Alexis Dornier studied architecture at the Berlin University of the Arts after which he relocated to New York City to work as an architectural designer for Asymptote Architecture, OMA-NY and Rex between 2004-2007. In 2013 he decided to leave his western life behind and relocate to Ubud Bali where he began consulting on locally designed…
Elise is an artist engaged with the shape and form of objects in space. Her sculptures are a stunning mix of surface, mass and volume, situated precariously on the verge of physical impossibility. Pushing materials to the edge of realism, she interrogates notions of materiality, duration and process. Her sculptural language borrows from the…
ALPI, founded by Pietro Alpi in 1919, was the first company in the world to industrialize the production process of composite wood. From a workshop of fine cabinet making the company rapidly evolved into an industrial leader in the production of decorative surfaces. Its story is a vibrant tale of a manufacturing tradition focused on excellence,…
During Milan Design Week 2018 , Snarkitecture , for Caesarstone, payed homage to the center stage of the home: the kitchen island. Named "Altered States", the installation created a relation between the raw elements - ice, water and steam - and the guests.
"Our aim for the Milan version of Altered States is to use ice, water and steam…
Veritable universes of loss, recovery and archiving, Schenkelberg 's sculptural installations bring out the potent expressiveness contained in broken and discarded beings and materials.
How is a life assembled? There is picking and scouring and cracking and stirring. Only surface, always removed in nervous excavations, yet ever returning in uroboros of geological layers. A life to…
Stoft studio is a Swedish design studio based in Malmö founded by Industrial designer (MFA) Jenny Ekdahl (b.1987), Ola Nystedt (b.1985) and Joel Herslow (b.1983); they focus on the creation of design through research in human behavior, materials and craftsmanship. "Stoft is a Swedish word for millions of small particles, constantly moving and re-arranging into new and surprising constellations."
“Whittle…
Gemis Luciani is an Italian artist currently living and working between Italy and Berlin. He graduated in Sculpture from Fine Arts Academy in Bologna and then he studied Photography at Art Kunst Istitute in Enschede (NL) and started collaborating as set designer and performer with Teatrino Clandestino - a well known fringe theater company from…
WOOD-SKIN® is one of the most innovative companies that was on show during Milan Design Week 2017 at Ventura District. Founded in 2013, it "gives an exciting tridimensional life to a wide range of materials that have been traditionally used in flat, 2D design." Through their patented products they are able to use surface…
Architecture, Art and Design sometimes take inspiration from nature to solve problems. For example, a pinecone has the ability to open and close its surface as a reaction to the water, in order to release and protect its seeds.
Chao Chen, student at the Royal College of Arts London, realized Water Reaction, a material study into…
Founded in 2015 by Ana Arana and Enrique Ventosa, Studio Plutarco exhibited its latest projects during #mdw16 at Ventura Lambrate.
HOIST tables are characterized by a moving up and down system, a series of products to interact with a domestic space. "...Nowadays spaces require multiple uses and configurations. An apartment is like…