Valli & Valli Milan, Italy The brief given from Valli & Valli, an Italian architectural hardware company, was to design a handle that invites the user to touch and feel the product. With this in mind, the form of the first Duemila handle was developed by twisting an oval profiled tube. This shape conforms to […]
Month: May 2019
1051
Valli & Valli Architectural hardware Milan, Italy Instead of designing every details of the handle, shank and rosette of a door handle, the H1051 series was derived from bending a tube and attaching it onto the door. This simple and beautiful tube form is comfortable to hold and accurately represents the bending action of a […]
1045
Valli & Valli Milan, Italy Series 1045 was designed with the focus on the oversize rectangular shank attaching a thin narrow handle. It is a reverse approach where the handle often is the focus with understated shank. Despite its sharp and sleek appearance, the back of the handle is rounded to provide a surprisingly comfortable […]
1041
Valli & Valli Milan, Italy This extremely simple handle was optimized for all machine made manufacturing. Every details, radii and curves found on this handle are large enough so that hand polishing is avoided. The shank and the handle are one integrated element that can be cast from a single mold. It is a minimal […]
Halo
Pasona Group Architectural Hardware Tokyo, Japan The unique floating ring design was developed for the exclusive use and the inauguration of Pasona Tokyo Headquarters, a commercial office building for a Japanese recruitment company based in Tokyo. In order to simplify the components needed in a door handle and to highlight the halo ring, the circular […]
Tatti
Coffee Table Casigliani Pisa, Italy Tatti is a collection of coffee tables and side tables made from travertine Romano, a solid but porous stone that provides softness and warmth. Each panel measures 20mm thick are arranged to provide support for the table top and casts a playful shadow to its base. The table is produced […]
Porsche Life Saver Device
Details from the Porsche 911 are put together to construct a life saver device. The head lights become the flashlight, the cap for the fuel lid becomes the switch, and the tail lights are the emergency indicator.
Miller Lounge Chair
Miller Residence New York USA Furniture design for a New York apartment, panels of reclaimed wood is cut and jointed at perpendicular angles to form the lounge chairs and the tables of the living room. Essentially, the joineries follow ergonomic forms.
Pannello
Furniture Concept Designed from using 4 individual panels, Pannello consists of flat surfaces on the inside and soft tapered edges on the outside to emphasize its panel thinness. The subtle arc on the front of the seat, open slot on the rear and iconic slanted back breaks up the mass and the volume by expressing […]
Asana Flatware
Sasaki America New York USA The components of a typical spoon and fork consist in two parts, one for holding and another for food. The side profiles of these two parts are often in the opposite direction, a concave curve and a convex curve. The flatware designed for a Japanese tableware company Sasaki are shaped […]
Wrist Watch
Zurich, Switzerland Several wrist watch designs were developed using two mechanical watch movements, a standard single dial and a dual dial movements. Layers of colored silicon rubber house the dial. A customizable graphic interlay is placed over to define a distinct design. The overall form is proportioned for unisex use with tapered edge to provide […]
Hot Water Dispenser
Concept USA As hot water boiler and dispensers are popular in Japan, the stereotypical boiler is stretched taller to accommodate for a teacup space at the bottom, and all other components and switches are drastically simplified for faster, simpler usage and a minimalist look.
Microwave
Concept A standard microwave is thoroughly simplified to minimize the number of exterior parts and knobs. The new modern look allows for clarity of each microwave parts.