(jiří macek) The bamboo sticks from the Blow Up collection, designed by Campana brothers for Alessi, seem not to hold together. Yesterday, I saw the collection again when I was walking across a tall stubbled field of mowed dried grass toward a lake.   ...more

(jiří macek) Jean Paul Sylvainco tried to make a new use of the traditional Caribbean product of tobacco in the Haitian town of Jacmel, creating a collection of fascinating vases by means of the traditional handicraft of papier-maché.   ...more

(jiří macek) The Zuiderzee Settings set of furniture pieces and accessories, designed by Kiki van Eijk for the Zuiderzeemuseum in the Dutch town of Enkhuizen, was inspired by the history of the IJsselmeer region. The paintings of old pharmacy desks and shelves transformed armchairs into charming dressers, which subsequently turned into jewel boxes. Behind all this, there is the unusual handwriting of one of the most interesting contemporary Dutch designers.   ...more

(adam štěch) The Bouroullec brothers prove their unquestioned and privileged status on the worldwide designer scene with their exhibition at the Kreo gallery. However, they do not demonstrate it on a monumental scale, but on a very sophisticated and intimate scale through patient work.   ...more

(adam štěch) The talented Dutch-Japanese duo, which presents a fusion of the traditions of Japanese craftsmanship with a Dutch conceptual approach under the mysterious name of BCXSY, exhibited the new collection of Join wooden screens as a homage to precise craftsmanship in the Spazio Rossana Orlandi gallery during Design Week in Milan.   ...more

(jiří macek) The front-page heroes Dresser, Light, and Jars are the first items on the list of joint projects by the renowned British brand of Established and Sons in tandem with the Dutch duo of Stefan Sholten and Carole Baijings. Both new products from the tuned-up catalogue were presented, of course, at Design Week in Milan, where they and the entire presentation won the hearts of the visitors.   ...more

(jiří macek) Okolo, a group of curators that includes our editor colleague Adam Štěch, has prepared a sample of contemporary Czech design pieces, the creation of which played a significant role in the upcoming Design Supermarket. The collection is about people who roll up their sleeves with increasing frequency.   ...more

(jiří macek) Anička Kozová has created a bowl full of paths from various colored wires, which had previously been used for telephone exchanges. Thus, her artful bowl seems to be twisted up from cotton yarns and symbolizes all phone the calls that travelled through the colorful spectrum over the course of the active life of the wires and a recording of one summer.   ...more

(jiří macek) Italian designer Luca Nichetto has combined blown glass and porcelain into a molecular collection of objects entitled Essence. However, the vases, bowls, and decorative objects are, as far as the shapes are concerned, derived from the manufacturing process itself. The producer of the limited collection, which will be presented to the public on December 3, is the Italian porcelain factory of Bosa in collaboration with the legendary Murano glass factory of Venini.   ...more