25.07.12 | News
Kartell x collaboration
Well known for its collaboration with designers, fashion houses and most recently musicians, the Kartell Kenzo collection is the latest in the series and features the fashion group’s signature fabrics.
Kartell is a brand that since its launch in 1949 has continually reinvented itself. Beginning with auto accessories, household goods, lighting fixtures and laboratory ware, by the 1960s Kartell had expanded into objects for the home, shaping a veritable design label with the help of the world’s best designers.
Collaboration is at the core of what Kartell likes doing and over the past six years the group has developed an eye-catching collection of collaborative works. The clever reworking of Philippe Starck‘s 2004 classic Mademoiselle chair by musicians, designers and fashion houses, including Missoni, Valentino, Moschino, Dolce & Gabbana, Paul Smith and most recently Lenny Kravitz, has laid the foundations for the most recent partnership, the Kartell Kenzo project involving three iconic Kenzo fabrics – Voliere, Magique and Voyant.
Previous ranges began with the Mademoiselle chair and the POP sofa as the starting point, this time the modular Plastics Duo Sofa offers multiple configurations and flexibility, encouraging the mixing and matching of Kenzo designs to create unique combinations.
The Kartell Kenzo collection is available exclusively in Australia from Space Furniture Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Kartell Bondi.
More
10.05.13 | News
Kartell, at the fair
Sixty-four years on and the Kartell group that began with a splash in the 1960s and the fantastic plastic manifesto that brought the traditionally industrial material into the home, has released an innovative, diverse, colourful, durable and conceptually strong collection More
01.05.13 | News
Kiru, Young e Design award
Following the launch of Grace with Living Divani in Milan last month, Italian/English design duo Cristiana Giopato and Christopher Coombes have received a Young e Design Award for their kimono-inspired Kiru. More
26.04.13 | News
Momentané with the Bouroullecs
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec open a new show at Les Arts Décoratifs de Paris that features projects made by the brothers since their collaboration began 15 years ago More
23.04.13 | News
Milan Design Week, the back story
Milan’s dominance as the world’s design capital is owed to designers and brands that have shaped the design industry we know today. Lim Sio Hui investigates. More
22.04.13 | Film
Yoko, Foscarini
Torbjørn Andersen and Espen Voll first gained recognition after co-founding Oslo-based Norway Says, a Norwegian design outfit that along with Swedish groups including Front and Claesson Kolvisto Rune, has helped to define Scandinavian design. More
11.04.13 | News
New x Moooi
A virtual tour of Moooi’s Milan show with new pieces by Studio Job, Marcel Wanders, Joost van Bleiswijk and Nika Zupanc and beautiful larger-than-life portraits by Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf. More
23.02.13 | News
Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture
If you are travelling to Germany don’t miss the fist major retrospective of architect Louis Kahn’s work on show at the Vitra Design Museum until 11 August. More
01.02.13 | News
Wallpaper* Design Awards 2013
In its ninth year and with over 500 projects given the nod, this year the Wallpaper* Design Awards pats people, places and products on the back that have brightened up the world in the past 12 months. More
07.01.13 | Film
Kartell: plastic culture
Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the Louis Ghost chair by Philippe Starck, German publisher Taschen launches a new book Kartell – The Culture of Plastics. More
06.01.13 | News
Singapore: Space wins heritage award
Almost a year after it opened, Space Asia Hub received a formal nod of affirmation with its recent win in the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s (URA) 2012 Architectural Heritage Awards. More