(jiří macek) Even though Handa Gote is primarily an ensemble of incredible theatre performers (one should really see their performances such as Mushrooms, Rain Dance, and Metal Music), their work with light, staging, costumes and old technologies takes them more and more often into the world of design. At Designblok this year, they had a joint exhibition with the Institute of Lighting Design and a solo exhibition in the Window Gallery of Česká spořitelna. Both installations are definitely a must.   ...more

The second exhibition in the Křehký gallery presents an amazing Fantasy Collection designed by Jaime Hayón for Lladró, premieres of Křehký limited editions designed by Daniel Piršč and Yveta Kroupová, plus owls from StakkeAustad and Andreas Engesvik. The exhibition will take you into a fantasy world where love and nature are as white as snow and fools are not lonely, as its subtible suggests. However, the installation, designed by Veronika Jiroušková and Maxim Velčovský, will also take your breath away.   ...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

(jiří macek) Marcel Wanders materialized a dream that he had a long time ago in the collection entitled United Crystal Woods, made for Baccarat. It was a dream about a crystal wood with mythical deer and pure power.   ...more

(jiří macek) At Maison & Objet in Paris, the Spanish porcelain factory of Lladró presented new pieces designed by Hayón and a collection designed by its own studio. Its key figures are parrots.   ...more

(jiří macek) The visual of this year’s Czech Grand Design Award ceremony reveals the change of the moderator – the gala ceremony will be hosted by Marek Eben. However, the visual does not disclose much about the other figure on the poster – the robot. Photographer Bára Prášilová knows much more about him. After all, the entire concept was her idea.   ...more

(jiří macek) Martí Guixé and his unusual moneybox, entitled Seed Safe and designed for Alessi, encourages us to focus on fruit instead on money. The amphora with holes, through which one lays aside stones and seeds, represents a green hope for us.   ...more

(jiří macek) The fairytale, which Alfredo Häberli has transformed into a designer object for the Křehký limited edition, ranks among the examples included in all national fairytale treasure boxes. The Swiss designer tells the story of Cinderella, oppressed by an evil stepmother, by means of a glass pea.   ...more

(jiří macek) It would not be Christmas if we did not watch fairytales on TV. Swedish designer Jonas Wagell has linked several fairytales in the Pomperipossa porcelain set. In his characters, one can boil water, drink tea from them, or talk about beauty and taxes.   ...more

(jiří macek) The installation of a jewelry collection, designed by Zdeněk Vacek and Daniel Pošta for this year’s Designblok in Prague, ranks among those exhibitions that are able to change one’s life. One will be given wings within a mere area of 10 m2.   ...more