Børk Blankets

Iceland's multidisciplinary creative studio introduces four graphic quilts to be made by 66°NORTH

While the life of a digital designer often leads down different paths and to various projects, most work produced is often temporary and intangible. To make something more permanent, four graphic designers from Reykjavik-based multidisciplinary creative studio Børk decided to create their own brief: experiment in product design while keeping illustration and graphic design at the core. The result is a collection of blankets, digitally …

Made in the Future

Colin Raney of IDEO explains the inner-workings of their side project—made possible with help from MIT Media Lab

Hardcore sci-fi writers, NASA researchers and even government policymakers are tasked with dreaming up the next century’s goals for mankind, but cult design consulting firm IDEO wanted to explore a “not-so-distant” future from a designer’s perspective. As a company that’s always looking ahead, their “Made in the Future” project imagines how we will be “making” five or 10 years from now, guided by their belief …

Heritage-Paris

Custom bicycles for those who want to ride an objet d'art

by Dora Haller When a navy blue Aston Martin with a cream-caramel interior stopped in front of Heritage-Paris‘ atelier, founder and owner Cyril Saulnier figured the driver must be lost. Turned out it was a new client, wishing to order a bicycle that would match his car. When it was finished, he took the navy blue made-to-order bike (with a cream-caramel saddle) home to hang …