(jiří macek) The new piece in the catalogue of mminterier from Luhačovice was created as a final work at the AAAD in Prague. However, one can trace its origins to the Far East, in Mongolia, from where designer Anar Davaasambuu comes from.   ...more

(jiří macek) When reporting about diploma works, we must mention the most appraised diploma work at the AAAD in Prague – a modest and delicate furniture collection designed by Boris Klimek from the studio led by František Burian in Zlín. Apart from the obligatory axe, the collection also encompassed pastureland poetics.   ...more

(jiří macek) For his AAAD diploma work entitled Icons, Jan Plecháč tore into the world classics only with the help of wire in his hand with the considerable task of conjuring the spirits and endowing them with new life. The stories that he managed to create with wire on a contour line represent a fascinating study of the history of design and a powerful collection of outdoor seating furniture.   ...more

(jiří macek) Yveta Kroupová designed an unconventional decoration for men’s shirts during her stay in Iceland. Even though the decoration was allegedly designed for a specific shirt, it opens up a very interesting option for the development of ties, which have become rather boring due to the perpetual trends of narrowing and broadening.   ...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) The river has become livelier with the sun beating down upon the city. I could not resist going back to the Městské zásahy exhibition at the Dox gallery, where I found a project that turns the Vltava River into a gigantic swan thanks to a floating flower market.   ...more

(adam štěch) Young graphic designer and typographer Jan Novák won one of the Most Beautiful Book of the Year 2009 Awards thanks to a new utilization of the traditional format of a gamebook, which was very popular mainly in low-brow sci-fi literature from the 1990s.   ...more

(jiří macek) The studio of Olgoj Chorchoj has designed a new concept of floors made from solid wood for the Czech company of Ardeco. Using contemporary technologies of wood treatment, they endowed the system with a powerful character that enables the user to create unexpected organic ornaments. It is no wonder that the floor was nominated for Editors Award at the ICFF in New York this year.   ...more

(jiří macek) The Městské zásahy exhibition at the Dox gallery in Prague includes several interesting projects that solve the neglected situations of many public spaces in Prague. One of them is the new visual concept of prefabs designed by Maxim Velčovský, who decided to dress this type of residential house in a project entitled Fasádor.   ...more

(jiří macek) Lucie Koldová, who won the Discovery of the Year – Česká spořitelna Award at the Czech Grand Design 2009 Awards a month ago, presents the follow-up of the award-winning Home Fitness collection as part of Elle Decor International Talents exhibition at the Design Week in Milan. This time, one will exercise with a wardrobe and a stool.   ...more