(silvie luběnová) The Antibodies exhibition opened in the Vitra Design Museum on Friday. Visitors can look forward to something truly grandiose – the selection of the most unbelievable works designed by brothers Humberto and Fernando Campana from Sao Paulo.  ...more

(jana zielinski) Michael Thonet founded the renowned furniture company Gebrüder Thonet in Vienna in 1849. Ten years later, he presented a café chair with the serial number of 14. Number 14 became his lucky number, even though he only managed to have thirteen children. The Thonet company decided to present a limited edition of the legendary Fourteen this year. That will certainly be something to witness…  ...more

(jiří macek) At Design Week in Milan, Nacho Carbonell seemed to be everywhere something crucial was taking place. He participated in the design performance that was part of the Craft Punk exhibition, exhibited in the prestigious private gallery of Spazio Rossana Orlandi, and also took part in the Droog design exhibition. His creations, which are on the verge of design and art, attracted attention everywhere. The reason may be that his furniture designs are not mere products, but true friends.   ...more

(adam štěch) It is really nice to see the birth of several new designer brands that seek to produce experimental, original, and exceptional design pieces by young or less known designers. The new Dutch brand Weltevree definitely ranks among them.   ...more

(jana zielinski) Brooklyn designer Paul Loebach presented a collection of beautiful wooden furniture at Design Week in Milan. A set of utility objects – a mirror, a light, a clock, a vase, and a bowl – evokes the feeling of harmony with the flavor of sentiment, much like when we miss the good old days when a mirror was simply a mirror inherited from one generation to another. However, reality is not so simple.   ...more

(jiří macek) In the premiere collection of the French brand Moustache, one can find, apart from a great collection of furniture pieces, one interior element that no one should overlook. Matali Crasset created the Xtra room mobile system from simple elements that enable the user to bring intimacy into non-intimate spaces and constantly change the layout of one’s apartment or office.   ...more

(adam štěch) American designer Ron Gilad currently has an exhibition at the independent Wright auction house in Chicago. The designer, whose work oscillates on the verge between furniture, object and idea, is not a mere representative of the often presented design-art. Ron Gilad is a true conceptualist.   ...more

(jiří macek) The seven display windows of The Window Gallery of Česká spořitelna on Melantrichova street in Prague present, in their original installations, seven young designers who rank among the Czech Republic’s most promising fashion designers - even though many of them still study or have recently graduated from fashion design institutions.   ...more

(jiří macek) Swiss designer Alfredo Häberli has introduced a new way of dining with the Aki dining table, which he designed for Fredericia, the Danish furniture manufacturer. If one simply turns the bearing structure by 90 degrees in relation to the tabletop, the head of the family suddenly ceases to sit at the head of the table. However, the democratic system of dining brings other interesting designer points.   ...more

(silvie lubenova) Mr. Piršč has already caught us by surprise once – with his collection of 3D Wallpaper at Designblok. One can create the embossed wallpaper from snow-white airplanes, golden crosses, or platinum rain drops – the design depends on the preference and imagination of the user. As if this was not enough, this master of design from Mikulov celebrated spring in Milan this year with several new shapes from his magical patent.   ...more