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T Shelf from Hem and Formafantasma is Deceptively Minimalist

T Shelf is the first collaboration between Hem and Formafantasma. The modular shelving system has six height and width modules to create custom solutions. Five years of product development brought about the cutting-edge extruded aluminum system made from 90% recycled material. The design is both responsible and timeless with its resourceful and minimal design. Swedish

Jo Nagasaka’s Koganeyu Brings a 21st Century Update to the Japanese Bathhouse

In a time when public bathing is rapidly diminishing in popularity, designer Jo Nagasaka took on the task of modernizing a local sento, or Japanese bathhouse, called Koganeyu. Jo’s imaginative work engages tradition and contemporary style in one space. To bring modern appeal and maintain Koganeyu’s focus on community and togetherness, Jo introduced an updated

Yinka Ilori on How His Technicolor Designs Tell Stories of His Nigerian Heritage

London-based Yinka Ilori brings optimism and light to unexpected places with work across mediums. In summer 2019 Yinka’s “Colour Palace” emerged outside Dulwich Picture Gallery as a celebration of his native London as well as his Nigerian roots. Striking in its provocative contrast to the picture gallery, itself a protected historic building, “Colour Palace” represents

Meet the Marantz Model 30 Amplifier, Crafted by the Sound Master Himself

After hours of careful listening and dozens of tweaks and adjustments, Yoshinori Ogata, Marantz sound master, is satisfied. Melding timeless style with innovative sound, the most recent Marantz offering, fine-tuned by the master himself, is the Model 30, an integrated amplifier that delivers an enhanced audio experience with a design to match. Marantz has roots

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