DOUBLE AGENT SUITE // 15th April 2011
“Designed to simplify the workflow of a 21st executive.” No less. This is what London-based company Expand Design – the designer Ifeanyi Oganwu – wants to achieve with the furniture that he is presenting at SaloneSatellite 2011 during Milan Furniture Fair. An iteration of a traditional office chair and desk, Double Agent Suite is composed … Read more
NOUVELLE VAGUE, THE NEW FRENCH DOMESTIC LANDSCAPE // 14th April 2011
Studio Nocc et Pool, Souviens toi Petite friture (small fry). Moustache. Superette. Specimen. Or Goodbye Edison. No puns here, just names chosen by French designers to make their creations stand out on the crowded scene of new objects exhibited these days at Milan Design Furniture Fair. Curated by Cédric Morisset, the Nouvelle vague exhibition at … Read more
TENTACULAR, SPECTACULAR // 21st March 2011
Spanish artist and designer Maximo Riera has created a new throne. A throne for people ready to stand up for their choice and taste. Indeed, the Octopus Chair will let nobody indifferent: either you like its mad statuesque beauty or you hate its disturbing and viscous appearance. Part of a larger collection entitled Animal chairs, … Read more
THE BOAT THAT ROCKED // March 9th 2011
Modern look, classic DNA. Designed by Belgian-Dutch duo Studio Job, the new Firmship 42 stays true to nautical traditions but with a contemporary aesthetic. Common to the fifties and sixties, the Firmship has been reinterpreted from head to toe. Its exterior is due to nautical architect Willem Nieland, when the deck, the interior and colouring … Read more
HOT STUFF // February 9th 2011
Born in the UK, Mr Singh’s Bangras are the new sensation in the world of … sausages. “But they doesn’t taste at all like your regular chipolatas, say the most convinced supporters on the Internet. Imagine the perfect marriage between two British passions: Indian food and sausages. Those spicy hybrids make West meets East in … Read more
