XXII Compasso D’Oro: winners announced!

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Hot day today, and not only for the obvious reference in winter. The opportunity is missed, of such relevance to mobilize en masse around the world of design, well beyond that to a simple “Salone del Mobile. But where the event manages to end up under the eye of the storm across the design community? You’ll no doubt guessed. This is the most coveted award from designers around the world,...

Tick clip, the system of universal legs

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If the future is in the do-it-you might be right the Finnish designer Jakob Schenk who imagined a system of legs for coffee tables (35 inches) to be customized at will with any type of floor, old wooden tables, marble slabs, sheet metal or other material that comes to mind. The Tick ??Clip are metal rod (15 0 30 mm) bend and attach to the shelf with an interlocking system, whatever its thickness, as...

Milan Expo 2015 reusable water bottles Andrea Ponti

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During the ‘ Expo 2015 million visitors are expected in Milan. To reduce the impact of plastic water bottles in the Cagliari designer Andrew Bridges has created “The Life”, a bottle made ??of recycled paper can be reused to carry water and then again at the end of the day. Each bottle is made ??of a layer of natural cotton and a recycled paper, printed with natural non-toxic inks...

Milan Expo 2015 reusable water bottles Andrea Ponti

Milan Design Week – Glimpses of the center

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During the week of Salone del Mobile everything but everything is about design in Milan, or creativity, if you prefer. Walking (or hobbling) to the streets of downtown, it’s easy to be taking pictures every 2 minutes, given the abundance of unusual sights in shop windows and put down by party. We give here a mix of “details” including: the entrance of the exhibition at Palazzo Reale...

Milan Design Week - Glimpses of the center

“Sestosenso”: the lights by Paul Cocksedge for BMW and Flos

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It ‘s a true celebration of light, it is inspired by the new BMW 6 SeriesThe first car of the German house with full-LED headlights. This lamp “Sestosenso” is a concept designed to FLOS by designer Paul Cocksedge that comes from a curved line, suspended in cone-shaped structure that produces a white or red with a hidden source of light, diffused through the transparent surface. “Sestosenso”...