R3iLab

Three years of partnerships between manufacturers and designers revealed at Maison et Objet

The concept is simple—connect expertise with creativity by bringing together manufacturers with designers. Founded by a group of textile industrialists looking to foster innovation, French network R3ilab helps bring new products to the market with 10 such alliances made each year. In the three years since the project began, R3ilab has forged 30 partnerships between traditional, often narrowly focused manufacturers and young designers with fresh …

Hel Yes! Stockholm

Cuisine meets design in a Finnish concept restaurant during Stockholm Design Week

On 7th February Stockholm welcomes design lovers as the annual Stockholm Design Week kicks off again. Timed to run alongside the Furniture & Light Fair, Finnish concept restaurant Hel Yes! will set up a special space on Skeppsholmen Island in the center of Stockholm. Hel Yes! first entered the design fray during the 2010 London Design Week, hailed as one of the highlights of the …

Kuhn Rikon Ratchet Grinder

A ceramic overhaul to the classic kitchen grinder

A lot of ingenuity is required to rework a classic. Swiss company Kuhn Rikon recently had in-house designer Philipp Beyeler take on the iconic pepper grinder to create a fun design object informed by contemporary materials and ergonomics. The ratchet mechanism is more intelligent than a traditional twist grinder, and there’s something to be said for a design that brings an element of playfulness to …