Inspired by the the graceful curve of a toucan’s bill, the sterling silver tukaani chopsticks remove much of the challenge of using traditional chopsticks with the clothespin-like coiled fulcrum spring built into the one piece design of the matte finished utensil. Simply hold and squeeze. designer: lincoln kayiwa period: 2008

Planmed develops, manufactures and markets advanced imaging equipment and accessories for mammography and orthopedic imaging. Planmed’s extensive mammography product range covers digital and analog units, stereotactic biopsy devices, and breast positioning systems for an early detection of breast cancer. Within orthopedic 3D imaging Planmed offers low dose extremity CT imaging for quicker, easier and more […]

9 hours (nainawasu) is a new capsule hotel that offers luxury in a minimum living space. The hotel and all amenities were designed by Fumie Shibata of design studios, which she founded in 1994. With her team, she defined the elements necessary for a ‘minimal transit space’ in big cities in japan. The product designer […]

A beautifully designed and intuitively engineered food scale, but most importantly, it helps people make sense of what they’re eating – which is often surprisingly different than expected. producer:

If a chair could resemble a playground apparatus, then that is exactly what Konstantin Grcic has achieved with his Chair_One Public Seating System 2. Die-cast aluminum bases are connected by a anodized aluminum plank, painted in polyester powder and connecting three seats together. One version of this seating system by Grcic is modified by adding a small, circular or square-shaped aluminum table in HPL laminate. This seating system has an industrial feel that is complimented by the design’s innately urban sensibility. Suitable for outdoor use, colors include: white, black and matte black.

designer: konstantin grcic
producer: magis
material: aluminum casting
period: 2000s

Milan, design capital of the world, will soon have a new ecological hotel called Green Business Hotel.

The brainchild of architect Giuseppe Tortato and Milano Layout, will turn an old mill into an innovative four-star hotel in the heart of Milan. The “carbon free” hotel will use only renewable energy technologies.

Sprawling over 13,000 square meters, the place will comprise 120 rooms, restaurant, lounge bar, gym, spa, conference rooms, hanging gardens, courtyard, garden and a roofed parking lot 3000 square meters in size. Chief attractions of this hotel will be its lovely green area and state of the art technology. The hotel will in fact feature a complex computer network, combining hospitality, technology and love and respect for nature.

Designer: Giuseppe Tortato