Sifang Art Musem Branding & Wayfinding

Singapore-based Foreign Policy Design Group are in charge of the branding and wayfinding design for the Steven Holl-designed Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing, China.

Oriental characters are typically very visual and graphic in nature, and the composition of Chinese and English create an elegant balance that stands strong on its own.

Aëdle VK-1 Headphones

Paris based brand Aëdle create high-end audio accessories. The VK-1 headphones Classic Edition combines minimalistic and refined design with high-definition custom made titanium transducers.

Aëdle’s co-founders, Raphaël Lebas de Lacour and Baptiste Sancho have also designed a limited edition VK-1 carbon version, comprising black lambskin leather and pure black matte anodisation.

Fabien Baron for Cappellini

The creative director Fabien Baron, under his full spectrum design agency Baron & Baron, has created a range of minimalist furnishings for the Milan based design firm, Cappellini.

The range of designs include a variety of sofas and chairs, one of which is a slender lounge chair, as well as storage units and tables. All of which result in an elegant combination of materials and sculptural quality.

Porcelain Lamp

Dutch designers Studio WM have created a series of porcelain pendant lamps that operate on a pulley system inspired by shipyards in Rotterdam. Keeping the available colors solid and the design of whole system minimal and clearly functional, this series has been exhibited in one of many Lightness in Lines presentations by the studio, including the Salone del Mobile of 2012.

Wrap Glassware

Product Designer Simon Hasan has an exquisite collection of laboratory-grade borosilicate glassware in the form of a bottle, carafe and decanter, all carefully hand crafted and wrapped in leather. I am drawn to the simplicity of the details of this set of Wrap Glassware. The brass pins complete the beautiful sequence of the design,  emphasizing the contrast of materials while the use of the leather softens normally sterile-looking objects.