Yoojin Chung designs feng shui smart-home devices
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Yoojin Chung pokes fun at the western approach to feng shui with a trio of digital devices that offer a quick-fix approach to positive qi. Chung's graduation project,...
View ArticleZiyi Lian challenges food prejudices with mobile street-food stall for offal
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Ziyi Lian has created a street food stall to investigate why animal organs are rarely consumed in western Europe. The ORGANic Club is a mobile stall that serves...
View ArticleEric Treillard designs mobile kit for turning unused plots into playgrounds
An empty site can be transformed into a basketball court using this mobile kit designed by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Eric Treillard. Treillard's project, The City Is A Playground, was designed...
View ArticleFelicita Gāga designs digital dress "made of social media noise"
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Felicita Gāga has turned the practice of doomscrolling into a digital outfit. The project, called Threads of Influence, centres around "a digital dress made of social...
View ArticleHBMS shelving unit is hand-folded from one sheet of stainless steel
Showcased at Dutch Design Week, HBMS is a flat-pack shelving unit created by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Pierre Salaün that is folded into its 3D form from a single metal sheet. HBMS, which...
View ArticleHenry K Wein designs portable treehouse that can be towed by bicycle
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Henry K Wein has developed Trunk Bunk, a treehouse that allows its occupant to sleep in a different tree every night. Wein's portable treehouse has a lightweight...
View ArticleDesign Academy Eindhoven graduates showcase work at Dutch Design Week
A running shoe designed for use on Mars and a meditative water installation feature in this video by Dezeen, which showcases student projects from Design Academy Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week. The...
View ArticleWillem Zwiers melds second-hand books together to form marbled furniture
Design student Willem Zwiers has salvaged second-hand books and used them to form a small furniture collection, currently on show at the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate show at Dutch Design Week....
View ArticleLoom Room shows 3D weaving is "the strongest and lightest construction"
Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has built a large loom in a university building in Eindhoven that was used to create a nine-metre-tall 3D-woven structure, celebrating the craft and creative potential of...
View ArticleLina Chi designs furniture made from linoleum to show the material "in a new...
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Lina Chi has created a collection of curvaceous furniture pieces made from single sheets of linoleum to help reinvent the material. Named Linoleum, the collection...
View ArticleWoven speakers by Paula Vogels carry sound of their own production
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Paula Vogels has woven tubular speakers from copper wire and nylon fishing line to create an installation that explores the sounds and labour conditions of the textile...
View ArticleSolar Metal Smelter uses giant magnifying glass to melt metal
As part of the Design Academy Eindhoven student show at Dutch Design Week, graduate Jelle Seegers has presented a smelting machine with an oversized magnifying glass that focuses the sun's heat to melt...
View ArticleStella van Beers converts grain silo into micro home
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Stella van Beers has created a watchtower-style house inside a grain silo. In a project called Silo Living, Van Beers transformed the disused agricultural structure...
View ArticlePauline Rip designs cultural artefacts for Bigfoot, elves and reptilian...
A project by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Pauline Rip suggests how three mythical creatures might become part of UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage. Building on real histories, French designer...
View ArticleRosana Escobar finds new potential in the humble coffee bag
An agave plant fibre used to produce coffee bags could be repurposed in the furniture industry, according to Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Rosana Escobar. Fique is primarily turned into coffee bags...
View ArticleBruno Baietto creates symbolic vases by blowing glass inside bread
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Bruno Baietto hopes to highlight the role of bread as a symbol of class, politics and religion, by using it to shape blown glass. Baietto has created a series of...
View ArticleVincent Dassi uses pulped cardboard to make and repair everyday objects
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Vincent Dassi has developed a form of papier-mâché that allows anyone to make and repair household objects using recycled cardboard boxes. Pulp It sees Dassi use a...
View ArticleLeo Maher charts a history of homosexuality with Unfamiliar Passions furniture
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Leo Maher has created a series of unusual furniture pieces that combine references to queer culture from across history. Unfamiliar Passions is a series of five...
View ArticleHsin Min Chan's giant dress empowers its wearer by making them unapproachable
An experience of 24-hour surveillance led Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Hsin Min Chan to create a dress that exaggerates the "to-be-looked-at-ness" of its wearer. The dress is designed to empower...
View ArticleDesign and integrative therapy combine in Laura Deschl's "trauma-healing"...
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Laura Deschl has developed The Healing Imprint, a therapeutic garment that looks like activewear but is made to help heal trauma. The project was developed to explore...
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