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“Time (You and I),” the first single from funk three-piece Khruangbin’s forthcoming album, Mordechai (out 26 June on Dead Oceans), expands upon the band’s signature sound by adding more substantial vocals, and leaning into their glittery disco influences. Recorded at the band’s studio estate in Burton, Texas, the funk-laden song features a chant-like chorus: “That’s Life / We had more time / We could live forever / Just You and I / We could be together / Just you and I.”

Italian design brands including B&B Italia, Moroso and Minotti have reopened their factories today as coronavirus lockdown restrictions in the country are finally eased.

Workers equipped with temperature scanners and personal protective equipment returned to work after the government allowed factories that produce goods for export to reopen.

“Finally, the situation in Italy is improving and we are ready to start again with more enthusiasm and determination than ever,” said furniture makers Moroso.

The company, which makes all its pieces at the Moroso factory in Udine, said it would open its production facilities today, 28 April. It added that by next Monday its warehouses and logistics department will also be fully operational.

The news comes nearly two months after Italy went into lockdown in early March when the country became the epicentre of the pandemic.

Workers will be given gloves and masks

B&B Italia announced it would also be re-opening its factories making designer furniture and high-end kitchens in Novedrate and Caldogno.

“The companies have implemented all the safety and health protocols,” said B&B Italia. “Sanitising procedures for the rooms, supply of disinfectants at each location and distancing will ensure employees a safe return.”

Workers arriving at the reopened plants will have their temperature taken with a thermo-scanner before entry, and will be provided with a fresh set of gloves and a mask each day.

The company paid tribute to the “extraordinary commitment of men and women” who work for them and other design firms, crediting them as the “true strength” of the Made in Italy brand.

“We are ready to get back to work”

Minotti, which makes upholstered furniture, are reopening too. “A great challenge awaits us in order to build a new future together, with the same passion, courage and creativity as ever,” it said.

Axo Light said it was opening up its factory in Venice, and Flexform, furniture makers based in Meda, are also reopening factory doors.

“We are ready to get back to work, as passionately as ever,” said a Flexform spokesperson.

“Of course, taking all the necessary precautions – maintaining social distancing and wearing protective devices – but also with rekindled determination, ready to give it our all.”

Italy’s design industry was hit hard by the pandemic as Salone del Mobile, a key event in the global calendar, was cancelled until 2021.

When the date of the lockdown was pushed back, at the start of April, nine of the biggest Italian brands signed an open letter to their government warning of an “economic catastrophe” if they could not resume business soon.

Nearly 27,000 Italians have died with almost 200,000 reported cases of coronavirus.

Main image courtesy of Moroso.

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Most pillows conform to the shape of your neck and head. The C-Rest pillow defines it. Using an ergonomics-driven design with a low-poly aesthetic and a precisely engineered foam construction, the C-Rest pillow uses its unique shape and density to relieve pain by guiding the neck into the right posture, stretching out the vertebrae to ease sore points, and relaxing the muscles by increasing the blood flow.

The C-Rest Pillow’s form was designed to mimic the effect of having a pair of expert hands give you a neck-massage. Its unique shape cradles the head while relying on the head’s weight to stretch your neck out ever so gently, relieving pain in as quick as 10 minutes. Its name comes from the C-curve that defines its shape as well as from the C1-C6 cervical vertebrae in the neck region that it aims to relax.

The pillow comes molded from a unique integral skin foam that’s both rigid yet comfortable. The foam’s density allows the C-Rest pillow to maintain its shape, unlike most regular, orthopedic, or travel pillows that just deform to take the shape of your head. The pillow’s unique shape-retention property, combined with its low-poly design helps it get to work on key pressure points of the neck, working on bones, nerves, muscles, and blood-vessels to help restore your neck’s natural curves (or cervical lordosis, as your chiropractor would say), relieving stress, tension, poor sleep, tension headaches, migraines and making your life a little less of a ‘pain in the neck’!

Designer: Richard Kim

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C-Rest Pillow – Effortless Neck Relief Pillow

The C-Rest is a neck relief pillow that provides the ergonomic support and helps you fall asleep effortlessly. It improves neck posture for those with aches, pain, discomfort or anything in between.

