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canif

“Il Canif”, French for pencil sharpener, is a tiny and very beautiful folding name. The name comes from the fact that it was originally used to sharpen cane, or reed rush. The blade in...

radio cubo

Known all over the world as the Brionvega “cube“, the TS522 radio receiver is expression of a unique and distinctive construction philosophy, based on reliability, easy use, duration and beauty, technology and design, ergonomics...

transformers

Launched in 1984 by Hasbro, the Transformers are anthropomorphic toy robots capable of transforming themselves from metallic giants to cars, airplanes, helicopters and so on, thus remaining invisible to humans. They are divided in...

reverso

The story of the creation of Reverso (in India, as response to the demand of polo players who wanted an unbreakable watch) is even more amazing than it may seem. The watch launched in...

k-way

Leon-Claude Duhamel observes attentively as people rush by in soaking wet clothes. It is on this day that K-Way is born: a lightweight completely waterproof jacket folded in a small hip bag. Soon everyone begins...

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In 2008, Ofess introduced an iconic product to market for rainy day items – a bottle shaped umbrella. The successful mix of functions, surprise & humor brought the conventional umbrella market a totally new approach...

upper

This highly functional stepladder with a very distinctive personality is an excellent combination of form and function. Its unique design is partly due to the technology used by Kartell, that has made it possible to...

multitools

1. Pliers 2. Screwdriver 2 mm 3. Screwdriver 3 mm 4. Wire-cutter for wire up to a hardness of 40 HRc 5. Screwdriver 5 mm 6. Cap-remover 7. Screwdriver 7,5 mm 8. Smooth blade 9. Undulated...

bergmönch

An integrated system of rucksack and scooter. Uphill you can climb unrestricted with free hands and senses in touch with nature, then swoosh back down to valley level either standing or kneeling. If the...

mini cabrio

The canvas hood makes the new MINI Cabrio one of the very few true cabriolet cars, in the most genuine sense of the term, the ones aficionados of open-air driving consider as the only...

Inside the door (or anthropology of an everyday object)

In the Bible the words “door” and “gate” appear 591 times while in the Aeneid there are only 5 references to “doors” (ianua). Virgil’s poem is actually the story of a nomadic people that...

found footage

“One always thinks that a film-maker deals with images, but my work is more similar to that of a sculptor, because I am dealing with time and a movie is like a building: in...