BOLDIZAR SENTESKI A WORK BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
Boldizar Senteski is a Hungarian artist and designer known for his striking sculptural work, which explores the tension between past and future, decadence and renewal. Strongly inspired by his native Budapest, his artistic practice is a blend of Art Nouveau, Post-Soviet Brutalism, Baroque and Neoclassicism. A unique amalgam that gives rise to a singular creative […]
PROJECT 213A, MATERIALS FOR EMOTION
Project 213 A is the story of four friends who fell in love with Portuguese craftsmanship. They decided to set up their cabinetmaking and ceramics workshop in Portugal, working hand-in-hand with local craftsmen. Sustainability is at the heart of their concerns. As a result, Jurgita, Theresa, Maria and Clément set about imagining a new design […]
Kerf Plastic, the stunning design collection by Kuo Duo
The South Korean design studio explores the limits of production and manufacturing with a variety of sustainable materials to design furniture, products and spaces. In just three years of existence, founders Hwachan Lee and Yoomin Maeng have collaborated with a wide range of brands and customers, offering diverse designs in the field of three-dimensional design. […]
PAUL COENEN, MATERIAL REVOLUTIONARY
Whether bent or curved, Paul Coenen’s metal furniture demonstrates that functionality can also be synonymous with simplicity. This young designer, a graduate of the Design Academy Eindhoven, is a true researcher in the field. Portrait. Explicit Design During his final year project, “Borders of Assembly”, the designer thought about a new way of shaping metal. […]
GOHAR WORLD, A FANTASTIC WORLD OF TABLEWARE
Gohar World, created in 2020 by sisters and artists Laila and Nadia Gohar, is much more than just a collection of tableware. It’s a family universe that fuses time, tradition and craftsmanship with a touch of humour. Their vision is clear: to bring people back to the table in the modern world. Gohar World’s first […]
ACNE STUDIOS, LE MINIMALISME À L’ÉTAT BRUT PAR LE STUDIO HALLEROED
Design studio Halleroed continues to surprise with its boutiques for ready-to-wear brand Acne Studios. Sometimes brutalist, sometimes futuristic, each space is like a play in several acts. Take a tour. Christian and Ruxandra Halleröd have imagined a new concept of the luxury boutique, where design reigns supreme. The boutique becomes a gallery where everything becomes […]
MAISON DOMINO, WHEN MARBLE CULTURE IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
Confined to serious, monumental interiors, marble is given a new lease of life by Maison Domino. Maison Domino, a design studio based in Vicenza, Italy, has set itself the goal of reusing materials, particularly marble. By focusing on archival stock to give it a second life, Domino has also taken on a second task: to […]
MARTIN LAFORÊT’S CONCRETE SEATS
Until January 27, 2024, the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Los Angeles is exhibiting concrete seats by French designer Martin Laforêt. Intrigued, Acumen wanted to find out more about the designer’s world and, above all, what lies behind the design of his sometimes functional, sometimes unusual sculptures. At just 31 years of age, Martin Laforêt […]
“OBJECTS WITH NARRATIVES” UNVEILS THEIR NEW DESIGN SHOWROOM
On November 28, Objects With Narratives announced the opening of its second showroom in the heart of Bruges, Belgium. Following the launch of a first venue in collaboration with Forward Gallery, the founding trio – Oskar Eryatmaz and brothers Nik and Robbe Vandewyngaerde – have chosen to continue the adventure on their own. A showroom […]
ORGANIC WORKS BY DESIGNER HENRY BAUMANN
Henry Baumann has revealed some intriguing new design pieces on his Instagram account. One by one, multiple resin bubbles are superimposed to create curvaceous side tables and stools. Read on. Since his early days, the designer has been surprising people with his unusual play on materials. He has a knack for transforming an initially ordinary […]
FOREVER STUDIO’S EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
Sara Degenaar and Bienke Domenie form the Forever Studio tandem. Represented by Barcelona’s Vasto Gallery, the two designers have a particular attraction for materiality. There’s only one step between design and experimentation. Forever Studio has taken it in stride. Let’s find out. It all began in Rotterdam. The two young designers met and set up […]
DESIGN MIAMI, ACUMEN’S FOUR FAVOURITES
The design mecca on the other side of the Atlantic once again summoned the cream of the discipline. Let’s take a look at the four galleries and designers who caught our eye at this year’s event. Kengo Kuma for Aman Interiors The Migumi collection, the result of a collaboration between Kengo Kuma and Aman Interiors, […]
THE METICULOUS CRAFTSMANSHIP OF DESIGNER ERWAN BOULLOUD
