Varia, Modular Tableware by Gaia Bottari

Your mother has always told you not to play with your food, but there’s a loophole: what about playing with the forms that hold your food? Italian designer Gaia Bottari drew inspiration from children’s stacking toys in her design of Varia, a collection of modular parts that can be assembled and reassembled into eating and drinking vessels. To emphasize the aggregation of parts, Bottari incorporates a wide variety of curved ...

Banchetto K, Caseless Computer by Mario Alessiani

For computer with increasing processing power, the CPU’s and other overworked components need more help in keeping cool. Mario Alessiani was tasked by Microcool Italia, a company specializing in thermal management, to develop a sleek alternative for the standard casing ...

Marble Spaghetti Measure by Studio Lievito

You know you’re Italian when a treat from grandma consists of a spoon and a crock of freshly grated parmesan cheese. True story. Elegant and poised this marble measure cube from Studio Lievito portions spaghetti per how many guests are ...

UGIAJ, Light Foam Indestructible Glasses

Confidence is smiling through braces, it’s wearing heals on grass, it’s running down an escalator. Catching the trends as best we can, we mimic the frontiersmen of fashion off the runways of Milan or the sidewalks of Manhattan. We attempt ...

Alberto, Tree Shaped Clothesline by Casamania

Staying inside to monitor the dryer during laundry mornings is a bore, especially when the sunny weather outside beckons. With Alberto, a friendly clothesline sculpture, you have an excuse to go outside! The set of polyethylene trees, offered by Italian ...

Apelle by Marco Casagrande

Built by local carpenters who work on house as well as boat construction, Apelle bears hints of both through form as well as subtle, minimalistic touches. The wood-based home in Karjaa was designed by Marco Casagrande to embrace the use ...

Fusillo, Multifunctional Wooden Book Shelf

An Italian shelf made of solid oak, modifies into a sensible coat hook, bicycle rack, or book ends. Fusillo by Italian design Studio andViceVersa takes on the character of a butcher block splashing the space with charm though still hip ...

Idae, Unbreakable, Waterproof and Recyclable

An architect without his sketchbook is like a traveler without his compass. But, Moleskine, watch your back! Now, adventurous architects can hit the hiking trail, the slopes, or the rafting rig armed with Idae, a notebook that is remarkably resilient ...

Re-lighting Gino Sarfatti Edition N° 1 By FLOS

Re-lighting Gino Sarfatti is quite the undertaking by FLOS, as would be any other project that modernizes a famed classic. In preserving the vision of Gino Sarfatti, possibly the most brilliant Italian lighting designer, FLOS reworked his iconic designs to ...

Arianna Lamp by Baldessari e Baldessari

Oh the trouble love can weave, faithfulness torn by other lust. The Greek mythology of Arianna, or Ariadne, whose name means “most holy” was given charge over the labyrinths by her father, Minos king of Crete. Her character also known ...

BKR Concept Bike by Pietro Russomanno

Boasting a decidedly retro design doesn’t usually mean going back far enough to utilize mainly all-natural materials, but the BKR bicycle concept by Italian designer Pietro Russomanno proposes using a finely crafted plywood skeleton as a natural base. Strong yet ...

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