A Foldable Bathtub

 Finally something I have been long waiting for - the possibility to have a bathtub even in the smallest bathroom! Bathtope, a portable fabric bathtub for the shower, unfolds at DESIGNART Tokyo 2024:

source: PR TIMES公式SNS

 

 source: LIXIL Corporation

Beautiful new designs

 

source: Davis Furniture Industries

Do you notice what is their common element? Soft lines and elegant forms - THAT is one of the best modern trends in interior design. Well-deserved awards.

Maison et Objet 2024 Autumn Edition

A glimpse to the newly opened Maison et Objet - get some inspiration:

Kaba

And obviously, the knitting trend is still alive :)

More about trends will follow soon.

Salone all over the world

 Salone del Mobile.Milano lands in NYC for the first of three international events.

Yesterday evening, the design community gathered in Bloomingdale’s New York flagship store to celebrate the opening of the Salone del Mobile.Milano’s installation Italian Design: from Classic to Contemporary. This will be a rich program of international events that in 2024-25 will take the contents, protagonists and unique features of the Salone all over the world:

© Davide Colombino Salone del Mobile.Milano

© Davide Colombino Salone del Mobile.Milano

© Davide Colombino Salone del Mobile.Milano
When: September 5^th - 29^th, 2024
Where: Bloomingdale’s 59^th Street, 1000 Third Ave, New York, NY, Level 6

Recycling should be beautiful

 

Otherwise we should search for better possibilities - what do you think? 

Technologies today allow designers to produce better results when looking for sustainability and I will try to post more often of such successful designs. One of my favorite examples from Patricia Urquiola:

Babar high and low tables made of 100% recycled glass, design Patricia Urquiola, source: Salone del Mobile

And another beautiful example:

Table lamp in 100% recycled cast alluminium, from the recovery of cans, bicycle parts, motorbikes and boat disposal. Designed by Paolo Zani for Warli, source: Salone del Mobile
 

3 Days of Design Copenhagen

Enjoy some beautiful selections from the event:

An Italian Affair - A Project by Claudia Pignatale For 3 Days of Design Copenhagen

An Italian Affair - A Project by Claudia Pignatale For 3 Days of Design Copenhagen

An Italian Affair - A Project by Claudia Pignatale For 3 Days of Design Copenhagen 

 

 

Living Room  Design Duo by Fenix curated by Federica Sala

Intarsia Furniture

 

YUMA BY SEBASTIAN HERKNER

Ondarreta

Inspiration - A' Design Awards

 Good design is always an inspiration and it is pleasure to get a look at what has been selected as best design of the world - enjoy some of the winners of this year's A' Design Award:

Spirito by Alexey Danilin

Formation 01 by Samuel Ross

Residential House by Saiwen Liu

Tau Murano by 

Al Moosa Pediatric Clinics by Caline Morcos Interiors

Luar by Lattoog, Lattoog

Sume by Sebnem Buhara

It was interesting to find that interior designs were mostly in the Bronze and Iron category and I could not select many of them, too - are we, interior designers, more critical to our work? :)