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 collaboration between Bořek Šípek and Driade is always a very fascinating story. The catalogue of the famous Italian brand features treasures that, independent of time, trends, or moods, set up completely different norms of perceiving reality that are worth discovering.   ...more

(jiří macek) Do you not know where to put all the conches and stones? Anu Penttinen has designed an unexpected solution for storing small objects for the Finnish brand of Iitala. It is called Vitrini and combines glass, wood, and aluminum, always respecting the fundamental idea of the entire collection, i.e. the transparent message of what is inside.   ...more

(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) Young designer Johanna Hartzheim chose utensils, which we use to dulcify our lives, as the theme of her diploma work and as a test of her qualities of designing aesthetical simplicity.   ...more

(adam štěch) Mykita, the iconic manufacturer of glasses, has presented a special project made in collaboration with designer Romain Kremer as part of the new autumn/winter 2010 collection. The YURI glasses are not only a symbolic homage to the first man in outer space.   ...more

(adam štěch) The motto of the new product designed by the young American label of DBA, established by designer Leon Ransmeier is very appealing: “Think before you write.” The label, about which we wrote a year ago, finally has a website where it presents an ecological and minimalist collection of everyday objects that can be purchased online.   ...more

(jiří macek) The Dutch designer duo of Arjan van Raadshooven and Anieke Branderhorst designed the Flex vase, on which one can change the top part and, thus, have several vases, plus the edition of CableLamps made from cables for their own label of vij5. Although they describe their style as very simple, their products conceal a lot of unexpected solutions in which the designers combine existing elements.   ...more