textures

  • Handle with Care

    In a very small valley in the Italian beautiful Tuscany there's a group of man and women with an extraordinary expertise: hand silk-screening on glass.
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  • Supernatural

    It could be the shadows of the trees gently moving in a spring afternoon, or the reflections of the sun passing through crystalline water,...
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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.
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  • 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...
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  • Geometrical Beauty

    Plank has gained big visibility since their collaboration with Konstantin Grcic, the research driven approach to design of the Italian company fits very well the german designer's vision.
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  • Woven Plastic

    The outstanding expertise and quality of the Italian company Kartell favors the oriental inspiration of Tokujin Yoshioka.
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  • Cotton Vase

    Research and material experimentation bring fresh creative input and expressions to objects, the great advantages of conceiving design as a hands-on discipline.
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  • Knit Hours

    Unconventional material for a time piece, this huge knit clock is the result of the collaboration between the fashion designer Benedetta Tamborini and the...
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  • Natural Geometry

    Patricia Urquiola conceived a brilliant solution for the Antibodi series she designed for Moroso, a striking two-sided textile with two contrasting looks: an unusual...
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  • B-Side: Futton

    We have the bad habit of looking to the back side of objects. We may discover complete different languages, often they tell more about the product that the a-side, sometimes they happen to be even more interesting; no matter what we find is always worth the time.
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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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