An interesting aspect of self-produced and small-series objects and furniture is that, beyond their function, they can also embody part of the designer’s culture. By observing and exploring material choices, aesthetics, and craftsmanship, one has the opportunity to discover a place, an educational background, or a technique that hasn’t been explored before. Looking at LUFFA…
Born from the collaboration between Snøhetta and one of Sweden's leading lighting manufacturers, ateljé Lyktan Superdupertube is the result of a contemporary restyling and material research to renew the iconic Supertube from the 1970s. The journey began several years ago with the aim of finding local materials with a lower ecological footprint. Hemp, with its…
Located in Helsinki, Caracara Collective is a biodesign studio specialising in creating design collections, art installations and materials that use organic waste as a resource. Imagining a future without harmful materials, the studio's goal is to promote a new, totally sustainable Nordic design.
Specifically, all products are handmade from local waste and, thanks to the…
Among the different forms of energy harvesting, i.e., the process through which energy from 'unconventional' sources is found and utilized, there is also thermoelectricity, which studies the different phenomena of conversion of heat into electricity and vice versa that occur in all materials. For his thesis project in Product Design at the IED in Cagliari…