The Magis Garage Shoe Rack System by Toshiyuki Kita is a stacking and adjoining system with each unit able to take four pairs of shoes. The frame and doors are of white, grey anthracite, or beige standard injection-molded ABS with polished aluminum feet. designer: toshiyuki kita producer: magis materials: abs plastic and aluminum period: 1992

Saving space in the kitchen isn’t always easy. From junk drawers to crammed cabinets, everyday kitchen utensils tend to take up a lot of space. Boje Estermann has come up with the ideal space-saving funnel. Taking design notes from his old reflex camera, which had a soft sunscreen and folded out like an accordion, he […]

The Bavero porcelain set is another superb specimen of Castiglioni’s work. This project draws its raison d’être from what the architect was referring to as “the principal design element” — in other words, the key project idea that the designer must seize, the intuition at the start of any job. In this case, it’s a […]

This nautical themed lamp won the Compasso d’oro prize in 1994. Metropoli’s simple and elegant design by Alberto Meda and Paolo Rizzatto for Luceplan is available in incandescent, halogen, or fluorescent and has a white opaline polycarbonate diffuser or honeycomb molded glass and is hinged to a finished anthracite gray, white or polished aluminum die-cast […]

Gideon Dagan’s original Perpetual Calendar was designed for MoMA in 1998. This new desktop version commemorates the 10th anniversary of his original design. To use, simply insert the stand to place the calendar on a desk and move the magnetic balls manually to mark the date and month. Made of injection-molded plastic and magnets to […]

This beechwood bed tray is the perfect solution to a lazy morning. Use it for breakfast in bed or as a low table in the living room. designer: galli & perico producer: magis materials: beech plywood period: 1995

Ingo Maurer’s long-standing interest in materials and his passion for paper are combined with his admiration for Japanese art are the inspiration for these fluid and etheral lamps. With the MaMo Nouchies, Maurer and Dagmar Mombach, who developed the technique for transforming the paper; all performed by hand according to the Japanese tradition, involves the […]

The Blow Up Bamboo Table features a hand finished bamboo wood base and a clear glass table top. It’s a petite table just over 17 in height that offers beautifully warm, natural appeal mixing the mythically ancient with the wildly modern. When combined with its accompany pieces it turns from a a flawless little table […]

A macabre and striking wrap-around armchair with steel frame painted with epoxy powders; several days’ manual work is required to build the seat, together with high expertise for the weaving. The five hundred meters of special rope with an acrylic core, covered in cotton, are first woven onto the frame to create a structure and […]

Striking in both its simple design and visual impact, the Satellite Bowl would be a dramatic centerpiece on your table. A circle of lacquered wooden spokes, ingeniously pinned together, twists open to form the unique bowl. The original concept is an answer to the designer’s quest to arrange a group of uniform spokes into the […]