Objects
Objects
At 50, Schiavello is not only a hero of Australian design and manufacturing, it is an exemplar practice with its sights well and truly set on the future.
With a prolific output of 30 to 40 new prototypes ready for manufacture each and every year, Nick Rennie is a busy man at the vanguard of Australian product designers.
"My career in design was somewhat an accident," reveals Tom Fereday, in this insightful Q&A – the first conversation in a series highlighting the talented shortlist in Zenith's Emerging Designer category at IDEA 2016.
From Tokyo to London and now Hong Kong via Berlin, De Roeck has spent the last 10 years creating bespoke tours of interior design and architecture for design professionals.Speaking to inside, the design specialist extraordinaire shares the top five objects he has encountered on his travels.
Local South Australian manufacturer Workspace Commercial Furniture are excited about this month's Laminex DIA awards, following the success of their in-house designed and manufactured Olea range at the awards in 2015.
When it comes to Australians doing well overseas, mainstream thinking seems to stop at the mega-stardom of Marc Newson. The global product design sector is, however, alive with a swathe of Australian designers – as Gillian Serisier writes for inside.
"I respect nature and never try to imitate it in my work, I believe we are human and all we can do is show nature the respect it deserves," says Joost Bakker. The influential sustainable designer discusses the limitless potential of biophilic design and shares his latest project, a new vertical garden system for Schiavello.
Developed by Bree Leech and Heather Nette King in collaboration with Andrea Lucena-Orr from Dulux, ‘Antidote: A Colour Cure’ includes four tactile palettes which provide a visual remedy to the sensory disconnect of our tech-heavy lifestyles.
From the earliest days textiles have held a special place in the hearts and hands of artisans and consumers. Fabrics can evoke memories by touch, inspire design by texture and pattern, and create warmth and interest within a project, as Jan Henderson writes for inside.
“Our business is not just about rugs and carpets on the floor, it's about design edge. It's about uniqueness," says Designer Rugs' managing director, Yosi Tal.
Designed by Fattorini + Rizzini for Falper, Edge is a timeless basin vanity that combines clean lines with highly sophisticated craftsmanship, resulting in a piece that is presented entirely in glass.
Continuing the brand's active involvement with all fields of design, COS collaborated with local design pair Daniel Emma to create a three part installation inspired by the timeless COS white shirt.
Instyle’s Elmosoft chrome-free leather has been recoloured by the British designer Georgina Wright. Highly regarded for her extraordinary flair with colour, Wright has introduced 33 new colours to the durable semi-aniline leather palette.
"For us it’s not about architecture, it’s more about the big social problems," says Martin Bergmann from Austrian practice EOOS. inside co-editor Jan Henderson speaks with EOOS and Knud Erik Hansen of Carl Hansen & Søn about their collaboration, Embrace.
New York-based Filipino industrial designer Stanley Ruiz has an affinity for combining traditional craft techniques with contemporary design aesthetics, producing cleverly reinterpreted objects which display both foreign and familiar qualities.
In the suburbs of Tokyo there is a designer quietly working his way to international prominence. inside co-editor Jan Henderson visited the studio of Jin Kuramoto to speak to the man who is challenging design boundaries.
The Dog Room is a collaboration between Pen (Australian-based product design brand) and Melbourne-based architect Michael Ong (MODO, Michael Ong Design Office).
"I have to work with Ikea," said the brazen rapper and fashion designer this week. "With furniture, with interior design, with architecture. Yo, IKEA, allow Kanye to create!"
"The ThinkLab acoustic lighting range utilises the void between the desk and the ceiling plane. This is a previously untapped space in work places," said managing and creative director, Jason Bird.
Miele’s slogan of ‘Immer Besser’, or ‘Forever Better’, is certainly working overtime with a vast array of new products to be launched into the Australian market this year and into 2017.
Pokémon Go has become one of the largest mobile games in the world with users spending more time on it than social media. Using a similar Augmented Reality technology, Luxmy Furniture has developed innovative mobile application Testfit.
Tucked under a winter embrace, take a sonorous sojourn into the elements. Through the slipstream of mirrored surfaces, and autumnal colourings, a playful carousel of industrial design emerges from the sketch books of our modern-day artisans.
Looking beyond the roundabouts and political machinations, our nation’s capital is fast becoming a breeding ground for a new generation of Australian furniture and object designers, as MEZZANINE finds out.
When design maestros, such as Stefano Giovannoni and Philippe Starck, turn their minds to bathroom sanitary ware, you can be sure this once utilitarian space in the home will never be the same again. Featuring a special blend of pragmatism and panache, new sanitary ware designs are elevating the humble bathroom, improving its form, functionality and hygiene quality.
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