Design Quarterly

Design Quarterly

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

 

Elan Vital

Because of regularly arranging the motifs of matching cups that imagine a fun encounter, the design is full of dynamism that evokes vivid polka dots, splashes, or bait balls of a large school of fish spinning in the water. Additionally, when viewed from the side or top, the seams of the inner cup shine through or reflect while changing in various ways, giving people a sense of the dynamism of life and filling them with healing and happiness. There are multiple types of glassware, such as wine glasses, sake cups, plates, and rock glasses.

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HD Tiger

It comes in vintage trendy color matching with tiger-striped patterns to create a retro wild luxury space atmosphere. From the perspective of light eaters, designers designed an island for oil-fume-free cooking. Attractive and functional, the high cabinet is designed with a built-in fridge, an oven, and a storage cabinet module. And the storage cabinet module is used to store tools and food. The suspended system makes the cabinet visually lightweight.

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Water Droplet

The harmony of water and fire, united by earth: ceramics, a product of water, fire, and earth, relies heavily on water during its production and use. Water makes ceramics mellow, while ceramics make water lively. The work includes a coffee pot, coffee cups, saucers, and a fruit plate. The design of the work takes water as its source and showcases its different forms, including roundness, fullness, and flow.

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Air Kiss

Air Kiss is designed to keep coffee beans fresh for longer. Its curved lid goes into the canister to touch the beans, squeezing out excess air and reducing the contact with oxygen, preserving the taste and aroma of the coffee beans. The lid also features a convex dome that can be easily lifted with a finger tip in one second. Air Kiss also caters to personal preferences by allowing users to insert the coffee label, or write user's secret score on the soft-touch base which can be easily erased with an eraser. No more waste to our environment.

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Magpie

This magpie thermo jug is intended to arouse public awareness of environmental protection. With two optional sizes, the small size contains up to 0.95L and the large size contains up to 1.6L, this series can meet the daily needs of families. Retaining the key components of traditional Chinese aesthetics, this jug looks unique and modernist which is considered a good fit for modern homes. The impressive craft and safe materials coincide with the quality improvement consciousness of this brand.

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Oslo 60 Pocket

Oslo 60 Pocket offers smart solutions for modern small and medium kitchens. Design Team's inspiration came straight from qualitative research backed up by quantitative studies. The key issue identified by consumers revolved around no good place to keep washing sponges, liquid as well as chopping board. Consequently, this was a key design direction designers aspired to deliver. Key design features are a pocket to hold sponge and dishwashing liquid as well as a chopping board holding slot. Both areas are equipped with internal water drainage (vertical overflow) to ensure hygienic operation.

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