Archive for the ‘designers’ Category
Kartell salone del mobile 2012
We get terribly excited in April, there is no better time of year for the furniture and homewares industry as the week of Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italy. Our man on the ground (David) managed to whizz...
from high street to high end: designer diffusion
Conran for M&S Designers have always done it, cause a stir that is, whether through sensation or opportunity. You may well have heard that Marks and Spencer hired the services of british design...
a spanish master
It is without apology that I profess my absolute joy at seeing Jaime Hayon producing designs for one of our favourite companies Magis. Some designers seem to simmer under the surface of the designer pan...
Its too easy to forget Alessi
“What does THAT do?” A well dressed lady with a certain degree of style and obvious penchant for expensive handbags virtually hollers across the shop, “its a toilet brush madame, the...
Normann Copenhagen: destination style
normann copenhagen in Milan 2011 Normann, Normann Copenhagen, well however you want to refer to it there is something quite simple about its connections and connotations of style. Scandinavian countries...
the can can for Flos by Marcel Wanders
Yes ok, we are Marcel Wanders fans but why not when there is so much cool going on from a single dutch fella? The amazing work of Marcel Wanders continues in droves as he launches the new can can pendant...
magis triumph
Magis have had a long love affair with pastel, child like colours and with the me too collection they have certainly made those qualities a recognised brand. Magis have launched a series of new and updated...
designer spotlight | Philippe Starck
Its often easy to overlook the genius behind so many of the iconic and superbly practical pieces designed by Philippe Starck. With a simple ideology which focuses on the simplicity, form, function and...
designer spotlight | Marc Newson
I was preparing for a holiday to Spain when I had the most amazing design epiphany, I came across the too simple to be true designs of Marc Newson. Sniffing out a decent but compact suitcase I came across...
designer spotlight: patricia urquiola
Patricia Urquiola was born in 1961 in oviedo, spain. she studied architecture at the faculdad de arquitectura de madrid. After transferring to italy she graduated from the milan polytechnic in 1989 (with...