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Leather Texture
Mia Cullin uses simple shapes cut out of diverse materials such as leather, felt and Tyvek and assembles them into highly expressive and tactile-appealing textures. -
Bright Ideas
The Caboche lamp designed by Patricia Urquiola and Eliana Gerotto is a bright modern interpretation of the classic chandelier. -
Naked Extrusion
Extruded aluminum is usually associated to a very industrial, unsophisticated image; in spite of this Israeli designer Ezri Tarazi has managed to create a highly emotional... -
cotton table
Defying known fabric capabilities Marcel Wanders created an unconventional coffee table for Moooi, made of grandma's favourite pastime: cotton crochet. -
Metal Origami
Stefan Diez is a hands-on designer and his creative process often starts by experimenting with materials -
Classic Perfection
Nearly 80 years old but its beauty is still fresh, the Citè armchair designed by Jean Prouve back in 1930 and produced by Vitra... -
Random Crystals
Designing with unusual materials such as Swarovski's crystals can be a tricky task, specially if you want to propose more than ornamental or conceptual project. -
Unfolded Creativity
The Upon coat rack immediately got my attention when I first saw it, what it struck me was the smart use of a very common technology such as bended metal sheet and the beauty of that shape, which is purely the result of the process used to create it, without any stylistic euphemism. -
B-Side: Less
Sometimes B-sides can be as beautiful (or more) than the product most visible face, and this is the case with Less, the brilliant table... -
Magazine Table
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Interview: Eugeni Quitllet
When we first saw his name close to that of Philippe Starck we googled, with no luck. There was no human trace of Eugeni Quitllet and we thought, for a brief moment, that he could be an invention, some sort of imaginary alter ego created by his famously provocative partner. But shortly after all this revealed to be a product of our unquiet imagination: he is for real, thank goodness.
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