With the holidays approaching, we also want to give some suggestions for "designer" gifts - with a price of less than 200 euros. Some products have already been presented on WeVux. Others will be described in the coming weeks. Therefore, we have selected different types of products to give the broadest possible point of view:…
The Sicilian brand OROGRAFIE returns to EDIT Napoli and launches the fifth edition of the Emersivi workshop. After the previous ones dedicated to product design, this edition aims to investigate the spaces: the aim is to design the exhibition area for the launch of the second collection which will take place during the Milan Design…
We have often talked about Collectible Design, from the new fairs and exhibitions dedicated to the theme to designers and studios that deal with this specific "market segment" - it will be clearer further below why we have not defined it as a sector - but what are we talking about? What is Collectible and…
Graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2015, Job van den Berg (1990) is a Dutch furniture/product designer with a desire to push the boundaries of different materials and techniques. As he writes on his website, he's fascinated by materials and industrial processes. His work stems from the opportunities the industry has to offer. Its…
This article was written for Salone del Mobile.Milano and previously published on salonemilano.it digital platform
In the aftermath of the events of the past two years, is it right to continue producing like we have been doing for the past few decades? Should we really be focusing on economic growth at the expense of everything else? The…
Founded by Mpho Vackier, an engineer who has rediscovered herself as furniture designer, TheUrbanative is an multi-award winning contemporary African furniture and product design company, based in South Africa. Their products are characterized by the juxtaposition of abstracted African cultural inspirations with the functionality & look and feel of modern materials, technologies and shapes. The…
On July 3, a post with some rules for the staff of a famous architecture firm appeared on Instagram. You can find the name on @Riordine_degli_architetti, so we won't mention it. We decided to write this article because, among many architecture and design firms, the one mentioned is not one of the worst in terms…
Graduate from Royal College of Art with a Master degree in Product Design, Huachen Xin is the designer behind Pollution Ranger and Smog Shade, a project that creates alternative ways for people to gather and access “natural” air quality data, as well as a way to visualize this data in public spaces to create social…
"This crisis is an opportunity to slow down and realign everything; to define a more meaningful landscape... This crisis is also an opportunity to restore value to authenticity: enough with fashion as pure communication, enough with cruise shows around the world to present mild ideas and entertain with grandiose shows that today seem a bit…
As mentioned in last week's article, in which we discussed the house, today's topics are production, companies and innovation, with a contribution by MAIS Project. This crisis has hit hard the sector, not only in Italy, but all over the world: the cancellation of events, but also the problems with trade from abroad, with social…