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Artificially intelligent furniture of the future
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Product Design
Carlo Ratti Associati unveils a digitally transformable sofa that morphs into different forms.
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15 Apr 16
The Fedora lighting range is inspired by a Russian doll
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
Dima Loginoff , the rising star of Russian design, plays with a traditional shape in his latest contemporary design for Italian design company Axo Light.
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21 Jul 15
Hella Jongerius: I am a design pastor
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Design Thinking
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Industrial Design
The Dutch designer outlines six guiding principles for designers to embrace in order to regain a holistic approach to their work.
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17 Apr 15
The role of colour according to Hella Jongerius
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
We chat to acclaimed industrial designer Hella Jongerius after her 2015 Design Indaba Conference presentation.
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25 Feb 15
Tailored icon
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Product Design
Leading architects and designers tailor Ron Arad’s iconic Tom Vac chair at Clerkenwell Design Week 2014.
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22 May 14
Furniture affair
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Product Design
BarberOsgerby unveil four new furniture pieces for Vitra at the 2014 Salone del Mobile in Milan.
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17 Apr 14
Throne of comfort
Design News
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Product Design
The Bouroullec Brothers have extended their Alcove product family with the addition of a new sofa at imm cologne 2014.
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21 Jan 14
Sphere of silence
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Product Design
Hella Jongerius's Sphere Table makes a strong statement in any environment.
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1 Oct 13
Daylight colour
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Product Design
Hella Jongerius has used her daylight colour chart, Daylight Wheel, to recolour Charles and Ray Eames's iconic 1953 Hang-It-All clothes hook.
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28 Aug 13
Surface landscape
Design News
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Product Design
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have added three colours to their Corniches collection of shelves designed for Vitra.
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12 Aug 13
Family makeover
Design News
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Product Design
Hella Jongerius has given Vitra's "Prouvé Collection" of furniture a traditional, yet contemporary, makeover using colour.
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31 Jul 13
Spontaneous storage
Design News
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Product Design
The Bouroullec Brothers present a new sophisticated storage system, "Corniches", for Vitra at the Milan Design Week.
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11 Apr 12
Bouroullec retrospective
Design News
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Product Design
Bivouac is the first major retrospective of the work of the Bouroullec Brothers at the Centre Pompidou-Metz.
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14 Oct 11
BarberOsgerby at Milan2011
Video Interviews
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Product Design
For BarberOsgerby it's important that their designs are simple yet effective and that design pieces are accessible to everybody.
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4 May 11
Multi-purpose at Milan2011
Design News
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Product Design
Jasper Morrison’s Hal chair for Vitra is multi-functional and super comfortable.
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28 Apr 11
Seating options
Design News
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Product Design
Konstantin Grcic's various seating designs all have two things in common: comfort and quality materials.
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23 Apr 11
Table and chair at Milan2011
Design News
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Product Design
BarberOsgerby's new table and chair will be presented at the Milan Furniture Fair.
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11 Apr 11
Furniture and flight at Milan2011
Design News
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
Here’s a sneak preview of what the Bouroullec Brothers will be presenting in Milan for Mattiazzi and Vitra.
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1 Apr 11
20Q: Haldane Martin
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Product Design
When he's not designing, Haldane Martin is probably out mountain biking. He also reveals something of his latest project, a bed system.
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7 Oct 10
Fine and furnished
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Product Design
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Architecture & Interiors
The Bouroullec Brothers have created an interesting apartment interior for one of the units in the famous Radiant City in France.
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14 Jun 10
Six chairs from Milan 2010
Design News
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
Alejandro Aravena, Tokujin Yoshioko, Patricia Urquiola, Marcel Wanders, Thomas Heatherwick and François Azambourg take a seat.
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21 May 10
Stools are cool
Design News
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Product Design
Put the "fun" in "functional" with an original, eco-friendly stool design for the Habari Stool Competition.
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28 Apr 10
Ronan Bouroullec answers all at DI2010
Design News
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
Shy and nervous as Ronan Bouroullec was, his deep-set passion and design integrity endeared him to every Design Indaba Conference delegate.
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12 Mar 10
The Bouroullec Brothers at DI2010
Festival News
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Product Design
Innovation and originality are the calling cards for Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec.
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11 Dec 09
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