Outdoor furniture brand Dedon has one of the most beautiful and inspiring stories. Bobby Dekeyser was on his way to becoming a famous German soccer player, but decided to launch a furniture manufacturing company instead. He turned it into a huge success and then sold his share to focus on his Compostela Project in the...
In Prague, off a busy main road in one of the city’s outer districts, a quiet side street is dotted with industrial warehouses that sit behind fences fashioned from chain link and sheets of corrugated metal.
Inside one of them, Gravelli—a local brand with global reach—makes everything from furniture to washbasins to...
Hosted by Biodistrict Lyon-Gerland, the 2017 edition of Lyon City Demain had a successful run last June. Fourteen international competition winners presented their projects to the public in Lyon, France.
The free, festive event centered on well-being and better living in the city. It focused on 3 main themes: a place...
The 12th edition of the Design Parade at the Villa Noailles runs from June 30 to September 24 and is open freely to the public. During the event, ten designers compete in a prestigious competition in which a jury of internationally renowned designers evaluates their work.
Among those competing is celebrated designer...
Renowned designers like Benjamin Hubert have been incorporating concrete in their designs for several years now. As a designer, employing a certain material is one thing, and experimenting with it is another. When four Masters students from the Bartlett School of Architecture presented their Fossilized project in...
At a time when the citizens of the world question individual and global responsibility to better care for the environment, Chicago’s NeoCon commercial design fair ran its 49th edition with a number of conferences focused on sustainability and eco-friendly design. How are commercial furniture manufacturers responding to...
The team at Denmark’s Architectmade did what they do best: bring to life timeless design icons drawn by some of the most acclaimed architects of all time. In February 2017, the brand launched its Discus Bird in homage to Hans Bølling, Danish architect who studied at the Royal Danish Art Academy.
In each of Hans...
The recent Interior Design Show (IDS), held last January in Toronto, unveiled one of the most important collaborations between two of the design industry’s best-known names: Caesarstone, providers of prime quality natural quartz surfaces, and world-famous, award-winning Spanish artist-designer Jaime Hayon.
Called...
Oberholz’s alpine hut, Obereggen, is a new skier haven at Latemar ski center in the Dolomites that offers eco-friendly shelter, a roof deck and mountain views. The restaurant and bar, which opened in November 2016, are located next to the Oberholz cable station that connects directly to the ski slope.
Architects...
You’ve probably noticed the heat your computer produces while processing tasks, becoming a wasted byproduct of other activity. But what if it could be transferred and reused? The Q-rad heater by Qarnot is designed to do just that. According to Qarnot, “the heat generated by all the data centers in the world could...
