Marmo Table by Ólöf Jakobína

A design concept referencing Iceland's bright architecture against the unforgiving landscape

A relative newcomer to the Nordic design community, Iceland has been making strides in recent years thanks to DesignMarch, an annual event hosted citywide in Reykjavik. We were lucky enough to attend once again this year, which is where we came across furniture and interior designer Ólöf Jakobína and her Marmo table concept. The beautiful set of side tables feature a powder-coated steel base topped …

People People Pocket Watch

Swedish design meets an offbeat approach to horology in a modern take on time

Swedish design collective People People lets their work do the talking. Splitting their time between client commissions and lab work, the creators of the successful Kickstarter project, the Transparent Speaker, are now set to dip their toes into the waters of the timepiece with a new pocket watch currently in development. We caught up with four members of this intelligent group—Martin Willers, Johan Frössén, Per …

Logobook

"Logorama" director Ludovic Houplain's exhaustive index of more than 7,000 brand images

Graphic designer Ludovic Houplain and his partners François Alaux and Hervé de Crécy of H5 agency made a splash in 2009 when they produced a short film depicting a world composed entirely out of logos. The 16-minute film, “Logorama” went on to win an Academy Award and gave H5 their first César. In order to create Logorama’s surreal commercial landscape of 2,500 logos from past …