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Defining future classics that blend heritage and innovation with design house &Tradition
Upon entering what feels like a sumptuous modern home in the center of Copenhagen, there’s no immediate tell-tale sign that...
Contemplating aesthetic boundaries with peripatetic designer Paul Loebach
But it wasn’t until a book on famed French-American designer Raymond Loewy made its way from a library shelf into...
Toying with Design: How David Weeks evolved his product focus
Toying with Design: How David Weeks evolved his product focus After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in...
Lance McGregor on finding inspiration in his Garden state surroundings
This chance encounter led Lance to pursue a degree at Victoria University’s School of Design in his hometown of Wellington,...
3D printing design brand OTHR signals the coming of the third industrial revolution
But it’s our inability to keep up with the dizzying pace of technological development that’s holding us back. Drastic changes...
Clear cut: A look at Felicia Ferrone’s purposeful Milanese-inspired designs
Currently based in Chicago, Felicia’s brand fferrone allows her to constantly reinvent archetypes through her fundamental approach to design. Her...
Measure for Measure: Jordi López Aguiló imbues soul into domestic objects
After spending time abroad collaborating with prestigious architecture and design firms in Paris and Copenhagen, architect turned designer Jordi completed...
Material Shapeshifters: How Fort Standard put a spin on contemporary design essentials
To access their design studio—a spacious shared workshop that overlooks the water—they alternate between bike, motorcycle or company truck. On...
Seeing Beyond the Self-Evident with Award-Winning Designer Sebastian Bergne
Though Sebastian, once a student of the Royal College of Art, got his start producing objects for himself, one of...
Meet Bambú Design Studio, reimagining everyday objects from the remote city of Alcoy
His firm Bambú Studio creates products that are reduced to their most basic function—yet still maintaining character. A small team...
Master Mix: Brad Ascalon on Designing to His Own Beat
It’s music that helps the multidisciplinary designer unkink knotty design problems. And judging from the design briefs tacked to the...
For Everything Elevated, Contrast is Key
Still, with an acclaimed and growing practice that splits its time between New York and Oslo, it’s getting harder for...
Evan Clabots seeks out the unexpected details, imbuing personality into 3D-printed design
There was a girl involved, it’s true, but spend the day with Evan and one gets the sense that even...
Open Letter: Blake Enting and Marc Thorpe on additive manufacturing and the rise of the singular product
On closer inspection, however, are a varied assortment of everyday objects—a boombox, a bowtie, a telephone—arranged on the wall behind...
A Discreet Charm: The first family of French product design on extracting elegance from efficiency
“We started with a plank of wood, and then set to nailing it—but we didn’t have the right nails; the...
This, That and OTHR: Joe Doucet reimagines the future of design
This appreciation and encourageable embrace of technology isn’t surprising. Joe—whose award-winning, multidisciplinary practice boasts clients including Coca-Cola, BMW and Swarovski—has...
Marrying Tradition and Innovation: Alvaro Catalán de Ocón
There are no trendy restaurants or shops. No art galleries to be found. In this working class corner of the...
Andrey Grishko & Shay Nifusi
Together, these two modern craftsmen make up the creative duo behind AndreyAndShay – an industrial design studio they founded together...
Westley Nunn & Diana Wu
But product designers Westley Nunn and Diana Wu are trying to draw the people of this bustling metropolis out of...
Gunnar Rönsch & Stephen Molloy
The affiliation between sexual satisfaction and the cultural asset of a hobby room, why mathematicians often tend to commit suicide,...