Rolls-Royce Coachbuild

The ultimate in customization. If you have the money, and if Rolls-Royce likes your idea, they will build you the car of your dreams.

Useful link: https://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/en_GB/inspiring-greatness/objects/coachbuild-sweptail

Adidas’ Stan Smith Mylo

The first shoe of its kind to be made with a mushroom-based material. Keeping in line with their sustainable ethos, Adidas has chosen their most famed shoe to make an environmental statement.

Useful link: https://news.adidas.com/originals/stan-smith-mylo

OE1

Colorful. Modular. Adaptable.

Useful link: https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/portfolios/oe1-workspace-collection

Extans Akhal Sheen

The bicycle's styling is its engineering. 

Useful link: https://extans.design/akhal-sheen

Niliaitta

Studio Puisto's black-painted Niliaitta perches on a single column. These houses have a beautiful openness towards nature and it blends well. 

Useful link: https://studiopuisto.fi

Studio Toogood

Faye Toogood's products aren't affordable for everyone. Her designs are simple but striking. 

Useful links: https://t-o-o-g-o-o-d.com I https://www.fayetoogood.com

Elsa Peretti’s Best Designs

Elsa Peretti's poetic designs and legacy will remain a constant inspiration for generations to come. 

Useful link: https://www.thecut.com/2021/03/tiffany-designer-elsa-peretti-greatest-hits

Nouveau

Organic design. 

Useful link: http://www.noemisaga.com.br

Polydrops P17A

If you want to take your Tesla Model S or Porsche Taycan camping, Polydrop's latest model, P17A trailer might be just what you are looking for.

Useful link: https://www.polydrops.com/p17a

Kelly Wearstler

Bold. Colorful. Light. Breezy. Unexpected.

Useful link: https://www.kellywearstler.com

View

Take a look at View, a smart-glass startup.

Useful link: https://view.com

Cloud

Take a look at Cloud, a new line of vessels, platters and bowls from Tom Dixon.

Useful link: https://www.tomdixon.net

Random Thoughts

So many of the products brought to market by the profession of industrial design are not created for many bodies. They are designed to be plentiful, novel rather than necessary, and cheap. Bad designs are a form of do-it-yourself murder.

Camille Walala

Camille Walala's geometric interiors stimulate the senses and inspire joy. Take a look.

Useful link:
https://www.camillewalala.com

The Woodwork Of Takahashi McGil

Get to know the husband-and-wife team Mark McGilvray and Kaori Takahashi.

Useful links:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/jun/20/meet-the-makers-the-woodwork-of-takahashi-mcgil-in-pictures
https://www.takahashimcgil.com

José Zanine Caldas

A brilliant designer from Brazil.

Useful links:
https://www.r-and-company.com/exhibition/against-the-grain-by-jose-zanine-caldas-1919-2001
https://robbreport.com/shelter/art-collectibles/jose-zanine-caldas-midcentury-furniture-2881533

Diamond-encrusted AirPods

Take a look.

Useful links:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Cv3h3nusS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://venturebeat.com/2019/07/18/diamond-encrusted-airpods-with-a-marble-stand-can-be-yours-for-20000

Nudo Collection

Nudo, in Italian, refers to the collections' prong-free setting, which showcases every angle but the bottom of a gemstone, revealing what Pomellato calls the stones naked splendor.

Useful link:
http://www.pomellato.com/wx/collection/nudo

London Design Festival

Mark your calendar: September 14-22, 2019.

Useful link:
https://www.londondesignfestival.com

Massimo Vignelli

A year before Massimo Vignelli’s death, documentarian Gary Hustwit–known for his “design trilogy” of films Helvetica, Objectified, and Urbanized along with a new profile of Dieter Rams–visited Massimo for an intimate photo shoot in his home. The photos will be published this September in an 80-page book you can pre-order today for $35. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Vignelli Center at Rochester Institute of Technology, which houses the complete archive of the Vignellis’ work.