Nendo Bathroom Collection

Japanese design studio Nendo and Italian brand Bisazza Bagno gave birth to this bathroom collection. The line includes a crate-like bathtub, washstand and mirrors that resemble droplets of water, sticks in a stand for a towel drier, diagonally patterned mirrors, stackable containers for plans, rotating storage boxes and a seating piece.

Lumen

Akos Major, currently residing in Vienna, is a freelance graphic designer and amateur photographer who produced this photographic winter series entitled Lumen.

Major looks to capture and display the spiritual and emotive textures that he sees in muted and often monotone landscapes across northern Europe.

Lichtkiste

Initially showcased at last year’s Milan Design Week, Clemens Tissi's Lichtkiste light box offers independent elements that enable “direct access to the subject area and volume, light and dark, light and shadow.” The user modulates the light by simply moving the individual elements.

Made from MDF with a white or light grey, hand-painted surface finish, Lichtkiste measures 37cm x 35cm x 34cm.

Moneywrap

This cash and cards holder by Daycraft is small, simple, light and compartment free. The piece, aptly called Moneywrap, is reduced to a singular folding principle. It wraps around your banknotes, which in turn are folded over your credit cards. The result is a sleek little item, that can fit in any pocket.

Kate Beck’s Form Surface

Maine based artist Kate Beck creates paintings and drawings coalesced of intensity, intimacy and silence that result from a systematic starting point of materials and geometric shape.

A particular illustration of Beck’s is the Form Surface collection. This collection of line drawings and paintings displaying subtle gradients of soft and subdued tones, include the application of poured oil, graphite on aluminium, linen and paper.

W-eye by Matteo Ragni

These wooden spectacle frames are the result of a collaboration between Milan-based designer Matteo Ragni and wood-enthusiast Doriano Mattellone of the MA-wood research laboratory. The glasses are called W-eye, and are made from layers of wood which have been coated with aluminum. This mixture allows the wood durability and flexibility, and makes for lightweight frames. The glasses are also hinge-free, with no hardware to interrupt the flow of sensuous wood. The glasses come in a variety of styles and are available in six different shades of wood: ebony, zebrano, mahogany, cherry, ash and walnut. Each pair of glasses is hand-crafted and guaranteed to sit evenly on the face, ensuring perfect vision.

Orange Hive Identity

Emanuele Cecini designed the identity and branding for new creative agency, Orange Hive, based in Frankfurt, Germany. The designs included the creation of a logo, print stationary, website layout and art direction of the branding photography.

The logo finds a surprising and elegant balance of lines and empty spaces, the branding is straightforward and uses a limited number of elements and information, and the pop of color provided by the orange accents gives the ensemble a nice twist, preventing it from being boring instead of the classy minimalism it achieved. I’m especially fond of the signage application!

Brand Spirit

Brand Spirit is a singular project developed by Andrew Miller.

It is really rather surprising how many brands are so easily recognizable by its products (Coca-Cola) and how they become aspects of our daily lives (American Express), or in the symbol of a generation (Nintendo), or a profession (Moleskine).

Shell Lounge

Bradley Bowers, of the studio PLZ DNT TCH, designed the Shell Lounge. Shell Lounge is a simple lounge that sits right on the ground. It can be used for indoor or outdoor use. The lounge curves around the user, protecting the user from the outside. The chair allows the user to relax; thus encouraging meditation and a balance between the mind and body.

Gaudi chair

Dutch designer Bram Geenen created the Gaudi chair as a follow-up of his Gaudi stool.

Like the Gaudi stool, the Gaudi chair is developed by using the same methods (models of hanging chains) as Antoni Gaudi used to find the strongest shape for his churches.

The construction of the chair is compared with the stool a bit more complicated due to the forces in the chairs backrest. That is why Geenen combined the chain models with a software script to determine a 3D printed structure of nylon ribs to distribute the forces of the backrest across the chair. The structure is covered by a thin shell of carbon fiber.