Charged: Ressence Watches

The brand's visionary founder discusses reimagining the mechanics of watchmaking

The world took note when Benoît Mintiens, founder of the Antwerp-based Ressence watches, released the Type 3 watch at Baselworld in 2013. The industrial designer had constructed a watch like no other; the watch face appears to dance across its crystal surface. At first glance, the innovative crown-free timepiece appears to be digital, yet it’s entirely mechanical, with an automatic movement. The stakes in the …

Cannabis-Based Skincare by Apothecanna

Colorado marijuana enhances other all-natural ingredients

For almost a decade, James Kennedy worked within the all-natural products industry. As an industrial designer, Kennedy spent years at Aveda before working directly for the brand’s founder Horst Rechelbacher. During the course of his tenure with the late Rechelbacher, Kennedy found himself drawn just as much to the product recipes and their environmental impact as he was to their packaging and branding. After witnessing …

Herman Miller + Industrial Facility’s Formwork Stackable System

The brilliant Industrial Facility partners with the furniture magnate for a modular set of desk accessories

Of the numerous intuitive designs shown at Industrial Facility‘s Shoreditch pop-up during the 2013 London Design Festival, the prototypes for Formwork—multipurpose desk accessories—stood out for their novel appeal. Renowned Industrial Facility designers Sam Hecht and Kim Colin created the range of organizers from durable, ABS plastic with a non-slip Silicone base, allowing each form to fall into place with other matching pieces (among them cups, …