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Design by Nature

KEY OF A BANK The nature photos and sketches were also used for the upholstery. This is knitted in the Tilburg textile company Febrik and is composed of a multitude of gray, blue and green yarns. Front designed the furniture collection Design by Nature for Moroso, aiming to capture not only the physical, but also the emotional nature [...].

LXRY List: Home Forest

When young creatives were forced to work from home during the lockdown, HomeForest was born. A kind of digital toolbox to bring nature into the interior; good for relaxation and improving health.Text: Peter van Kester Online editing: Mical Joseph Immersed in natureThe inspiration was the Japanese shinrin-yoku concept: a form of therapy in which the senses [...]

A fascinating phenomenon in Denmark

In the marshes of southwestern Jutland in Denmark, a fascinating phenomenon takes place every spring and autumn: hundreds of thousands of starlings congregate there during their migratory movement, forming gigantic formations in the air and producing movements similar to a dance.Text: Bart-jan Brouwer Online Editing: Noa Verseveldt INTO THE AIR This phenomenon forms the basis of [...]

Land of Giants

Electricity pylons are a blot on any beautiful landscape. The American architectural firm Choi+Shine came up with a more cheerful form for these pylons in Iceland, that of enormous giants, and very appropriately christened the project Land of Giants™.Online Editor: Mical Joseph Serviceable giants "Like the statues on Easter Island, these giants exude authority. They belong to the [...]

Design by Nature

Nature is wild and whimsical, but also soothing and healing. More and more designers are trying to incorporate these qualities into their work. For example, the Swedish design collective Front went into nature to photograph and sketch rocks, trees, lichens and beaches with algae. Through 3D scans, they processed their material into wooden seating objects [...].

The Rich Will Survive

Architect and artist Adrien Tirtiaux creates a conversation about social problems through his art. As such, the artwork "The Rich Will Survive" exemplifies what the effects of climate change are on people.Text: Etienne Boileau Online Editor: Mical Joseph BEVOLKING SPIRAMIDE Adrien Tirtiaux (b. BE 1980) was originally trained as an architect, [...]

Urban nature

How to create more green space in a built-up city? By taking to the air Following in the footsteps of New York's High Line Park, built on a disused freight railroad line, Rotterdam is coming up with Luchtpark Hofbogen: a park on the roof of the former Hofplein Station.Text: Bart-jan Brouwer Online Editor: Noa Verseveldt [...]

After rain comes sunshine

After the drought comes big rain ... so must have thought artist Matthew Mazzotta. The artist decided to store rainwater and use it to water his plants. He built a special installation for this purpose.Text: Bart-jan Brouwer Online Editor: Noa Verseveldt Rain on demand In Springfield, Missouri, there is a house. With above it [...]

This is Copper

London-based Studio ThusThat recycles residues from the metal industry for its designs. One of the projects by designers Kevin Rouff, Paco Böckelmann and Guillermo Whittembury, all graduates of the Royal College of Art, is This is Copper: creations such as lamps, chairs and mirrors make us more aware of sustainable recycling.Text: Bart-jan Brouwer Online editing: Noa Verseveldt [...]