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Just imagine

Nendo have created a range of birdhouses that use a non-slip material for the Can You Imagine exhibition in Rome. >
Mini Inflatables

The new Mini Inflatables hold the promise of hours of fun in the sun. >
Mouse trail

Streamlined, safe and functional, Stefano Giovannoni’s Mouse range of luggage is the ideal travelling companion. >
Elegant luxury

Marcel Wanders has designed a gorgeous range of suitcases, Saint Jacques, for Italian company Fabbricapelleterirmilano. >
Design encyclopaedia

Alessi's flagship shop in Milan, designed by Martí Guixé, is still home to the "Alessi Encyclopaedia". >
City sketches

Here’s a look at 72 hours at the Venice Art Biennale, as sketched by Christoph Niemann. >
Blog from Festarch festival: The Stargate machine - revolt!

“Vomit the space out of your mind”, insightful parting words on the last day of the Festarch festival. >
Blog from Festarch festival: A real human comedy

A one-man show, a “coalition of amateurs” and real human comedy at the Festarch festival. >
Blog from Festarch festival: Urban age meets Babel Tower

The dark urban age meets the Babel Tower in a wrestling ring on top of a skyline building at the Festarch festival. >
Blog from Venice Biennale: From Venice, with love

At the Venice Biennale, the presence of artists from Africa is very refreshing. >
Light for the nations

ILLUMInations is the title of the 54th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, curated by Bice Curiger. >
Future visions

The Festarch festival explores visions of a future city that prioristises civil engagement, shared spaces and an open society. >
Konstantin Grcic at Milan 2011

Konstantin Grcic talks about his design process from prototyping to preferred materials. >
Benjamin Hubert at Milan2011

Benjamin Hubert believes that product design should evoke a tactile and emotional response. >
Diederick Schneemann at Milan2011

Diederick Schneemann talks about the significance of well designed and crafted objects, working with the Unique-Eco initiative in Kenya. >
Campana Brothers at Milan2011

For the Campana Brothers design is about creating and proposing dreams, like they did in ostrich leather with the Klein Karoo company. >
Mesh-merised

Tom Dixon's Mesh chair aspires to be almost invisible. >
Considered design space

The Milan Furniture Fair celebrateed its golden jubilee this year, drawing some 320 000 visitors. >
Design evolution at Milan2011

Superfarm proposes a new way of cultivating and consuming food, looking to the urban environments of 2050. >
Wanders forever

Marcel Wanders's designs are pretty desirable. So desirable, in fact, that you might want it tattooed onto your body. Now you can! >
Colourful cuckoos

Coulourful and whimsical but also very functional, this little cuckoo clock is a real lust-have. >
Droog at Milan2011

Renny Ramakers is committed to seeing how design can move in a different direction with more focus on models and concepts. >
Bac for good

Jasper Morrison’s Bac family of chairs welcomes two new addition to the fold. >
Alberto Alessi at Milan2011

Design is a new form of art and poetry, says Alberto Alessi. >

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