"Inside Looking Out": Norway at Virtual Design Destination 2020
The Norwegian collection, "Inside Looking Out", presented in Kiyoshi Yamamoto's studio, takes a closer look at artistic practices in relation to restr…
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“Attunement”: Iceland at Virtual Design Destination 2020
Presented in a glacier landscape, the Icelandic collection "Attunement" explores the possibilities of and connections between sustainability, technolo…
"Litten Up": Denmark at Virtual Design Destination 2020
Presented in a minimal, high-contrast space, "Litten Up" investigates light and darkness, shadow and object through the work of four talented Danish m…
"Mirror Mirror Off the Wall": Sweden at Virtual Design Destination 2020
Presented deep in the Swedish forest, "Mirror Mirror Off the Wall" aims to strengthen the female gaze by giving the stage to a group of leading Swedis…
RLON: Playful Explorations of Curiosity, Science, & Metaphysics
Berlin-based studio RLON explores art, science, and metaphysics, developing innovative concepts for lighting to inspired forms of art-design.
NEW TRADITIONS: A German Collection by William Bagnoli
NEW TRADITIONS, curated by design curator and strategist William Bagnoli, explores the uncomfortable, odd, and peculiar side of contemporary German de…
Tornasol Studio: Bridging Functional Design with Playful Aesthetics
Integrating viewer experience and natural phenomena, Tornasol Studio presents a practice focused on materiality, visual metaphor, and experimentation.
"Collective Memory/Self-Expression": A Spanish Collection by Ana Dominguez Siemens
Curated by Ana Dominguez Siemens, “Collective Memory/Self-Expression” provides a glimpse into the colourful and ever evolving design scene of Spai…
Bigtime Studio: Approaching Design through a Scenographic Lens
Bringing scenography and design together, designers Jimme Cloo and Marion Flament of Bigtime Studio have cultivated a practice focused on artistic res…
"An Undertaken Eclecticism": A French Collection by François Leblanc Di Cicilia
“An Undertaken Eclecticism” highlights the diversity and multiplicity of forms, materials, and influences in France’s contemporary design scene.
Best of DesignMarch 2020: Top 10 Collectible Pieces from Curators Hlín Helga Guðlaugsdóttir & María Kristín Jónsdótti
Despite this year’s uncertainty, the Reykjavík-based festival DesignMarch 2020 recently showcased the best of Iceland’s innovative and multifaceted design scene. The Festival, which is usually…
Klemens Schillinger: An Investigation of Self-Evident Design & Off-Grid Solutions
Through his design practice, Austrian product and furniture designer Klemens Schillinger focuses on developing simple, self-evident objects for users.
Re-Encountering Wilderness: Introducing WALDEN from Schloss Hollenegg for Design
Adorno is pleased to announce our partnership with Schloss Hollenegg for Design and the online presentation of their most recent collection, “Walden…
Faissal El-Malak: Intersections of Textile & Clay
Through his design practice, designer Faissal El-Malak brings attention to traditional techniques, forms, and motifs commonly used in textile to ceram…
Here and There: A Palestinian Collection Introducing Palestinian Design on Adorno
“There is something about the work as a collection that I find really exciting. There is this invisible thread that connects the work together whether…
Ragna Ragnarsdóttir: An Exploration of Material, Technique, & Tradition
Investigating the possibilities of material, technique, and form, Icelandic designer Ragna Ragnarsdottir displays her own artistic individuality throu…
Veera Kulju: A Study of Craftsmanship & Human Curiosity
Through a study of natural elements and a curiosity for experimental techniques, Finnish artist Veera Kulju investigates functionality, human nature, …
T SAKHI: Encouraging Human Interaction through Design
Bringing attention to and encouraging human interaction through design is a main focus in the work of architecture and design studio T Sakhi.
The Lél Collection: Cultural Preservation & Personal Healing through Craft
Lél Collection, an artistic collective based in Peshawar, Pakistan, works to preserve and reinterpret the artistic tradition of pietra dura, handcraf…
Ghaya Bin Mesmar X Mermelada Estudio: Dialogues of Safeefah
Emirati designer Ghaya Bin Mesmar and Barcelona-based design studio Mermelada Estudio bring their approaches to design together for "Crafts Dialogue".
IRTHI x Adorno: Announcing Crafts Dialogue & Design Labs
“These two initiatives have brought together people from across the world that are masters at what they do and has, in a sense, decontextualised them,…
Mexican Crafts in Stone and Clay: Inside Piedrafuego
Mexican crafts kept alive: piedrafuego founder Aldo Álvarez-Tostado on basalt, cantera and clay, hand carving and CNC, plus 6 pieces to collect.
Ayres MX: Modern Memories of a Prehistoric & Pre-Hispanic Past
Through their studio, Ayres MX, designer duo Joana Valdez and Karim Molina bring their respective backgrounds in industrial and textile design togethe…
Mexico and the Nordics: Craft, Tradition, Modernism
ADORNO's 2020 exhibition with the Mexican Embassy in Copenhagen, comparing Mexican and Nordic design through craft, tradition, individuality and moder…
Jonas Edvard: A Material Alchemist in Sustainable Design
“I encourage people to be curious, to focus on the moment, to react upon feelings; right now is an interesting moment” – Jonas Edvard View…
Socially Responsible Design: 10 Designers Who Approach Social Experience through Aesthetics
Discover how these 10 leading designers have continued the tradition of using their practice to speak to larger, social and political debates.
