Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
Abie Abdillah is a young Indonesian furniture designer who has a passion for local materials, especially wood and rattan, a sustainable material from South East Asia. A rattan palm grows very rapidly, is somewhat similar to bamboo but much solid and flexible. Abie is gaining international recognition for the way he creates modern, striking designs
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Chicago-based woodworker Zak Rose has some some great insights about entrepreneurship, such as the value of patience, or doing the simple, physical tasks to give your brain time to work out complex ideas and design. Zak launched...
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
Paul Tebben and Vladimir Radutny are two Chicago-based architects who are gaining a reputation for their innovative approach to design and architecture. The pair launched their architecture and design studio, IDE, in 2008 and since then have...
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Lennart Van Uffelen is a young Belgian designer who likes destroying furniture. In his recent project “Functionality Kills the Fun” Lennart explores the boundaries between function and art by, for example, driving a nail through a mirror...
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Cape Town based designer Liam Mooney never needed to take the leap to independent entrepreneurship—in fact, he’s never worked for anyone but himself. Liam set up his own design label in 2006 and since then his work...
Monday, March 19th, 2012
Mel Rye is a London-based creator of vintage objects d’art. She takes unloved lamps and furniture and reinvents them into strikingly colourful bohemian pieces. The floral, geometric and paisley patterned fabrics which adorn the pieces are beautifully...
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Pedersen + Lennard is an up and coming design company from Cape Town who’s work reveals a clear fascination with South Africa’s heritage and craft, while remaining true to a clean Scandinavian aesthetic. Luke Pedersen and James...
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Paula Rodriguez is an interior designer and furniture designer from the Philippines. Paula graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and is currently one of the designers behind the Filipino furniture brand Detalia Aurora....
Friday, February 10th, 2012
Samuel Lennon is one of Auckland’s coolest young designers. Sam combines his love of architecture, design and building in theLENNONPROJECT, a practice specialized in furniture design and internal fit-outs. Sam operates from his workshop in Auckland and...
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Cameron Barnes is a South African furniture designer and maker. Using alien timber species, reclaimed glass and other ‘waste’ materials, and assembled using no nails and no glue, Cameron’s designs take a no-compromise approach to sustainable principles....