Pencil with a secret. So you can call a pencil Eco Stick. This is an ordinary wooden pencil. It can be graphite or colored, in appearance not particularly different from other wooden pencils. But there is a secret hidden in it, which is stored until the pencil is spilled. When the pencil rod is so …
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Fluffy toys for children and adults
Everybody likes fluffy toys like, both children and adults. It can be a toy with which a child falls asleep, plays role-playing games. But not every toy can become a favorite. Everyone has their own tastes. Some like textile toys, others – knitted or wicker, or made of felted wool. Some like plump, round toys, …
UGEARS, mechanical 3D-puzzles
What should have the perfect thing in its composition? If you think about it, the first thing you think up will be its aesthetic component. Yes, it must be something beautiful. The second is the possibility of interacting with this thing. Developers of “Ukrainian Gears” create mechanical 3D-puzzles, which you can assembl from plywood parts …
Design Week in Eindhoven (21-29, 2017). The seven most successful Ukrainian brands on DDW 2017
The annual presentation of design projects in the Dutch city of Eindhoven has identified three main trends in 2017: digitalization, the revival of folk crafts, and robots and man. Thus, the design also goes into virtual reality: the design of smart devices, human robots. Ukraine in 2017 declared itself quite actively. Ukrainian designers successfully presented …
Poltava restaurant Shade Burger won the prestigious competition
Poltava restaurant Shade Burger won the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards in the category “European restaurants”. The award is awarded for the best bar and restaurant design. Rewarding took place in London. It should be noted that several Kyiv restaurants were also nominated for the prize. The design of the Shade Burger restaurant was created …
Wood carpet
Decorative panels Wood carpet from the workshop design U Concept became an absolute hit of object design. Panno became one of the first works of Ukrainian designers Alexander Karpinsky and Olga Soborova and for a long time were unclaimed. It took time that people could understand how to apply them in the interior. Designers focus …
The project “2 Reality” by the Kiev artist Lesha Kondakov
The project is a series of collages in which the characters of the paintings of medieval masters are inscribed in modern Kiev realities. According to the artist, the idea that prompted him to create the project is that people, their habits and interests at their core and essence remain the same as hundreds of years …
Simple lines in object design
A series of subject design from Yuri Tseglya, the founder of the Ukrainian brand Cegla Design, received the name Simple lines (#SimpleLine). And not in vain The series includes such simple everyday household items as a clothes hanger, room doors, floor lamps, table and chair rocking chair. All items are extremely simple and even in …
The victory of Ukrainian design at the international competition
Ukrainian designer Sergey Makhno (Sergey Makhno Architects) and his team won the International Property Awards Design Competition 2017-2018. At that, at once in two nominations and two projects. In the nominations “Interior design” and “Interior of the office” won the projects of the apartment wabi-sabi (said Sergey Makhno for his family) and his own office …
Glasslight & Vahan Avakian: the magic of a burning candle from two Ukrainian brands
Glasslight, the first manufacturer of perfumed candles in Ukraine, united its efforts to create this item with designer Vakhan Avakyan. As a result of fruitful cooperation a collection with the name OWL appeared. Each candle in the collection has its own name and has its unique complex aroma, based on a combination of natural essential …