(···) The idea behind the collection is to show people the importance of materials like cardboard which until now had never even been seriously considered for the home. Three Little Pigs is a fable on the importance of the materials with which we create our...
The economic, environmental, societal, biological, political and scientific models which for the past 150 years we have relied upon so heavily to provide structure to our daily lives are increasingly becoming inadequate to deal with the unpredictability and turbulence we are facing in a post-cataclysmic...
The tastes and needs of design “consumers” inevitably change with the times. In these turbulent days we often hear talk of a return to basics, to origins, to the classics, to homely materials, to organic forms that remit us to Mother Nature. It seems as...
As Mahatma Gandhi said, To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest. I respect standing up for what you believe in. I like the idea of friendship and extending trust to everyone you meet. This article describes how life, people and ecodesign...
In Barcelona, the modernist project was put on hold for forty long years during the obdurate, grey dictatorship. Perhaps for that reason, after Franco’s death, and with the return to democratic institutions and the arrival of freedom, we were wrong-footed by a postmodernism that was...
Hace unos meses Nuevo Estilo realizó un editorial sobre una nueva forma de entender el reciclaje en el que presentó algunas de las piezas desarrolladas en cartón ondulado por Sanserif Creatius. Ya te avanzamos algunas imágenes de la web de la revista, si bien, con...
The world is currently experiencing an economic downturn or recession, but by examining The Great Depression in the 1920-30s, one may find clues as to what lies ahead for the future of design. Like The Great Depression, this recession began with a market crash, affected almost...
In the near future, the interior architect might be best positioned to become the ultimate designer of space, replacing and eradicating professions such as architect and urban designer. But to become such an important figure, the interior architect has to move ahead and reinvent and...
Those among us who live completely immersed in this exclusive world called “Design”, whether as creators, editors, spectators or simple admirers, have difficulties in conceiving life without objects that embellish our environs, without images that trigger emotions, without constructions that move us, or without materials...
This is a question I’m often asked by people in the village looking for a discount who know I’m working in the car industry, or by my frustrated family after I left my home-country, or friends that are extremely modern and stopped driving cars altogether...
