(jiří macek) The great chair designed last year by Stefan Diez for the German brand of e15 has a sequel in the form of an entire family of products. Thus, curved plywood experiences an enormous comeback.   ...more

(jiří macek) The Scrigno cabinets, designed by the Brazilian duo of designers for the company of Edra, represent a crystalline grouping of dreams that are difficult to depict. One will be dazzled by the laser-cut reflexive acrylate broken into segments. The shape of the cabinets is hard to define; it keeps coming forth and vanishing.   ...more

(jiří macek) When reporting about diploma works, we must mention the most appraised diploma work at the AAAD in Prague – a modest and delicate furniture collection designed by Boris Klimek from the studio led by František Burian in Zlín. Apart from the obligatory axe, the collection also encompassed pastureland poetics.   ...more

(jiří macek) For his AAAD diploma work entitled Icons, Jan Plecháč tore into the world classics only with the help of wire in his hand with the considerable task of conjuring the spirits and endowing them with new life. The stories that he managed to create with wire on a contour line represent a fascinating study of the history of design and a powerful collection of outdoor seating furniture.   ...more

(jiří macek) Even though many Czech bathrooms have recently undergone interesting changes, they are still not the real thing, in my opinion. They still represent a separated part of the apartment, usually windowless, which has nothing in common with swimming in a lake or a river. Anna van der Lei sees Dutch bathrooms in the same way and presents a solution to this problem.   ...more

(jiří macek) Konstantin Grcic did not allow himself to rest this year and went on developing the eternal theme of the chair. His latest piece, designed for the Spanish brand of bd Barcelona, plays with the seat on a dining chair while tilting it considerably. Thus, when one looks at it from the other side, one can see in it a symbol of liberation of cinema and theatre seats. Thanks to Grcic, the tip-up seats can go wherever they want.   ...more

(jiří macek) Yveta Kroupová designed an unconventional decoration for men’s shirts during her stay in Iceland. Even though the decoration was allegedly designed for a specific shirt, it opens up a very interesting option for the development of ties, which have become rather boring due to the perpetual trends of narrowing and broadening.   ...more

(jiří macek) Young Swedish designer Martin Vallin has designed a chair as a very private spot for the Italian brand of Cappellini. Thus, he has introduced the Baltic breeze into the hot Italian summer.   ...more

(jiří macek) The Italian duo of Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin from the Design Academy in the Dutch city of Eindhoven consistently explores the way how roots and traditions permeate objects and are retrospectively imprinted into our cultural patterns. Although this may seem a little complicated, the result is always a wonderful collection. The Moulding Tradition collection from this year is no exception.   ...more

(jiří macek) I really like the WrongWoods dresser with a pop-art picture of wood in place of veneer, especially its wild combination of violet and yellow. The wood, which is in fact only particleboard, is full of passion. In the meantime, Richard Wood and Sebastian Wrong have complemented the catalogue of Established and Sons with similarly illusive chairs, sofas, and carpets made from bricks and parquets. However, one can never be sure.   ...more