• Urban-Think Tank
    Urban-Think Tank
    Urban Designer
    Urban-Think Tank (U-TT) is an interdisciplinary design practice dedicated to high-level research and design related to contemporary architecture and urbanism. >
  • Urban intersections
    BIG Architects have won a competition to turn a large concrete warehouse in Basel, Switzerland, into a mixed-use arts district. >
  • Cartier Time Art by Tokujin Yoshioka.
    Art of time
    Cartier Time Art, art directed by Tokujin Yoshioka, celebrates the technological innovation and beauty of Cartier timepieces. >
  • Playground senses
    “Playground closes at dusk” is Nacho Carbonell’s outdoor installation looking at connections between sense and surrounding. >
  • Photo: Bruno Alder.
    Trucker style
    Used tarpaulins from trucks have never been as stylish as in Freitag's Fake Snake Collection of limited edition handbags. >
  • Cardboard creations
    Michael Hansmeyer’s Subdivided Columns may be the most intricate object ever fashioned out of cardboard. >
  • Camille Blin
    Product Designer
    Camille Blin is a furniture designer and graduate of the ECAL/University of Art and Design in Lausanne. >
  • Bidum. Photo: ECAL/Laetitia Florin.
    Contained movement
    The Bidum container is like a living product, that is defined by how it feels when used. >
  • Tomas Kral & Camille Blin for Okolo. Photo: Federico Berardi & Okolo.
    Perfect for pencils
    "Monster" seems an unlikely name for a collection of pencil cases but sometimes fabulous simply triumphs function. >
  • Clown Nose series. Photo: Federico Beradi.
    Clowning around
    Containers are often very boring, purely functional objects. Tomas Kral has added a playful element to his new collection of jars. >
  • Bush of Iron by Nacho Carbonell.
    Nest meets desk at Basel2010
    Nacho Carbonell's desk might look like a giant porcupine-cum-bird's nest, but this innovative design allows for serene isolation. >
  • Dalila Dalleas: Scène d'amour. Oil on Canvas. 150cm x 200cm. 2003.
    Time to focus at Basel 2010
    Focus 10 at Art Basel in Switzerland showcases the vibrant African art scene to the world. >
  • Tomas Kral
    Product Designer
    By capturing specific things and infusing them with poetry, Kral designs accessible and comprehensible objects that combine traditional materials with new tech. >
  • Arno Mathies
    Industrial Designer
    As a designer Mathies explores various media and methods, and spent a year working closely with a carpenter to investigate different production processes. >
  • Christoph Zellweger
    Jewellery Designer
    Christoph Zellweger is one of the most thought provoking contemporary jewellery designers in Europe. >
  • By Christoph Zellweger
    Phantom limbs
    With science fiction turning into reality on a daily basis, what will our bodies look like in the future, asks Christoph Zellweger. >

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