Highlights from the LIT Lighting Design Awards 2021
Winners for the fifth global LIT Lighting Design Awards have been announced. Held annually, The LIT Design Awards recognises the […]
Kieron Marchese
Kieron is a freelance writer and Digital Consultant who doesn't consider himself a design lover but a user of design - which to him is more than enough.
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The world’s first smart perfume features 100-in-1 fragrances
NINU is a game-changing personal fragrance that creates 100 scents in one bottle using an AI-enhanced application. Perfume usage goes […]
Sicilian atelier Ninefifty are trail-glazers when it comes to decorative tiles
Ninefifty is the perfect expression of Sicily’s manufacturing identity, crafting and detailing every tile by hand. We were introduced to […]
This sculptural table lamp is inspired by Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner
Designed and made in Australia, the B-TD range of lighting is contemporary with a minimal and modern aesthetic, as demonstrated […]
Deniz Aktay and the potential of hyper-realistic furniture renders
“Designing a new piece is an interesting challenge every time,” says furniture designer Deniz Aktay whose renders are some of […]
LEGO has turned its iconic bricks into wooden home furniture
The new homeware line was created in collaboration with Danish homeware design company Room Copenhagen. Licensing products doesn’t necessarily always […]
Dean Norton’s “table-within-a-table” series was inspired by lockdown
Called CONTAINA, the collection evokes the mystery of the vessel and its contents, which is trapped inside. Melbourne-based designer Dean […]
Tadeas Podracky’s Metamorphosis furniture rejects the uniformity of mass produced design
Podracky reformulates traditional design applications using discarded materials like old car parts, ceramic fragments and waste glass. Who said designing […]
Origins’ digital approach to craft transforms wood with “liquid” lines
When material takes on an unexpected appearance, its surrealist charm captivates an audience. We’re thinking of sculptural feats like Matthieu […]
Jörg Hugo’s bubble-like lighting tests the boundaries of hand-blown glass
A recent boom in creative glassmaking has sparked a trend in unique, statement lighting like Jörg Hugo’s “Lightbodies” series, a […]
Smart home device Soove tracks stress using facial recognition
London-based studio Recipe Design has unveiled Soove, an Ambient home monitoring device with advanced facial tracking and audio capture technology. […]
Studio Peipei’s vases use sustainable glass made from seashells
German designer Benedikt Peirotén proposes using waste streams to replace the energy-intensive ingredients in glass. When you factor in energy […]