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Covi/design #2

This is our second article from the new Covi/Design column, born to analyze some of the recent projects together, with a critical point of view. Designers and architects are currently working on possible solutions to deal with this crisis. One of the hot topics, which we have already talked about, is social distancing and one…

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Covi/design #1

In this period of crisis, how is design responding? With this new column we will not talk about charity events, nor about inspirational contents for quarantine (we have already done it), but we will look at projects published in recent times trying to draw a logical thread and create a critic - in a light…

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Agnes Studio

Guatemala City-based studio Agnes is a young Central American design practice. Their collection ‘Living-Stone’ envisages what design could look like in a post-human utopia. Partners in both work and love, Estefania de Ros and Gustavo Quintana spent two years researching pre-Colombian craftsmanship to establish an aesthetic that they thought could fit with their idea of…

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Human Blinkers?

Panasonic 's design studio Future Life Factory is developing wearable blinkers to limit your sense of sound and sight, and help you focus on what's directly in front of you. Wear Space is t he first prototype, it's designed to keep people distraction-free when working in busy spaces or open-plan offices by blocking them off…

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Mars Case

OPEN Architecture is a passionate team of designers collaborating across different disciplines to practice urban , landscape, interior design, and architecture, as well as the research and production of design strategies in the context of new challenges. They believe in "the innovative power of architecture to transform people and the way we live, while…

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The Xxii Triennale Di Milano_ Broken Nature: Design Takes On Human Survival

The XXII Triennale di Milano, "Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival" , will open on March 2019. It will highlight the concept of restorative design and study the connection between humans and their natural environment, an exploration to "give back what we had from nature" said Stefano Boeri. Paola Antonelli, responsible for architecture and design at MoMA in New…

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Hank Beyer

Hank Beyer is an industrial designer interested in experimenting and crafting, currently studying at the University of Cincinnati; he recently finished an internship on Google's hardware design team. His work focuses on the intersection of furniture, technology, and sculpture. His latest project, Caravanserai, is an ongoing speculative project that offers up a dystopian future -…

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