Archives par tag : Maison & Objet 2012

Danish design brand &Tradition presented Samuel Wilkinson's Hoof tables today at the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. La marque danoise de design &Tradition présentait aujourd'hui les tables Hoof de Samuel Wilkinson à la Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair....(...)

Design, tradition, reinterpretation: Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma has been nominated for the Designs of the Year Furniture Award 2012 (Design Museum London) with her "Oak Inside" collection for Thomas Eyck. Design, tradition, réinterpretation: la designer néerlandaise Christien Meindertsma est nominée pour les Designs of the Year Awards 2012 (Design Museum London) dans la catégorie...(...)

Scarlet O'Hara goes Ukraine… Kiev-based designer and interior architect Vasily Butenko gave his "Gone with the wind" chairs a slightly "startled" look. Le designer et architecte d'intérieur ukrainien (Kiev) Vasily Butenko a doté ses chaises "Gone With The Wind" ("Autant en emporte le vent") un petit air éberlué....(...)

Designer Khodi Feiz reacted to one of Sleek design readers' comment on the post dedicated to his Moment chair for OFFECCT. A lesson in design thinking, kindly taught by a skilled, much-awarded professional (a lecturer at the Eindhoven Design Academy or the Harvard Design School, no less!), and an enlightening contribution that deserved a post in its own right. ...(...)

New brand One Nordic Design Furniture ambitions to rethink the furniture industry with the help of the Form Us With Love design studio. The name of their first series, "Bento" (to be introduced during the Stockholm Design Week 2012) , is a wordplay both hinting to the Japanese word (meaning "convenient", as much as the namesake lunch box) and the Finnish tradition of bentwood. La...(...)

Humorously fighting preconceptions, ‘Confessions of a Designer’ is a collection of printed quotes that London-based graphic designer Anneke Short had heard her friends say, or found herself thinking, pinpointing the kind of frustration and harsh realities that designers often face. Luttant contre les préjugés avec humour, la designer graphique londonienne Anneke Short a imaginé...(...)

TwentyTwentyOne (they recently received a Wallpaper magazine "Best reissue 2012" design award for Robin Day's Reclining chair) are putting the 1938 Picquot kettle on the front page. TwentyTwentyOne (qui a récemment reçu un prix de design Wallpaper pour la "meilleure réédition 2012" avec la Reclining chair de Robin Day) remet la fameuse bouilloire Picquot de 1938 sur le devant de la...(...)

Yet another illustration of Fredrik Färg’s talent… His rocking chair for Design House Stockholm proudly displays its eye-catching curves on the cover of the 2012 catalogue (celebrating the 20th birthday of the Swedish firm). Flat-packed Rock Chair comes with an optional set of Bon-Bon cushions. Une nouvelle illustration du talent de Fredrik Färg… Son rocking chair réalisé pour...(...)