May 2013

We've brought to you Sancal's latest products launched at Salone del Mobile Milano 2013.  One of the most exciting products coming from their Tierra collection is Elephant.  The colourful and whimsical ottoman/stool - the perfect accompaniment to the home sofa or public space. Here, capturing the fun essence and versatility of Elephant in video form, Nadadora introduces her new piece...

Indecasa unveiled the new collection designed by Jordi Ribaudí Studio, the multi-disciplinary creative team hailing from Spain.  Including chairs, low-wide chairs, tables, coffee tables and stools, the collection is an exercise if optical illusions, weaving and solid construction practice.   Fusing functionality with high-end aesthetics, Espiga is a geometric beauty which no doubt will find itself comfortable in any setting. The...

Never before have we seen Google put in so much effort to their home page logo design.  We all know that they are tireless in working on new concepts and ideas, but today takes the cake. Celebrating the career of the late American graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass, Google gives the artisan a worthy nod, coinciding with what...

Sellex’s aim to produce and distribute well designed products for the home market at prices which a wide segment of consumers could afford turned the company into a Spanish powerhouse of production in close collaboration with a bevy of some of Spain’s most acclaimed designers. Sellex products are now sold in 30 different countries around the world, predominately for...

Artifort have put their thinking caps on this year.   Adding to their collection of exclusive licences in re-releasing design classics by Geoffrey D. Harcourt and Pierre Paulin, Artifort have introduced a junior range of smaller sized furniture aimed at the design-conscious little ones and managed to squeeze in enough time to work with Missoni to create a set of printed...

Back to the grindstone eh? What better way to kick off another week than with a heart-starting electronic dance floor stomping beat from English duo Monarchy. Starting their career remixing songs by the likes of Kylie Minogue, Ellie Goulding, Lady Gaga, Kelis and Jamiroquai – one of their first releases under their own name is “Disintegration”.  Taking time out of...

We found this place a few years ago and it has stuck with us.  Without a doubt we know that it’ll do the same to you.  A wondrous feat of architecture and a prime example of design within a complex landscape of sand and water. Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan designed this spectacular holiday residence in 2009.  Located in one of...

Understanding the creative eye behind a photographic shoot is a skill.  It must be analysed in such a way, taking into account factors that may not be available to us.  More so, photographic work can lead us down a path to visualise the sometimes unseen, or unacknowledged. The new works of New York City based Australian expat photographer Benjamin Jay...

Nanimarquina, the green and ethically conscious Spaniard and rug manufacturing guru took a new approach for her 2013 campaign, with a collection titled “Naturals”, and releasing a black and cream dyed version of the popular Losanges II by the Bourroullec brothers. LOSANGES II Expanding on the colourful patterned original Losanges rug for nanimarquina which was an experiment reinterpreting the traditional...