Blown

Samuel Wilkinson uses traditional glass-blowing techniques and 3D CAD software for his new lamp

The newest creation from Samuel Wilkinson is Blown, a lamp for the Copenhagen-based design company &tradition. Aiming to explore the reflective and refractive properties of glass, Wilkinson drew his inspiration for Blown from older pieces. “I’ve looked at antique ceramics, old glass pieces, lenses from very old lamps, lighthouses—even a mirrored bottle—just to see the way the light reacts,” Wilkinson explains. The lamp’s unique diamond …

London Design Festival 2013: Gift Guide

Take home the best of The Big Smoke's annual display of goods

Each year the London Design Festival showcases an impressive range of design concepts coming out of Britain and beyond. Teeming with one-offs and prototypes aimed mostly at prosumers and journalists, the week-long, city-wide exhibition also includes a surprising amount of furniture, homewares, prints, accessories and more that are launched for the events but available for purchase. Below are a few highlights from the 18 gifts …

Melbourne Furniture Project by Sigurd Larsen

Danish architect Sigurd Larsen draws upon travel memories for his new desert-inspired furniture collection

by Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi When MINI Australia tapped Berlin-based Sigurd Larsen to exhibit furniture as part of their temporary concept space, little did they know the Danish-born architect would translate his wanderlust memories of Australia’s deserts into the Melbourne Furniture Project. For this project, Larsen created a family of furniture, experimenting with materials that possess qualities that are a similitude of the continent’s rugged, sun-kissed terrain—enduring, …