TLmag special edition : Glass is Tomorrow
TLmag created this special edition for the European project Glass is Tomorrow organised by ProMateria. You can download it here.
Bulo “50 years Guarantee” – Unique kid’s furniture ”O Mr. President”
On the occasion of their half century’s anniversary, Bulo creates a unique piece of furniture, a working table for children – the ” entrepreneurs of tomorrow”. The playful design of this desk is ment to stimulate kid’s creativity, inoculating them the concept of balance between work and play time. A celebration, not only highlighting the...
Duo Design : Maarten Baas and Laikingland – Limited edition timer “Just About Now”
“Apart from things like train schedules or the duration of sporting games , the exact time is often irrelevant. A coffee break, a meditation, a nap, a business meeting, they could take a few minutes longer or shorter than an exact amount of time. This is why I wanted to create a timer that bangs...
Milan-preview : ”Play Communs” – Robots made by children
”Play Communs” is a conceptual game, presented at Salone del Mobile, that puts children in the role of the creators of nowadays robots. By drawing their own robots and learning the basics of electronic assembling, kids create objects that suit their particular needs. This game is meant to stimulate children’s imagination, beyond the restrictions of...
Milan-preview :”It is happening at LAP!” – Aldo Bakker exhibition
“In my work, the object is more important than the context. The design shows no trace of the thinking and the making. The creation should represent a whole.” Dutch designer Aldo Bakker guest edited for TLmag issue #17 with a portfolio spread of his designs, an interview and he also took care of our chapter pages. Some...
Milan-preview : ”Natural Collection” by nanimarquina
The brand nanimarquina comes to MOST in Milan with its inventive collection of rugs, made of biodegradable materials. This new use of materials is revolutionary in the production process of carpets, employed by this innovative company for the last 25 years. Nowadays, ”nanimarquina” carpets are made of natural fibres: nettle, afghan wool, silk and jute. The...
N° 5 CULTURE CHANEL : The 3 x 5 Time Code
The N° 5 CULTURE CHANEL exhibition, curated by Jean-Louis Froment, comes back to its origins, in Paris at Palais de Tokyo. The exhibition was previously held in Moscow’s Pushkin State Museum for Fine Arts, in Beijing at the National Art Museum of China and more recently in the Opera House in Canton, south side of...
Preview MOST Salone – Milan 2013
MOST Salone is taking place between 9th and 14th of April 2013, at Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia, in Milan. The event was previously launched in 2012, during Salone del Mobile, at the initiative of Tom Dixon and benefited of 30.000 visitors. This year, MOST is focusing on the theme of ”disrupting design” – returning...
Nordic Jewelery: ‘From the coolest corner’ exhibition
The Museum of Decorative and Design of Oslo, part of the National Museum is hosting the contemporary jewelery exhibition, ‘From the coolest corner’. This exhibition focuses on the experimental studio works of the most important Nordic and Baltic designers from the sixties, Sigurd Bronger, Kim Buck and Konrad Mehus, among others. The exhibition includes also, creations of the young generation’s designers such as Sirja...
Duo Design: Studio DRIFT at ‘Ja Natuurlijk’ exhibition, The Hague
Studio DRIFT, founded by the young designers Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn, is participating at ”Ja Natuurlijk” exhibition, along with other 80 international artists. The exhibition will be held from the 16th of March to the 18th of August at the GEM, Museum for Contemporary Art of The Hague and it focuses on the relationship between human, nature and technology....
Double Duo Design : Studio Job x Viktor & Rolf
Last week, as part of the Paris Fashion Week, the fashion duo Viktor & Rolf presented their Fall Collection, consisting of bodices, jumpers, cocktail dresses, all of them characterised by an asymmetrical and punk look. The striking black and white graphic set was designed by Studio Job, founded by Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel, another duo based in Antwerp...
Rick Owens’ furniture – A Little Bit Eternal !
‘A Little Bit Eternal’ is a short film describing the collaboration between Rick Owens, a famous American fashion designer and Michele Lamy, his life partner and workmate. Michele is most renown in the design field for her eccentric style and in this video she meets an (iron) molder for art,with whom she has a preference to...
Claesson Koivisto Rune: Tea Ceremony for Mjölk
Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune, both designers and architects, thought of the tea ceremony in Sweden and its social importance, when conceiving this set. The most important thing they had in mind when designing the set was functionality. This criteria is of high importance when living in a cold climate as in Sweden. The set...
TLmag 16 was in France
Until today you could have seen our add in France, if you traveled by train! If not check it here…
Art & Design Jewelry : Unexpected Pleasures
Forcing the limits of human adornment, Unexpected Pleasures at the Design Museum in London (until 3 March 2013) brings together almost 200 objects and pieces of outstanding jewelry and celebrates the work and talent of international creators who went beyond the classical boundaries. Curated by the jewellery designer and maker Dr. Susan Cohn, a number of...
Cassina x Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld shoots Cassina’s furniture. Watch the exclusive backstage video. New Look of Cassina rebranding its products like a haute couture brand…
Social LED Crystals
Studio Roosegaarde created these CRYSTALs, CRYSTAL are thousand and one wireless light rocks which interact with people, it functions as a ‘digital campfire’ where people share stories of light. Each Crystal is made out of an unique salt which grows in perfect geometrical shapes around a LED. The Crystals are wirelessly charged via a special...
Handmade from Japan
A thank you to Hosoo textiles for this beautiful video about handmade objects from Japan. Japan Handmade Digest from Hosoo on Vimeo.
Kyouei Design – Light of Thought
Mark-ing is organised by the British Council and E&Y co.,ltd until 25 Jan at Gallery Libby Sellers in London. Curated by Tsuyoshi Matsuzawa and Max Fraser, this Japan/UK design exhibition aims at examining how the relationship can be tied up between the designers from both nations. It is an exhibition to see how each designer was...
Is the Doll by Ionna Vautrin a Kokeshi?
The traditional Japanese garment has long endeared itself to us with its prints and patterns, influencing disciplines as diverse as fashion design, product design, architecture and art. As the kimono finds itself once again at a creative crossroads, tl.mag explores the traces of its rich history through a selection of novel interpretations across Asia and...
A century of Pastoe at Kunsthal Rotterdam – preview
Anne van der Zwaag, curator of the exhibition 100 years Pastoe at the Kunsthal Rotterdam, 23 Feb – 2 June 2013, is highlighting the Dutch company’s history and current developments in an essay published in tlmag‘s Winter issue. ”As a curator I have been brought in to develop the programme that also includes the publication of...
