from; the dominoes have been rethought in terms of shape, weight and numbering to produce a beautifully designed family of objects. The "bones" are handmade …
The Southern Sky Silkscreen Print
The Map No. II - The Southern Sky silkscreen print by German designer Steffen Heidemann and Viktoria Klein is an amazing depiction of the southern sky in all its glorious details. The handsigned artwork stellar map is manually pulled on solid-colored Gmund Color System, 200g/m2. The first run is limited to 500 pieces. ❚…
The Adobe “Project Napoleon” Digital Ruler
The Digital Ruler code named Napoleon by Adobe Lab is designed to bring back some of the feeling of drawing with analog tools like the t-square and triangle. "Adobe has been talking about building a physical drawing aid like this ever since we built our first digital drafting table, almost two years ago," says Michael Gough, …
Parabola Chair Exhibits Curvatures In Two Directions: Hyperbolic Paraboloid
The design intention of the chrome-plated steel Parabola Chair by Los Angeles-based product designer Carlo Aiello was to create a simple and porous yet highly sculptural chair. "The challenge was to achieve a single surface that serves as seating, armrest, and backrest supported by a minimal structure," says Aiello who graduated from the Graduate School of …
Things Come Apart
In Things Come Apart (Thames & Hudson, ISBN 978-0500516768, $29.95) Todd McLellan’s unique photographic vision of the material world fifty design classics—arranged first by size and then by intricacy—are beautifully displayed, piece by piece, exploding in midair and dissected in real-time, frame-by-frame video stills. This teardown manual makes visible the inner workings of some of …
Performers – Portraits Of Performance Artists
Performers is a photo project by Berlin based Johnny Amore, that is portraying the worldwide active artists in Live Performance. It's a visual profile of the international performance scene of last decades that through his wide spectrum also encloses an artistic photo archive. "The project is not showing a documentation of performances, but a collection …
Morpholio App – Tools For Presentation
The Morpholio Project is a group of applications that reinvent creative processes for designers, artists, photographers and any imaginative individual. Morpholio (free download, in-app purchase available) is a unique portfolio utility that evolves with you and Trace (free download, in-app purchase available) is a tool for hands-on thinking and building new ideas. Morpholio re-imagines your …
Little Love Medical
No one wants to be in the hospital and most people do not like to get an infusion. After all, Little Love Medical removable decorative decals are designed for the back of IV Bags to make your stay as pleasant as possible by adding bursts of color. With 20 designs to this everyday hospital product, …
LifeHub – One Device To Rule Them All
LifeHub is one gadget rules them all by India based Lucid Design. "We created LifeHub as a way of sorting out the madness associated with owning and managing multiple objects and devices in our lives," says Amit Mirchandani. You have your watches, phone, headsets, keys, wallet, bluetooth speakers and your televisions, all of which take …
Signs Of Our Times – A Monumental Logo Collection
Logobook (Taschen, ISBN 978-3836534130, $59.99) by Ludovic Houplain, the founder of design studio, gives us a great resource library of logo designs andbranding. Houplain conducted an extensive year-long research project, collecting over 40,000 symbols and trademarks that represent our world today. The monumental archive Houplain amassed is the foundation of this ultimate logo reference guide, …
El Guapo And Mr Bear Illustrated Coffee Cups Set
Jimbobart is London-based designer James Ward. From his studio and shop on Columbia Road in East London, he creates a range of ceramics and illustrations centring on his expressive animal drawings. As a commercial illustrator, he has been commissioned by Lacoste, Moleskine and Etsy - who invited him to illustrate a bath tub displayed alongside …
True Homeware For Sustainably-Minded People
The nostalgia of enamel pots and their sentimental memories of "old-fashioned" cooking has been reissued for today‘s lifestyles: Clean lines, simple materials and strong colours for organically and sustainably-minded people. Basically, enamel is nothing more than iron which is fused with silicate glass at 840°C. This process creates a perfect, non-porous and physiologically neutral surface. …
Rama Chair – The Return To The Woodworking Techniques
The Rama Chair ($TBA) is the latest product developed by Kristalia. Its evocative Spanish name Rama, meaning "branch", already reveals the main feature of the product, i.e. the predominant presence of wood. The chair features a multi-plywood structure supported by an almost invisible frame in pressure die-cast aluminium and solid wood legs. It has been …
Sustainable Dream Car With Smart Magnet System
Dream Car ($100-120) is a sustainable, collectible toy. The iconic car bodies are designed by Mike Mak for Huzi Design and are made from natural walnut, beech and poplar wood, giving a finish with chalkboard paint. The story behind the design is dreams and imagination. Building his own dream car is every boy, man or …
Convertible Sofa – Idea(l) For Limited Space
The Convertible Sofa by Julia Kononenko transforms from one small sofa into a dining-table for 6 persons. In our apartments we are always in the confrontation with furniture for the living space. It is so important, that the Interior items possess little space, are multi-functional and small in size. "I created a sofa for the …
‘Fossilized’ Typeface By Andreas Scheiger
"The discovery of fossilized letters brings new light into evolution of man." This might be the latest design news headline. Austrian designer Andreas Scheiger has created an intriguing ‘fossilized’ typeface that looks like they have just been excavated. "I remember that in primary school we tinkered 'our own fossil' with gypsum, leaves and twigs. With …
Filtering Water Bottle Made From Renewable Resource
The Nava ($29.95) by Kor is a filtering water bottle unlike anything on the market which makes ordinary tap water taste great by filtering as you sip. The name, “Nava” was inspired by one of the world’s most important wetland reserves: Laguna de la Nava de Fuentes, located in Spain. Wetlands are truly the water …
Japanese Tradition And Modern Design Became One
The unique Sumi (size L $600, size S $360) is a product inspired by "Yusan-bako", the traditional lunch/sweet box from the Tokushima prefecture in the western part of Japan. It could also be used to store accessories and jewelry and allows you to open each box with only one hand. The concept of Yusan-bako is a …
Cartesia – A Sophisticated Business Desk
The Cartesia Desk (Tamo Tree, $6.000) system and its name were inspired by the Cartesian coordinate system, due to its unique property. This innovative desk, developed by Nosigner with traditional wooden craftsmanship from Tokushima in Japan, possesses the same special feature as the Cartesia Drawer: a 2-directional structure, allowing you to access multiple storage at …
Copic Markers 12-Piece Sketch Basic Set
Packaged in a clear plastic case, Copic Markers 12-Piece Sketch Basic Set ($65) is the ideal way to begin or add to a marker collection and develop your illustration basics. Because of their ultra-blendable, low odor and alcohol based inks a lot of designers prefer Copic. Unlike water-based inks, which tend to pill and oversoak …
