Articles
Keystones elements
Polyamide is the basic building block of many useful plastics. Two designers have turned polyamide printing into the basic building block of a series of connectors that allow users to create all kinds of structures. ...
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Cartesian chair
Here’s a great example of design as a combination of engineering and artistry. The Cartesian Chair takes high-end aluminium shaping and mixes it with ergonomic furniture design. It’s the work of designer Alexander Purcell Rodrigues, ...
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Two halves of a whole lamp
Artisanal crafts are slowly becoming more recognised throughout the world of design. Glass blowing has been around for about two thousand years, and you might be forgiven for thinking that it holds no more secrets ...
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Interactive lamp
Is it art? Is it a machine? Whatever it is, it is glorious. It’s hard to describe Studio Toer’s light installation properly. But it is called Fiet, and it’s a reactive, interactive installation that responds ...
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High speed housing
We keep on returning to 3D printing. News reaches us daily about advances in technology, applications or material use. Pioneers include Enrico Dini and Xavier de Kestelier, working for Foster + Partners. Now, a Chinese ...
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Healing harness
Futuristic names are sometimes used as gimmicky marketing to gloss over designs that are lean on real innovation. Not so with ‘Hyperice’, a two-part healing device for athletes that combines ice with compression to maximize ...
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