The Sandwichbike

A flat-packed wooden bicycle delivered to your door for self assembly

First introduced as an imaginative concept by Dutch design agency Bleijh about seven years ago, the Sandwichbike has finally reached maturity. Upon its first introduction by designers Basten Leijh and Pieter Janssen, the mostly wood, flat-packable bicycle generated quite a bit of buzz, with email and phone inquiries going to the agency on a weekly basis ever since—but it was strictly an after-hours side project …

Interview: Aiko Telgen

We talk to the designer about his glowing plasma Ion Two lamp at Milan Design Week

Almost completely hidden in a small, dark booth inside Zona Tortona’s Temporary Museum of New Design, German designer Aiko Telgen presented Ion Lamps, one of our favorite finds at this year’s Milan Design Week so far. The captivating Ion Two—the newest addition to Telgen’s line—looks like a bubble that has trapped a spirit like a luminescent ghost or a glowing genie. The Ion Two is …

Eames Collection Update by Vitra

Ray and Charles' most iconic designs re-imagined in all black for the first time

While the work of Charles and Ray Eames is practically synonymous with Herman Miller for most of us in the States, several works by the prolific designers are actually under license by Vitra in Europe and much of Asia. This duality of production and distribution mainly serves to promote beautiful design across the globe, but it can also occasionally give rise to some rather unique …