Ifeoluwa Adedeji

1 week ago | wallpaper.com | Ifeoluwa Adedeji

Remember display cabinets? Those off-limits enclosed shelves that displayed treasured possessions for all to see? Perhaps there was one in your grandma or auntie’s home, and to touch something before you were of the proper age invited strict reprimand. Jerusalem-based Palestinian glass artist Lameice Abu Aker is all-too-familiar with this experience. In fact, her grandmother’s home and the warm memories of family gatherings have inspired her collections of swirling, candy-coloured domestic objects.

2 months ago | observer.co.uk | Ifeoluwa Adedeji

Photographs by Valentina Sommariva“Brooklyn in the 1980s was dicey,” recalls Italian jewellery designer Ippolita Rostagno, now a confirmed Park Slope resident. Perhaps especially so for a trained sculptor who grew up in the Tuscan hills just outside Florence, and whose childhood influences included horse-riding and her mother’s love of Renaissance art. When Rostagno first moved to the US in 1982, she lived in Los Angeles.

2 months ago | wallpaper.com | Ifeoluwa Adedeji

‘If I could choose just one piece from the room, it would probably be the table,’ says LA-based interior designer Brigette Romanek, referring to the dining room in a striking 19th-century apartment in Palazzo Donizetti, Milan. She’s one of six designers chosen to style ‘L’Appartamento’, the annual Milan Design Week showcase of Artemest, the online destination for Italian design and craftsmanship.

2 months ago | wallpaper.com | Ifeoluwa Adedeji

With more than 130 years of expertise in perfecting bathroom essentials, it’s no surprise that Laufen has a few impressive innovations in store for us this year. After four years of development, it has created a CO2-free 100m industrial tunnel kiln, powered by solar and green electricity to produce ceramic sanitaryware. It's a world first and it highlights the company's continued commitment to sustainability.

2 months ago | wallpaper.com | Ifeoluwa Adedeji

‘From the very beginning of my career, I faced a moral dilemma,’ says Polish designer, curator, and educator Tomek Rygalik. ‘As a designer, I was often creating beautiful things for companies, but primarily to sell. I wanted to create work that was meaningful as well.’With the launch of his new furniture brand, Loope, Rygalik is doing just that. Loope products are made with 100 per cent recycled and recyclable material.