Yunuén Hernandez López is a co-founder of Mexican design studio MERAKIA. Inspired by Mexico, its customs, landscapes and special places, they create functional objects that are part of everyday life and that should complement our living environments …
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With Celinde, a range of coffee tables with cross-shaped legs and an integrated serving tray, Lukas Klingsbichel celebrates urban coffee culture and becomes part of the World Wide Things Collection, a selection of design objects taken from the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Here, the designer talks about his favourite pieces in the collection …
The Buna Table Lamp is inspired by the fungus species Buna Shimeji. The Mexican design studio Bandido Studio has given the mushroom shape a lot of thought, as fungi are present in diverse ecosystems around Mexico …
There is a minimalist spirited workshop in Mexico City’s Coyoacán where the smell of gold, silver and corian fills the air. Everyday, jewelers, goldsmiths and designers, all obsessed with perfection, work passionately to transform metal into art. The man behind it all is Iker Ortiz …
One of Özlem Tuna’s exclusive coffee sets is part of the World Wide Things Collection, a range of design objects from the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Here she takes a look through the collection and picks out her favourite pieces for us …
The all-rounder among the side tables. Whether one- or two-coloured: Its colours match the coffee and the new sofa. A special design detail are the rivets: They connect the individual parts with each other and are set in a contrasting colour to the original colour …
A salad knife that does more than just cut. The wooden blade prevents lettuce from browning, the wide blade makes scooping ingredient effortless and the casted handle grinds spices like a mortar and pestle. The self standing knife is designed to comfortably fit into your palm and withstand the grinding process. Design by Chifen Cheng
The design studio Aratani・Fay was set up by Ayako Aratani and Evan Fay. They work as independent designers but share a studio, exhibit together and also collaborate on joint projects…
The Form&Seek design studio led by Bilge Nur Saltik specialises in newly developed techniques and modern craftsmanship. Great attention is paid to workmanship and materials – and this approach produces functional and playful objects…
In Mexico, they say that the volcano Popocatepetl alias ‘Don Goyo’ relieves important social or political issues every time it erupts…
The furniture line ORTO by zweithaler is based on a structural design principle, which results in structures that are stable without any connectors…
The BO Table Lamp is the result of a design collaboration between the Mexican design studio Bandido Studio and designer C. Núñez. Together they created a table lamp that interacts with its user through a tactile sensor. Their inspiration is based on iterative nature observations – how light reflects and gets absorbed through different elements, how nature transforms it through radiation or fracturing.
Share.Food Designer Bilge Nur Saltik’s intent is to incorporate culture with contemporary design. Pairing the old with the new, she works with traditional craftsmen–tapping into their age-old techniques and knowledge–and introduces them to new materials and fabrication processes. This intersection produces unexpected results and never-seen-before products…
A contemporary three-some from the World Wide Things Collection
Cristina Orozco Cuevas is an award-winning textile designer born in Mexico City. She joined the World Wide Things Collection in 2019…
by Tony Gaudette. A kitchen appliance almost too beautiful to be used The Rolling Pin with clean lines […]
NEKO is a design studio in Mexico City which develops a wide range of products and services – from bracelets to double-decker bicycle racks…
Studio David Pompa creates unique objects with a strong commitment to authentic materials and excellent craftsmanship. Pompa’s work combines the essence of the material with bold and characteristic aesthetics …