INSPIRATION FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR AN AESTHETIC AND MEANINGFUL LIFESTYLE
Franzobel
The new world is devoid of humour. People are being axed left, right and centre. Replacing real people with self-driving buses, fully automated supermarket checkouts and airline phone lines is like a lottery win. And now artificial intelligence? Soon, machines will be able to do everything, even generate deceptively authentic articles. Does this mean the end of all certainty? The end of all jobs?
Lines, strokes and geometry remain a constant in the joint carpet designs of Ronan Bouroullec & Nani Marquina. Doblecara is the latest of several collaborations between the two designers - with the aim of combining the ancient technique of kilim with the modernity of Bouroullec's designs.
Montis
The Utrecht-born designer created the Domino.18 sofa for Dutch furniture manufacturer Montis. He spoke to THE Stylemate about inspiration, the contemporary sofa and the meaning of the living room...
Goldschmied Chiari
From 2001 we work with different media such as photography, performance, video and installation exploring the concepts of history and memory and landscapes on the border between amnesia and cancellation, between reconstruction and repression "with a provocative approach always played on the thin border between irony and parody, between displacement and visual and semantic 'detournement' ".
Vienna Design Week
Why we love some objects in particular, how design can help us live together and protect the planet, and what is always beautiful about the work of designers - the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK has made it its business to explore the role of design in society. And it does so throughout the city, with just as much fun as seriousness, with free admission and plenty of exciting programming for everyone from kids to design professionals...
High ceilings, wide windows, and concrete walls. Gianfranco Ferré Home unveils a preview of one of the settings in its new catalogue: a living area with a metropolitan, bright, and welcoming atmosphere, where the distinctive elements of industrial spaces merge with the sinuous shapes and unmistakable geometries of the renowned furniture line.
Isola
Isola, creator of the namesake digital and physical design platform, participates for the second year in a row in the Dubai Design Week which will take place in the Dubai Design District from 7 to 12 November 2023. The Dubai initiative is part of a wider project to introduce the Isola design community to the international audience by participating in the London Design Festival and the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven...
Stockholm Wood City, the world's largest city built of wood, is being built on a former industrial site. The architecture for the showcase city of the future comes from timber construction pioneers Henning Larsen and White Arkitekter.
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