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Design What

Design What featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Jungle

Inspired by nature, the premise of the Jungle glass collection is to create objects that gain their value from the quality, design and material. Simple shapes reflect the serenity of the medium, while being weightless and strong at the same time. Vases are mouth-blown and shaped by hand, signed and numbered. The rhythm of the glass making process ensures that each object in the Jungle Collection has a unique colour play that mimics the movement of waves.

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Vello

Brazilian modernism and warm minimalism. A car bar with aesthetic refinement and inspired by the design of the Brazilian modernist avant-garde with traits of minimalism. It brings the freshness and the subtle and gestural touches of its light and bold forms. The idea of ​​creating a car bar, from searching for the affective memory of this type of furniture, very common in Brazilian homes in the 60s, 70s and 80s. I changed the common view and design of this type of furniture to become more customary and interactive with the public,several uses and iteractions.

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Click Light

The Click Light introduces a unique element of personalization and interaction into the interior lighting design. One can connect any number of shelf units and let the lighting ropes stretch, drop, tie and twist in endless combinations, creating unique and dynamic individual spaces. The Click Light enables a direct interaction and feel with the user, amplifying the experience and the personal connection. Usually, the designer enjoys all the fun from creating a piece and testing different variations, with the Click Light’s new magnetic mechanism, the creative process shifts to the user.

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Beale MeasureFill

The Beale MeasureFill Touch kitchen faucet employs industry-leading technology to deliver an adjustable set volume of water on demand - ranging from a half cup/4 oz to up to 5 cups/40 oz - achieving precise measurement and eliminating the need for a measuring cup. This faucet offers the added benefit of providing touch on/off functionality, ideal for when the user’s hands are dirty or full. A touch of the wrist or back of the hand on the dial is all it takes to operate the faucet.

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Drum

Drum targets the feeling of weightlessness, this aspect is completed by a blink evocating the creole steelpan. This qualitative pouf promotes fun and happiness in offices and houses, the zero-gravity aspect of a suspended seating makes from an everyday gesture something special and unusual breaking the monotony and stark landscape of some office spaces.

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Aestus

Aestus is the first design project by architecture and wood researcher Oliver David Krieg. Conceived as a series of stratified wooden vases in search for a new synthesis of traditional materials and modern technology, Aestus is both a story of material exploration and of technical prowess. Carved from hundreds of layers of wood by an industrial robot, the vases capture the fluidity of the machine's movements in the depth of the wooden texture. Each of the four vases is an expression of the aesthetics of a modern manufacturing process, as well as a statement for contemporary wood design.

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