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Yuto Yamada

Living Sofa

Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Toma

Toma is a sofa designed for living spaces. The form of Toma comes from the idea of wrapping a single piece of fabric around the whole seat, in the manner of crepe cloth. The result is a continuous surface with soft undulations that envelops the person seated. Stretch fabric was used to achieve the complex curved surface, which was difficult to produce. Toma measures 1580 mm in width, 950 mm in depth and 850 mm in height. The design explores a freer form for a common piece of furniture.

Adam Bezzina

Coffee Table

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Whorl

Whorl is a sculptural coffee table crafted from sustainably sourced ash through an advanced bent lamination technique. Its flowing, ribbon-like legs rise from a tapered solid top shaped in custom jigs and vacuum molds. The design merges structural integrity with organic movement, transforming rigid wood into a fluid form that feels alive. Balancing innovation, craftsmanship, and material honesty, Whorl challenges traditional furniture design while celebrating the expressive beauty of natural wood.

Oliver Steiner

AI-Guided Health System for Home Use

Monday, 14 July 2025

Ayon

Ayon is a home health system that provides guided coaching in fitness, nutrition, sleep, and daily habits. The system combines an application supported by artificial intelligence, a wearable tracker, and a core device with a camera. The core device has an aluminium base of 85 by 85 by 20 millimetres and a frosted acrylic housing that holds a wide angle camera and a light strip. Visual and voice cues guide exercises, meditation, and breathing. The camera can be tilted down for privacy. Modular hardware allows later upgrades without full replacement.

Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co.,Ltd

Green Power System

Sunday, 13 July 2025

Navi

Navi is a home green power system that combines photovoltaic generation, battery storage and charging and discharging functions in one unit. Solar panels are placed on a balcony, roof or garden and joined to the main unit with two cables, while one alternating current cable links the main unit to the home supply. Installation takes about five minutes and needs no electrician. The casing is made of titanium magnesium aluminium alloy with IP65 protection. A mobile application monitors appliance use and sets an efficient power strategy.

Alexey Danilin

Pendant Lamp

Saturday, 12 July 2025

Bangkok

Bangkok is a pendant lamp inspired by the tiered architecture of ancient Thai temples. The silhouette was based on the temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok, restated in concise forms. Each lamp is formed of two or three glass elements set in tiers, recalling the light windows that fill Thai temples with light. Glossy tinted glass creates bright highlights on all sides, while a transparent version allows mixed compositions. LED boards with matte diffusers at the top and bottom produce soft diffused light.

MrSmith Studio

Lamp

Friday, 11 July 2025

Flatiron

Achille Castiglioni was convinced that the designer should delete, delete, delete and at the end find the core aspect of the design. Bruno Munari was used to say that to complicate things is easy, while to simplify things is very hard. Flatiron comes from the crasis of this two references. A light source encased by a body made by a simple metal sheet with just one fold. The minimum amount of elements for a product with great prominence, a collection of lamps characterized by a design as essential as effective.