Much more than functional furniture, Erwan Boulloud creates works of art. At Galerie Negropontes, the designer and sculptor reveals his love of noble materials. Here’s how. After graduating from the Ecole Boulle in 1995, Boulloud trained with some of the world’s leading designers, before embarking on the creation of collections for prestigious museums such as […]
THE POWER OF MODESTY BY STUDIO HAOS
Studio HAOS began with two aficionados, Sophie Gelinet and Cédric Gepner. Having never had any formal training in furniture design, the couple nevertheless took the plunge, creating their first lamp, which became the basis of a collection, and gave birth to Studio HAOS in 2017. Instead of promoting expensive materials or even rare skills, the […]
Serge Mansau, from olfactory design to futuristic furniture
The general public will be most familiar with Serge Mansau’s work in the world of perfume. And for good reason: the Frenchman has designed some of the most iconic bottles of the 20th century. These include Guy Laroche’s Fiji, Kenzo’s Flower with its famous poppy encased in a transparent bottle, and Hermès’ 24 Faubourg. In […]
“COVE COLLECTION”, A METAL ALCOVE BY TOM FEREDAY
Australian designer Tom Fereday, known for his work with Louis Vuitton, Alessi, Stellaworks and Herman Miller, proposes a project in tune with the ecological issues of our time, designed from recycled aluminium. Fascinated by the tension between natural materials and contemporary design and manufacture, Tom Fereday develops unique designs born of an intrinsic investigation into […]
BARRO NEGRO BY MADE IN SITU THE MAGIC OF FIREBARRO
The very first collection designed by Made in Situ, the Portuguese publishing house headed by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, Barro Negro celebrates an artisanal process dating back to the Neolithic period. Soenga. A traditional firing technique in which the pottery is buried in the ground. A skill that immediately attracted French designer and architect Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance. Practised […]
THE CANDLE PROJECT BY HOUSE OF TODAY
The Candle Project presents a series of limited-edition candles. The idea: to invite 10 designers to collaborate with artisans from the Beit Chabeb Hospital and ask them to reinterpret an evolving object, drawing, testing and transforming wax into sculpture. This beautiful initiative is orchestrated by House of Today, a non-profit organisation that showcases contemporary Lebanese […]
STUDIO AKADEMOS PAYS TRIBUTE TO CAFE SOCIETY
Then interior designers for Fabrizio Casiraghi, Aurélien Raymond and Constanza Rossi decided to found Studio Akademos in 2021. The name pays homage to aristocrat and poet Jacques d’Adelswärd-Fersen’s magazine of free art and criticism, which was one of the first to tackle homosexuality in the 1900s. Fascinated by the Café Society, the duo strive to […]
« COVE COLLECTION », UNE ALCÔVE DE MÉTAL SIGNÉE TOM FEREDAY
Connu pour son travail auprès de Louis Vuitton, Alessi, Stellar Works ou encore Herman Miller, le designer australien Tom Fereday propose un projet en phase avec les enjeux écologiques de notre époque, conçu à partir d’aluminium recyclé. Fasciné par la tension qui existe entre les matériaux naturels et la conception et la fabrication contemporaines, Tom […]
DESIGN FOCUS : THE TONNEAU REFUGE BY CHARLOTTE PERRIAND AMONG THE IMAESTRI
To celebrate the 50th spring of its Cassina iMaestri Collection, the Italian publishing house is looking back on as many years of creations through an eventful book, “Echoes, Cassina. 50 years of iMaestri”. Among the pieces featured is Charlotte Perriand’s astonishing tonneau refuge. Perriand. Known for her now-iconic designs for Le Corbusier, the French designer […]
RAPHAEL NAVOT: WHEN DESIGN RHYMES WITH CRAFTSMANSHIP
Raphaël Navot integrates craftsmanship into design, so that the contemporary becomes timeless. A leitmotif in the shape of a signature, for the man who defines himself as a “non-industrial” designer. Some of his designs have an organic feel, like his “Land” rugs for Diurne, reproducing the earth’s satellite landscapes in silk dyed with natural colours, […]
Monstrum Studio or the voluptuous minimalism of Riccardo Villa Fabbiati
A former ballet dancer, the designer has created a body of objects from a unique universe, on the borderline between purity and exuberance. Monstrum. Le nom du studio de design de Riccardo Villa Fabbiati nous vient du latin. Il évoque une créature inquiétante et envoûtante « dotée de caractéristiques qui échappent à l’ordre naturel des choses », […]
“RADICAL”, THE PHLEGM OF THE EIGHTIES AT THE KETABI BOURDET GALLERY
To mark its participation in the first edition of Design Miami/Paris, the Ketabi Bourdet gallery is taking us on a journey back in time to the 1980s with “Radical”. The Ketabi Bourdet gallery has reconstructed a smoking room for the first edition of Design Miami/Paris, the Parisian counterpart of the famous event familiar to design […]