Oasis No. 8: Waste Heat Installation in Graz, Austria by Markus Jeschaunig.Bananas. Seems Europe is nuts for them. Statistically it’s the most popular tropical fruit in Europe and it’s available all year round in most supermarkets. But that comes at a cost - the environmental kind. It’s a cost that Markus...
Flora Noir Furniture Collection by Marcin Rusak.Warsaw-born London-based designer Marcin Rusak has released a series of new resin furniture for his latest exhibition in New York's Chelsea. Rusak takes leaves of tropical plants, flowers, and other botanicals and impregnates them within...
Trending Terrazzo by Bottle-Up Made from Recycled Glass Waste.In collaboration with Dutch designers & local craftsman, Bottle-Up has launched a series of glass terrazzo objects made from recycled glass from...
Object Therapy Exhibition at Hotel Hotel Canberra.Object Therapy is the latest project in Hotel Hotel’s Fix and Make program, culminating in an exhibition of 30 broken objects that have undergone...
The Art Of Recycling: Studio ilio Challenge Manufacturing Process & Our Perception of Materials.We briefly spoke about the work of Studio ilio in the past, but we thought it was time we dedicated a full post to these clever young designers. The London-based studio was formed a couple of years go by Seongil Choi & Fabio Hendry,...
Structural Skin Mirror by Jorge Penadés.Remember our Madrid-based mate, Jorge Penadés? Well, we were lucky enough to meet him in real life at Spazio Rossana Orlandi during Milan Desig Week, where we learned about his latest project - Structural Skin Mirror. Inspired by his...
Maruhiro Flagship Store by Yusuke Seki Features a Floor Made of 25,000 Pieces of Ceramic.Tokyo based designer Yusuke Seki shared with us his latest project - a flagship store for Maruhiro, leading producer of Hasami ceramics, pottery and porcelain in Japan. The store's conceptual and experiential focus is an arresting stacked...
Terrence Campagna Transforms Old Picture Frames & Discarded Materials Into Art.Terrence Campagna is an American multi-media artist and field researcher. He uses new and found pieces of timber, and other recycled objects like coat hangers and picture frames, to make art that is both painterly and sculptural. Gathering...
Jorge Penadés Transforms Offcuts From Leather Factories into Structural Skin.Jorge Penades devised a new production method that transforms the apparently worthless waste from leather factories, into an innovative material that is made 100% from an animal source. The result is Structural Skin, a material-based...
