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It’s a shame that the Macbook Pro ditched everyone’s favorite, the light up Apple logo at the back. It was truly one of the unnecessary yet most loved design details on the laptops (some people even modded their iPhones and iPads to have the glowing logo). Nevertheless, we as a human species have always persevered and in most cases, come up with our own solutions to life’s problems.

The Brik Book is one such solution. It ditches the boring metal Macbook back for something more playful. “We don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing” once said the wise George Bernard Shaw, and that’s exactly why we need the Brik Book. It comes compatible with Lego blocks, Mega Bloks, Pixel Blocks, KRE-O, blocks, and K’NEX. The possibilities are endless, with some people creating the most amazing artpieces on their laptop covers… others choose to customize it by writing their name. Our favorite? The multicolored retro Apple logo! The ‘hello’ is a close second! Check out the fan-art here!

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Today marks Michigan-born design and furniture icon Florence Knoll’s 100th birthday. While no longer designing, she carries an incredibly important place in American design history—thanks to her thoughtful creations that were functional but sleek……

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New York design duo George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg have created a crystal lighting collection in collaboration with Czech glass manufacturer Lasvit.

Yabu Pushelberg joined forces with Lasvit to create the slender cylindrical lights, shaped like sunbursts and elongated capsules, to celebrate the traditions of handcraft.

Each of the glass bulbs in the Cipher collection is handblown, and hand-etched with clean-cut vertical lines, by craftspeople in the Czech Republic.

The individual crystal tubes erupt from champagne-gold polished brass fittings at the centre of the lights, casting shadows of their star-shaped forms across the room.

Within the bulbs, light glows around the etched lines of the glassware, creating luminescent silhouettes.

“The surface decoration was influenced by our fascination and exploration of the way in which etched patterning catches light,” said the design studio, which is best known for its hotel interiors.

“The collection is extremely flexible and customisable with limitless configurations for private residences and bespoke installation projects.”

Hidden LED sources within the brass connection points soften the bulbs’ illumination as the light travels downs the etched lines. The longer cylindrical pieces project intricate patterns onto the walls and surrounding surfaces, as the light hits the finely etched lines.

The lights are on display at Lasvit’s New York showroom, alongside Yabu Pushelberg’s Otto glassware collection, as part of this month’s NYCxDesign festival.

The studio was initially commissioned by the glass manufacturer to design the single Otto collection. However, when faults in the crystalline glass prompted the designers to hold up the glassware to the light, they recognised the potential for a lighting series.

Otto is a 12-piece collection of crystal glass, which bears the same alternating radial and tangential cut lines as the Cipher series. The detailing of the hand etching echoes the “rustic qualities and the precise craftsmanship” of glassmaking traditions.

“The Otto collection projects an approachability and relaxed elegance through simple, refined details and an overall language that feels familiar and comfortable yet distinctive,” said Yabu.

The weighty bases of the Otto collection’s stemmed glassware are balanced by the precisely etched texture and clarity of the cut crystal. The series features a variety of glasses, with a carafes, a decanter and an ice bucket.

Many well-known designers have collaborated with Lasvit on lighting collections, including architects Daniel Libeskind – who created a chandelier of hand-blown crystal glass shards – and Kengo Kuma, whose new lighting collection produced by blowing molten glass into dry wooden moulds was showcased at this year’s Milan Design Week.

Yabu Pushelberg’s Otto and Cipher collections are on display at Lasvit’s SoHo showroom, 51 Wooster Street, New York, until the end of June 2017.

Other lighting collections that have launched at NYCxDesign include Roll & Hill’s lamps that adjust like construction cranes and pendants and Apparatus’ Wiener Werkstätte-influenced bell-jar-shaped lamp shades made from ribbed porcelain.

Photography is by Jenna Bascom.

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Tucked away in Soho was one of our favorite exhibits on display during NYCxDesign: The Strong collection. On display at Vitsœ’s NYC location, the exhibit featured around 75 items from Tom Strong’s 250+ item collection of Dieter Rams-designed Braun products. Strong’s diverse collection ranged from tabletop cigarette lighters to electric mixers, most of which were actually used by the collector himself. The pairing of well-loved objects and hilarious quotes from the opinionated Strong created a truly personal exhibit, a breath of fresh air from those featuring objects for sale. Needless to say, we felt like kids in a 1960s candy shop. 

Braun packaging 

Remote control—note how digestible the UX is 

SK 5 phonosuper record player

Strong started out collecting stamps at a young age, but transitioned to collecting Braun objects during his time in the US Army. The first item he acquired was a T1000 radio, and the collection kept growing as Strong gained an appreciation for the day-to-day usability and durability of Rams’ designs.

BL 12 ladyshave. Look at that cute brush!

Electric mixer

Strong noted to Vitsœ that he developed an obsession with grids in design school that carried over to his love of Braun packaging.

MPZ 1 juicer, 1965

Through Strong’s quotes littered throughout the exhibit, it became clear the collector appreciates Rams’ attention to small design details. At one point, he calls out how Rams’ kitchen appliances come apart in the right places for easy cleaning and how his controls ‘”told you quietly ‘lift me’ or ‘push me'”. 

BP 1000 hair dryer, 1983

SM 31 shaver, 1962 and micron vario 3 electric shaver, 1985 (right)

Record player—again notice how easy this looks to use

Camera

During his time at Braun, Rams found a way clearly communicate the use of each product to the everyday consumer while keeping them beautiful enough to display in the home. Strong reinforced Rams’ desire to make good design accessible to all by donating his collection to Vitsœ, who will soon move the entire collection to England where it will permanently be on display in Vitsœ’s new building in Royal Leamington Spa.

Record player and shelf

video camera

Portable electric desk fan. The fan rests on that plastic stand when not in use. 

T2 table lighter, 1968. Smoke cigs in style.

The Strong collection exhibit closes today, but the full collection will be on display later this year in England. Learn more about Strong’s story and his incredible collection here.