Hana Zárubová: Breaking The Waves
(jiří macek)Hana Zárubová designed a quilted painting for the Miracles Archive exhibition at EXPO 2010 from which one can unclamp a circular down feather jacket. This motif and the fundamental circular principle were subsequently reflected in an entire collection from the No. label, entitled no.kolo. However, Hana Zárubová presented her latest fix-you collection at Designblok with which she has resurfaced and broken the circles made by water skaters. ...more
Werner Aisslinger: Net furniture
(jiří macek) The Berlin-base German designer, Werner Aisslinger, has probably designed the most beautiful chairs this year, in spite of all buts his tender chairs evoke. The super-light crocheted NETfurniture collection has not been in production yet and will not be for a long time. Nevertheless, it brings more joy to the development of design and too our personal impressions than any other chair designed this year. ...more
Fernando and Humberto Campana: Straws
(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
Debbie Wijskamp: Pulp and Bricks
(jiří macek) We continue presenting new names – symbolically with the end of the school year – with Debbie Wijskamp from the Dutch city of Arnhem, who has created products of a deceptive appearance from collected waste paper. ...more
