If ever there were a scenario whereby we were only allowed to live with the portfolio of one designer in our home, Jacob Jensen would be our choice, hands down. And strolling through the halls of the Skive New Museum of Art in Denmark one gets an impression of what it might be like as the museum is playing host to a retrospective of two generations of Jacob Jensen Design.
Designer: Jacob Jensen
Established in 1997 by Rosario Hurtado & Roberto Feo, London-based El Ultimo Grito leapt to prominence by winning the Blueprint Design Award at 100% Design three years running. Now highly-collectible luminaries of the British design world, it is possibly their Spanishness that sets them philosophically apart.
Designer: Roberto Feo & Rosario Hurtado
Hey ladies, why are remote controls so masculine in design? I mean, why hasn’t someone created a remote specifically for women, designed with a woman’s touch? Look no further because designer Chloe Fung has your back. Her Orbit Remote is to be worn like a bracelet, but has all the basic controls on board. So the next time your man watches something you despise, play a trick on him. Show him who’s really in control and doing it with style.
Designer: Chloe Fung
Designer Bram Woo likes to mess with you. No seriously, his designs always play with the notions of function and flexibility. He aims to provoke reactions by making pieces that can adapt to whatever space they’re in. Take for instance this piece from his latest collection, Novela. It’s a shelf with integrated table and seat. How in the world are you gonna use that in your home? Think about that!
Designer: Bram Woo
The ScooterDesk is a wheeled standing-aid with an included writing tablet. It serves as a mobile touch-down station for occasional short tasks such as filling out forms, checking data and browsing the net. It can also be made to order as a dual version; with seating for 2 persons.
Designer: Utilia Design
Moroso New York will be the first city exhibiting the final version of Tokujin’s Panna chair. The Moroso store at 146 Greene Street in New York is transformed into an ethereal, all-white environment. Tokujin Yoshioka has built an art installation which will show the development of his Panna Chair.
Designer: Tokujin Yoshioka
My grandmother can’t be bothered with typing in a 9 digit number to call me. In fact she usually asks someone else to dial the number if it’s not already on speed dial. Unfortunately even speed dial isn’t enough for grammy. She wants it easier. The T-Phone is perfect for her.
Designer: Jeong-Kyun Nam
Unexpected and unique, Alexander McQueen for Puma defines a new provocative horizon in Sport Fashion. Founded on the union of tradition and technology, the collection juxtaposes influences, delivering a visually contemporary line that is conceptually sophisticated and intricately crafted. The collection inspiration is derived from the human anatomy, specifically the human foot, with specific references to the tendon structures, vein formations and toe prints.
Designer: Alexander McQueen
One of Japan’s greatest architects, Kisho Kurokawa, died last week leaving behind a very significant theoretical and concrete legacy.
Kurokawa co-founded the Metabolist movement in 1960, pioneering a radical avant-garde style of architecture and urban planning for the future. The Metabolists’ vision centred around vast cities that adapted to an ever-increasing population by building flexible, extendable structures that could be added to over time.
Architect: Kisho Kurokawa
Designer Teruhiro Yanagihara exhibits his new “Graffiti” products exploring the concept of “dirty”; a sofa that retains the marks when scratched. Not only may people leave their marks/memories on the surface of the sofa but may also erase them by ironing the cloth.
Designer: Teruhiro Yanagihara
People have got their fancy digital pens, white boards, and tablets when they need to jot down notes quickly but sometimes, having a piece of scrap paper by the phone is just better. The Memo Pad Phone takes that old school tech and sorta brings it into the 21st century.
Designer: Arthur Xin
Inspired by the characteristics of the paperclip, designer Ben Collette and David Wykes created the Paperclip Lamp. A lamp that can bend and twist to transform into an entertaining design.
Designer: Ben Collette & David Wykes
It’s getting there, day by day, closer and closer. It’s only a matter of time before mobile projection technology makes its way into the mass market. This concept by Stefano Casanova is a Windows based mobile phone that can project your desktop to an flat surface.
Designer: Stefano Casanova
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