It helps relax muscles, relieves tension, and improves the mobility of the neck and shoulders.

Your Neck is Out of Balance

If you have frequent neck pain or know someone who does, you know it’s not an easy problem to get rid of. Chiropractic, Massage, and physiotherapy are costly and time-consuming. The C-Rest is a home care solution that helps you align your cervical spines to reverse all these negative effects of tech devices, gravity, injuries, and whiplashes.

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Resting on C-Rest Pillow (for as little as 10-15 minutes a day) can help restore your default neck posture (the natural curve of the neck: cervical lordosis). Designed and tested by ergonomists, it aligns your head and neck for proper support, so you can sleep soundly.

C-Rest Pillow is made of integral skin foam. When your head rests on the pillow, the integral skin foam takes the pressure and expand, providing gentle stretches. Gentle, but perfectly therapeutic.

7 Key Benefits

1. Effortless & On-the-go. Most devices like foam rollers & massagers are not designed specifically for your neck; otherwise, they are mostly awkward and require some background knowledge.

2. Align the Natural C-Curve in a matter of minutes. Restoring the curve in your cervical spine cues your body for rest. Natural alignment induces more blood flow & better circulation, helping you to relax. Such feeling lulls your entire body to relax.

3. Gentle, gradual traction & stretch. C-Curve Pillow improves neck posture for those with aches, pain, discomfort or anything in between. While you just lie down and relax, it naturally restores your neck curves (a.k.a cervical lordosis), relieving stress, tension, poor sleep, tension headaches, migraines and more.

4. Pressure relief with amazing touch & feel. The “Just-Right” Responsiveness of C-rest Pillow cells to align your neck spines in the most natural possible, with no disruptions or resistances.

5. Improve posture. Decompression with C-Rest Pillow takes as little as 10-15 minutes a day.

6. One Size Fits All. Their advanced ergonomic polygon design is adaptable to any neck shape and posture.

7. It’s water-proof. Made of INTEGRAL SKINFOAM, it’s tough enough to handle everyday tumble. It wicks moisture/water, so it can be cleaned with a simple wipe down. It’s light, portable and flexible.

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British brand Modus has unveiled five new products at Virtual Design Festival’s products fair, which launched today, including seating collections by Kenneth Grange, PearsonLloyd and Terri Pecora.

The brand also unveiled new chair and sofa designs by Michael Sodeau and Monica Förster. The products are now live at the VDF products fair, which has been developed as an affordable way for designers and brands to launch new products.

The new products include a number of additions to existing Modus collections. British designer Grange teamed up with London studio SmithMatthias to design the March Lite chair. It is a stripped-back version of their original March wooden stacking chair for Modus.

PearsonLloyd’s new Draft seating collection, which comprises a pair of sofas and an armchair, is designed to complement the London studio’s previous Draft coffee tables.

Modus also launched a more compact version of British designer Sodeau’s Lily chair, called the Lily Compact chair, which resembles the head of a calla lily.

Completely new collections include Swedish designer Monica Förster’s Panda sofa, which pairs organic curves with a compact design.

Modus also unveiled American designer Terri Pecora’s first product for the brand. Called Clara, it has been designed to be easily taken apart and repaired when necessary.

Other brands who have also unveiled new designs at the VDF products fair include Danish brands Fritz Hansen and Ukranian design studio Faina. Danish brand Muuto launched a new collection earlier today.

About VDF products fair: the VDF products fair offers an affordable launchpad for new products during Virtual Design Festival. For more details email vdf@dezeen.com.

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Envie d’évasion? L’illustrateur londonien Charlie David vous offre une série de créations, qui met en images avec poésie notre rapport à l’eau lorsqu’on s’y baigne. Dans cette série intitulée Swimming il a souhaité explorer le calme et la tranquillité que procure le fait de nager.

Cet artiste fasciné par les sujets complexes à illustrer, l’eau en faisant partie, a  ainsi représenté les corps en contact avec l’élément. Dans les couleurs chaudes de l’été ou à la lueur de la lune, il nous dévoile des scènes délicates où l’oeil se pose et parcourt chaque détail de la fine composition. Charlie David nous invite à plonger sans modération.