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…
With CoFactory, Designtech wanted to create "an innovative workplace and a new model that catalyses three-dimensional innovation, projecting design and manufacturing into the future, in an urban, collaborative and sustainable format," says Ivan Tallarico, CEO and co-founder together with Patrizia Vavassori, Alessandro de Cillis, Domenico Greco and Emil Abirascid.
The space is located in the…
Let’s talk again about the London-based architecture and design studio ecoLogicStudio, led by Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, with their new PhotoSynthetica Collection. In 2018, we presented the PhotoSynthetica research project with the urban curtain that functions as a photo-bioreactor.
After 5 years of development, the studio has expanded its research with the first collection of…
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…
Far from the glossy design that follows aesthetic trends and struggles to find sustainable solutions, there are also studios and designers who are still able to show the true political value that design can have. One of these is Studio GISTO, founded by Alessandro Mason, architect, and Alice Cazzolato, psychologist, in 2010 in Milan -…
Anna Paola Buonanno and Piergiorgio Italiano are the founders of From outer Space (2013), design and research studio (but also the home of the creative duo) with an evocative and decidedly appropriate name. In fact, their projects go beyond the simple definition of "architecture and design": they explore the spatial implications of economic, social and…
Rampinelli Edizioni was born in 2020 from an idea by Sovrappensiero Design Studio and Gabriele Rampinelli. The passion to broaden the brand's horizons led Rampinelli S.p.A - that has been operating in the metalworking manufacturing sector since 1913 - to embark on a new path and launch the first furniture series designed by Sovrappensiero, artistic…
The 2023 ADI Design Index selection is on display at the ADI Design Museum in Milan on November 6th: 219 products and services that highlight the best of contemporary Italian design, plus 19 projects by design students from Italian universities - all 238 produced in 2022. The selection is combined with that from 2022…
Among the new markets of European design, in addition to India and Australia, there are also the Middle Eastern ones - Saudi Arabia has the largest share, but also the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman play their part. This is why creativity-related initiatives continues: an example is the sixth edition of the…
For many, experimentation and research are the most interesting aspects of Design, not only because you can discover and learn new things but because you question preconceptions and look for something that doesn't yet exist. However, a complex aspect of furniture design is authentically reporting this research into the final results, furnishings, and accessories that…