“The difficulties living as a foreigner in another country lead to high pressures in the study environment. Those pressures had been building for 18 months before finally reaching a crisis point during one of my midterm presentations,” Yi-Fei Chen says in an interview with Dezeen, regarding her time as a graduate student at Design Academy Eindhoven. Chen translated these pent-up emotions into a brass tear gun—a …
Presented at Dutch Design Week this year, Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Nienke Helder’s sensory objects are made for rehabilitation, not just pleasure. Created to help women recover from sexual abuse, the pieces are made for people to explore their sense of touch—to rediscover in a way what they enjoy and what they don’t. Helder worked with medical experts and women in recovery, and also used …
A grand fireplace is only befitting of equally majestic accoutrement. Dutch designer Dick Van Hoff—whose work is found in several European museums—created this handsome Leather Firewood Bag to carry hardworking logs in proper style, while adding a dash of rich utility to the living room. Picked by The Macallan Master of Wood, Stuart MacPherson
