smow Blog Design Calender: February 24th 1893 – Happy Birthday Christian Dell!
The German designer and silversmith Christian Dell is arguably best known for the numerous lighting designs he realised during the 1920s and 1930s.
Christian Dell was however also one of the pioneers of plastic design. If all too briefly.
smow blog compact: Ursa by McKenzie & Keim
Being principally an office furniture fair NeoCon doesn’t really attract “fringe events” the way home furnishing focussed trade fairs do;
Light + Building Frankfurt 2016: High Five!
As the name implies the Light + Building Trade Fair in Frankfurt is largely about architectural lighting rather than domestic
Lost Furniture Design Classics: Rondella Lamp by Christian Dell
In his Letter of Reference for Christian Dell on the occasion of his departure from the Kunsthochschule Frankfurt, the school’s
KUULA by Uli Budde for Thonet & Oligo
In the famous Thonet Card Catalogue from 1930/31 the image of the B 9 side table and B 25 lounge
(smow) blog compact Bratislava Design Week Special: Transmission Lights by Studio deFORM
At Bratislava Design Week 2014 Jakub Pollág and Václav Mlynář a.k.a. Studio deFORM re-premièred their Transmission light family; “re-premièred” because
Vienna Design Week 2014: Passionswege – Big-Game @ Wiener Silber Manufactur
For some 200 years Wiener Silber Manufactur have produced the finest silverware. Exquisite cutlery, table services, coffee pots and sugar
(smow) blog compact DMY Berlin Special: Godis by Nestor Campos
As older readers will be aware one of our all-time favourite products is the table family Tints by Jason Miller.
Binic by Ionna Vautrin for Foscarini
“In a best case scenario, and when the technology is advanced enough, the opaque cover can be replaced by an
Designers’ Open Spots 2013: Porzellanatelier Biehne & Passig
Although, according to our strict definition of “design” the work of Leipzig ceramicist Claudia Biehne must be considered handwork, we’re
Light up your life …
It’s Dumfries Show on Saturday. That won’t mean much to the most people, but for us it is a sure
smow design spring Top 5: Lamps
The Top 5 Lamps from the smow design spring. In no particular order. Kete by David Turnbridge. One of the