Formafantasma

In the frame: standout designs from around the globe

All year round, we journey through design weeks, fairs and galleries scouring for the most refined, innovative and spectacular designs from across the globe. From sublime exhibition sets and nifty product launches to compelling collaborations and sophisticated new brands, we...

NGV’s new blockbuster Triennial brings together over 100 artists and designers

Recognising the dissolution of boundaries between artistic and commercial design practices, the inaugural Triennial at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) surveys the work of over 100 participants from 32 countries. Beyond its tactile, interactive and technologically impressive veneer lies...

Formafantasma creates a furniture collection from technology scraps

Formafantasma has always paid special attention to nature and its cycles, with the studio’s work often touching upon natural phenomena and materials. But for their latest project, the duo looked in the opposite direction, exploring waste systems as a means of creating furniture...

Architects take to the streets for the inaugural edition of Exhibit Columbus

Home to more than 80 buildings, landscapes, and public artworks by internationally noted architects and artists – including Eero and Eliel Saarinen, IM Pei, Kevin Roche, Harry Weese, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown to name just a few –...

Formafantasma shed light on their design process and the studio’s bright future

Milan’s vast Spazio Krizia on Via Manin 21 was the setting for Studio Formafantasma’s spectacular lighting exhibition during Salone del Mobile. With their first two commercial lighting pieces for Flos on show over at the Rho fairground, the Fuori Salone...

Salone del Mobile 2017 preview: the top exhibitions and installations

Fierce Focus/16: the Wallpaper* edit of new collections at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour

The ever-growing Focus/16 opens at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour for its yearly contribution to London Design Festival, and this time Wallpaper* are getting involved in the action with an installation of our favourites from the collections at London’s essential one-stop-shop...

Having a Thing: the props, pillars and peculiarities of personal brand building

‘Who’s the skinhead with the beard, tight suit and tattoos?’ A few years ago, a distinctive looking chap appeared on the front row of the fashion shows and caught the attention of other regular attendees. ‘He’s the buying director...

Welcome wagon: a slew of new design showrooms open in New York City

Anticipating Lexus: Formafantasma designs trio of experimental installations

Known for their conceptual play on materials, the Dutch duo Formafantasma has geared up to take on the pure physics and alchemical employment of materials of car brand Lexus, for their Salone del Mobile exhibition. Embracing the Japanese stalwart’s theme of...

Textile test: four designers rethink Alcantara at IMM Cologne

Pushing boundaries in textiles, Alcantara’s hi-tech and uniquely innovative qualities make it a candidate for serious design experimentation. The Italian material experts devised a new challenge for IMM Cologne, inviting four designers to test Alcantara in an installation entitled ‘Touching...

Studio Formafantasma show us around their design workshop

When it came to designing a new collection for Rome’s Galleria O, Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin returned to their native Italy as wide-eyed sightseers. ‘We visited literally every archeological site and museum in Rome,’ laughs the 35-year-old, Veneto-born...