Design Manner

Design Manner

Design Manner featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Alien 3.0

Alien 3.0 is a limited edition of 12 copies created specially by order of French Auction House. Each piece is entirely made by hands on Italian family manufacture. Inspired by stories about extraterrestrial beings it was created in connection with the new kind of shape and perfect finishing. Several layers of lacquering gives a depth to a color and mirror reflection to the surface. Alien 3.0 has an eye-catching shape and can be the right design accent in every style interior. Alien 3.0 is an object of desire for collectors.

Continue reading

 

Whale skeleton

The whale skeleton staircase demonstrates the ability of the design to draw on biological forms in nature. This staircase stands out the uniqueness of the form derived from the ribs and vertebrae stylized, transformed and domesticated if necessary, to revive in a suitable environment, all the power and the effect that it can create a sculpture of this kind. This project comes in the discovery of procedural forms while maintaining the essentiality stages of construction. As a human skeleton or animal, everything is supported in an elegant, light appearance, but strong and durable as a whole.

Continue reading

 

Dicecal

The Dicecal is a 12-sided 3D calendar with an extra feature: you can also use it as multiple role-playing dice. The decorative and creative design comes very handy to everyone who, like most gamers, are often in need of various dice. Each side shows not only a month of the year with the days but also a result of a roll using a 2-3-4-6-12 sided die as well.

Continue reading

 

Bambook

In a new age of digital-books, this book offers a neat analogue take on scrolling through a flowing roll of texts. With a stunning array of 225 bamboo strips measuring 4.35m long, interpretations are given to images that have been archived from three century-old temples in Singapore, as they are given symbolic readings. As a limited-editioned collection, it is designed in the form of ancient Chinese scrolls to elicit the vibes of cultural imageries, as might have been similar visceral experiences felt then, in rituals of reading and pursuits of all things cultural and meaningfully endearing.

Continue reading

 

Etsy Annual Report

This annual report is a student work for publication class at Illinois Institute of Art in Schaumburg, USA. Goal was to create artistic annual report that will keep one reading it from cover to cover. Booklet has 24 pages, in color. Informational and entertaining at the same time. There are total of 9 images used and over 100 of drawings that are creating the feeling of an artistic booklet that breaks out of standard form of annual report design. Some of the data is collected from a "2013 Etsy Progress Report" that is available publicly, and some of the data is fictional.

Continue reading

 

Happy Pockets

A promotional calendar for goo, the Internet portal site that originated in Japan, this is an upgraded version of the desk calendar with pockets that has been a popular item every year. With the concept of “Make Japan Happy,” each month has a different pocket with a uniquely cut rim and graphic design that bring the season to a visual full circle. The pockets can store receipts, name cards, notes, and even little sweets given as souvenir gifts. Put it next to your computer or some other convenient place and enjoy the changing visuals from month to month.

Continue reading