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A vending machine became a storefront for independent design in Copenhagen
12+ hour, 31+ min ago (337+ words) The show was supported by Pro Helvetia and ran during the city's 3daysofdesign festival, and it is the second collaboration between four designers: Bruno Pauli Caldas, Frederik Buchmann, Guillaume Gindrat, and Massimo Scheidegger. The 26 objects produced for the exhibition were available…...
3 Thai biomaterials for circular design: Myra Shell, Mush Composites, and Wasoo
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (478+ words) Presented during Milan Design Week 2026, this selection of three Thai biomaterials " Myra Shell, Mush Composites, and Wasoo " showcases different approaches to using waste and their potential applications in the local context. The beauty of biomaterials lies precisely in this: not…...
Ten years of shaping design in Central and Eastern Europe
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (132+ words) This interdisciplinary architecture has become one of the fair's defining strengths. Rather than presenting isolated product categories, it creates the conditions for the kinds of cross-sector conversations that lead to genuinely interesting outcomes " between designers and manufacturers, between technologists and…...
Why have we forgotten about office chairs?
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (397+ words) Savo asks: Why have we forgotten about office chairs? Design Wanted Why have we forgotten about office chairs? Why the most used object in the modern workday has been scratched off the design map, and what Savo's latest exhibition is…...
Italy's forgotten kiosks become public infrastructure again: The story of Edicola 518
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (812+ words) Design Wanted Italy's forgotten kiosks become public infrastructure again: The story of Edicola 518 After ten years of activity, one of the first cultural newsstands opened in Italy reinvented itself as a public space through the intervention of ministerial funds and…...
John Tree and the discipline of reduction
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (952+ words) There are designers whose personality explodes through their objects. And there are designers whose personality fuses with them. John Tree belongs to the second category. If you watch interviews or public talks, he comes across as articulate, open, even expansive....
Quasizero is bridging the gap between biomaterials and additive manufacturing
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (399+ words) We had a chat with the design duo about the positives and negatives of the biomaterial field, their philosophical approach to design, and their predictions about the future. This is the aspect that has fascinated us most in working with…...
Flossr, the reusable dental floss holder that lasts a lifetime
1+ week, 5+ day ago (477+ words) Born from an idea by the Swedish studio SNRGY, Flossr is a sustainable and compact alternative to traditional oral hygiene tools. Designed also as a travel companion, after a successful Kickstarter campaign the project is now ready for production. Regular…...
Participatory design: what if we all made our own furniture?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (434+ words) The week before Milan Design Week 2026, Studio Smarin did something unusual at BASE Milano: they opened a workshop, invited strangers in, and handed them tools to build the installation's furniture. Over several days, more than 200 people, including students, local workers,…...
The UK's longest-running graduate design showcase is set for a new edition
2+ week, 1+ day ago (284+ words) The consolidation is not just logistical. It is a statement about the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of design practice " the reality that the most interesting work rarely stays within the boundaries of a single field, and that the most productive conversations…...