(jiří macek) Kartell Café definitely ranked among the most popular places at Designblok this year. This café, complete with a children’s corner and a night bar, was located in the Designblok Superstudio. Its outstanding design was made by the studio of Hippos design.   ...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

(jiří macek) The London-based Royal College of Art recently had a joint presentation with other Dutch and British schools and independent studios as part of a new designer spot located close to the Lambarte metro station. While their Dutch colleagues from the city of Eindhoven occupied the ground floor of the new residential building and queried the meaning of designer work, the royal Londoners transformed a run-down factory building into an imaginary conceptual hotel.   ...more

(jiří macek) Jonas Wagell designed a bar in the form of a hyper-naïve landscape for the furniture trade fair that took place in Stockholm in February. Apart from a forest, clouds, little balloons, plus Montmarter chairs and tables, the Odd collection of lights and bowls played a significant role in it.   ...more

(jiří macek) Stone, steel, wood, glass – even though this order looks like a variant of the rock-paper-scissors selection method, it is, in fact, just an enumeration of the materials that British designer Tom Dixon used when designing the new Utility collection. The collection, including a table, a stool, three lights, and three bowls, is varied not only as far as the materials are concerned. In the background, one can find pressure and compression.   ...more

(jiří macek) Michael Young presented the work he made during his stay in Hong Kong at Design Week in Vienna for the first time outside the cosmic space of Asia. The collection is entitled Works in China. A world premiere of several new items – including the 4a chair – is due at the start of the next year.   ...more

(jiří macek) The Wolfsburg Art Museum decided to fight the lack of light during the winter season and invited an artist who is really good at lighting design. Light magician James Turrell raised his hand and presented a dazzling installation this weekend. Engineers and lights from Zumtobel Lighting have a lion’s share in the success of the exhibition.   ...more

(jiří macek) Whilst Prague witnessed the opening of the new edition of the Křehký exhibition, entitled the Micro-World of Joy, The Emotional Landscape of the Křehký exhibition, which had its premiere two years ago, became the feat of the season in the Carriage Works Gallery in the Australian city of Sydney. The landscape, with a luminous cloud designed by Maxim Velčovský, was complemented with a nebula designed by Jiří Pelcl.   ...more

(jiří macek) Shay Alkalay and Yeal Mer, whom we had an opportunity to meet at Designblok Prague in October, have implemented a limited edition of flooring for the British brand of Established and Sons. Even though the project was originally designed for their installation at the Design Miami exhibition at Art Basel this year, it unexpectedly turned into a product for end customers, making the issue of flooring a brand new topic.   ...more

(jiří macek) Space is an essential prerequisite for anything. There are only a few people who explore it so carefully as Esther Stocker. The Viennese artist penetrates its imaginary structure through paintings, installations, and texts, transforming them into fascinating encounters. The closest upcoming encounter will take place in České Budějovice.   ...more