Naturalist - Green Design from Russian team IZBA+

December 30, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Russia, TOP 2015, 2015

It's better post later than never. "Naturalist" is a product design project initiated by IZBA Team - the Russian collective of talented designers, currently 15 in a row.The project was set up by curator Tatiana Kudryavtseva and product designer Yaroslav Misonzhnikov, who set a brief for products that could re-introduce nature to urban apartments.

The collection of 18 products ranged from hanging and wall-mounted planters, to furniture made using natural materials such as bark and marble. The team has a great appearance on Dezeen blog where you can read a full review, meanwhile we share the photographs from their recent exhibition held in Saint-Petersburg Greenhouse

Photography is by Crispy Point, unless otherwise stated.

Ohhio. Super chunky knits by Anna Marinenko

December 22, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Portfolios, TOP 2015, Ukraine, 2015, Craft

Following the Behance Year in Review - Ukraine was the most growing community on the creative network. Frankly they selected only 3 projects by category, though with reasonable certainty "Ohhio Knits" designed by Anna Marinenko reserved its place as it should. Merely a year ago Anna, a Kiev-based handcrafting artist, was captivated by an unusual material that sparked an idea to knit a blanket with a supersized ties using hands instead of spokes. That's how a Kikstarter's success - Ohhio project started. By this time her project is baked 10 times more than she estimated leaving her a lot of evenings to create and dispatch the orders made by earlier supporters. With no doubts Anna shows us the way how a small idea become a great path in a life.

ARXI - Wearable Architectural Details by Konstantin Kofta

November 21, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Fashion, Portfolios, TOP 2015, Ukraine, 2015

Citing Yatzer "Known for his daring and unconventional leather-accessory design (previously), Ukrainian fashion designer Konstantin Kofta has just released his latest collection of leather bags and clutches.. Bearing the title “ARXI”, Kofta’s SS16 collection takes the designer’s approach a step further, by incorporating and inspired by forms and imagery found in Baroque architecture."

More Sky Window Concept

November 09, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Argentina, Design, TOP 2015, USA, 2015

Architect and designer Aldana Ferrer Garcia, has created More Sky, a variety of window concepts that allow people living in apartments to experience more sunlight in a unique way.

"More Sky is a cozy corner for the home that provides visual relief, access to sunlight and fresh air for small apartments. As an attempt to understand the threshold between ID and architecture, this project is conceived as an object and a space at the same time, responding to current needs in densely populated cities."

Rhei, the liquid clocks

October 14, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Portfolios, TOP 2015, USA, 2015

Rhei is a prototype of an electro-mechanical clock with a liquid display, and the result of a one-year long passion project, created by Damjan Stanković, executed in collaboration with Marko Pavlović and many other wonderful people. Hellorhei.com

http://vimeo.com/140469553

Generative Fashion by Danit Peleg

July 31, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Fashion, Israel, Portfolios, TOP 2015, 2015

Danit Peleg: "In September 2014 I started working on my graduate collection for my Fashion Design degree at Shenkar. This year, I decided to work with 3D printing, which I barely knew anything about. I wanted to check if it'd be possible to create an entire garment using technology accessible to anyone. So I embarked on my 3D printing journey, without really knowing what the end result would be."

photo courtesy of Daria Retiner

Milk Bottle Lamp by Constantin Bolimond

June 19, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Portfolios, Russia, TOP 2015

Emerging Russian industrial design talent Constantin Bolimond came up with a lamp design resembling a milk bottle. As a form follows famous Soviet milk bottle with a foil cap, it is recognisable abroad due to the fact almost everything in "soviet design" was adopted from outside.

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Milk Bottle Lamp by Constantin Bolimond

June 19, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Portfolios, Russia, TOP 2015

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Halfbike

April 13, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Cars, Design, Spain, TOP 2015

Like an upstanding desk is a new way to express your vitality this Halfbike can be a solution for this life concept. Halfbike II designed by Kolelinio is available for pre-order on Kickstarter and I would not mind to pick up one if I could

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http://vimeo.com/124188874

Volvo Lifepaint

March 31, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Cars, Design, Motioncollector, Sweden, TOP 2015, United Kingdom

"As urban streets are increasingly shared between drivers and cyclists, road safety is more of an issue than ever before. In the UK, more than 19,000 cyclists are involved in accidents every year. Many of these collisions take place in London, where the city’s often old, narrow streets make it difficult to accommodate both four-wheeled and two-wheeled drivers. Swedish car manufacturer Volvo (which has been making some noise in the design world lately) is now addressing the problem with the introduction of its new product Life Paint, which just launched in London."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfWzeGlaFvI

Bookniture

February 20, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Hong-Kong, Portfolios, TOP 2015

BOOKNITURE is an extremely compact furniture. You can store it or carry it around just like a book. In just a flip, it unfolds from a book to a piece of multifunctional furniture. You can grab your own piece by supporting the project on Kickstarter

http://vimeo.com/122714502