Fine Craft & Fine Art: 10 Makers Working at the Intersection of Disciplines
Through their practices, these designers blur the "boundary" of fine art and craft - they produce pieces that are both functional and non-functional a…
Seray Asker: Designing goddesses, beasts & other modern myths
“The thought that I was breathing the same wind as our ancestors did a million years ago … carrying their culture to the 2000s in…
Future Heritage: Forward Thinking Design Inspired by our Cultural Past
“I would see so many beautiful things, but often find them antiquated and not functional in the modern world.” – Feyza Köksal, Turkey Dach &…
An Investigation into Our Objects' Life Cycles: Sustainability in Material and Process Innovation
“In a world where everything goes so fast, the general public loses the notion of how these objects arrived to their hands.” – Josefina Muñoz,…
Reflections of Nature Across Global Design Cultures
“Our society’s current relation towards nature is an endless source for reflection.” – Studio Plastique, Belgium Perhaps in our obsession with creating a world of…
The Hidden Hand: Crafted Turkish Design
Dial Gokalp: “Neo” Jar No:1 Existing in a unique geographic zone that has historically been an interface between many cultures since prehistory, Turkey is…
Gaspard Graulich at Crossovers: Exploring Design's Cultural Landscapes
“I don’t want to express my feelings; I want my objects to make people feel their own” – Gaspard Graulich “Prélèvement” N.8 & N.1.…
Studio Plastique at Crossovers: Searching for Answers within the Plastic Arts
“As a society, we are not only disconnecting from our natural environment, we are also alienated from what we consume” – Studio Plastique View Studio…
Belgium at Crossovers 2019: Honest and down to earth, literally and figuratively.
” It’s their poetic silence and subtle tactility, which makes them beautiful, and gives them a global appeal.” – Elien Haentjens Curator of the Belgian…
Draga & Aurel: Cultural Crossovers
“our partnership expresses our creativity through a perfect combination of art and design” – Draga Obradovic & Aurel K. Basedow View Draga & Aurel’s work…
Announcing Denmark at Crossovers 2019: An idea of how we could also strive to live.
“Danish design is interesting when designers keep developing the tradition of working with the relationship between man and object.” – Pil Bredahl Curator of the…
Eyvind Solli Andreassen at Crossovers: Balancing on the Edge of Craft and Art
“I feel that we are all always slightly out of balance whether it be physical or mental and I transfer bits of this from myself…
Announcing Norway at Crossovers 2019: Pushing forward; Free from the rules of the past.
“We do not feel the same responsibility to the past as our neighbors and due to this we are more free to challenge.” – Kråkvik…
Announcing Iceland at Crossovers 2019: The conscious shift we as humans are facing.
“When children and young adults feel the urge to protest and claim their right for a future we’ve got to listen and do something.” –…
Theodóra Alfreðsdóttir at Crossovers: Narrating the Stories of our Everyday Objects
“By being transparent about production we give each and every object a narrative that people can relate to.” – Theodóra Alfreðsdóttir View Thedóra Alfredsdottir’s works,…
Vito Nesta at Crossovers: A Journey Designed in Full Color
“I have used black very few times in my works, to me, it is a useless and cold convention.” – Vito Nesta Try and think…
Announcing Italy at Crossovers 2019: Visions of a perfect, idealized, utopian Milanese living space.
“The long tradition of Italian design continues; it evolves just as it sees fit” Annalisa Rosso & Francesco Mainardi Curators of the Italian Collection For…
Antrei Hartikainen at Crossovers: Capturing Nature's Constant Transformation
“I want to transfer the vulnerability, frailty, and beauty of nature into my own material, wood” – Antrei Hartikainen View Antrei Hartikainen’s works Kukki and…
Announcing Finland at Crossovers 2019: Enchanted by nature; Crafted by irony.
“What sets Finnish intellect apart in many ways is its appreciation for irony” Sebastian Jansson Curator of the Finnish Collection Finland takes a firm hold…
Popdots at Crossovers: Contemporary Experiments on Ancient Craft
“We believe that in some cases the great mistake of the contemporary has been to hide the past to try to innovate” – Popdots View…
Announcing Mexico at Crossovers 2019: The rescue of ancestral materials and its re-appreciation.
“As a Mexican designer, it is difficult not to be interested in traditional crafts.” Ana Elena Mallet & Pilar Obeso Curators of the Mexican Collection …
Josefina Muñoz at Crossovers: Creation through Collaboration in a Circular Economy
“As a designer, I seek to inspire, inform and provide a voice to artistic professions” View Josefina Muñoz’s work, Game of Stone, in the Swiss…
Announcing Switzerland at Crossovers 2019: Craftsmanship, functionality and environmental awareness.
“Swiss design has had much more to offer than formal adherence to functionality” Davide Fornari, Curator of the Swiss Collection Switzerland may be a relatively…
Announcing Sweden at Crossovers 2019: The opposite of what it is commonly and historically known for.
“The future (or underground) of design in Sweden is eclectic, daring and mutating. The opposite of what it is commonly and historically known for.” Fluorescent…
Åsa Jungnelius at Crossovers: Domestication and the Body
“The objects become a sort of fetish of ourselves as individuals and our contemporary condition.” Åsa Jungnelius View & Purchase Åsa Junelingus’ works in the…
NOVI-VIXX – Design-Art at Adorno
We are constantly looking for new directions within visual expressions. Every decade brings in new crafts and technologies which are absorbed into culture and become…
Curator Frida Cano parallels Adorno pieces and contemporary Latin American artworks
“I believe we live in an era of transdisciplinarity in which one discipline cross-pollinates its surrounding disciplines“ Every single object that we interact with on…
Profiles: Josephine Andredottir & Emilie Bobek. Artsign
“Today there are no rules on how to use objects. We are in a time where it all floats together and the borders disappear.” -Josephine…