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Metsä Board kicks off Better With Less design challenge
Finnish paperboard manufacturer Metsä Board has kicked off the second edition of Better With Less, its design competition that aims to promote the use of less material and to propose paperboard as an alternative to the use of plastic...
Tolkien tapestries: between modernity & tradition
If the tapestry craft has gained significant visibility in both fashion and decoration circles in recent years in France, it is in great part due to the influence of the Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie in Aubusson, the nerve center of...
William Amor: the poetry of recovery
Self-taught artist William Amor diverts materials of little value and transforms them into delicate floral sculptures.William Amor explains that he has always been enamored with flowers. Having spent his childhood in Nancy, in France, he was...
Celebrating glass at Verallia's Design Awards
The winners of the 2019 Verallia Design Awards worked on the theme le verre en fete, (celebrating glass) for the competition’s tenth edition. Prizes were awarded in five categories (wine, non-alcoholic beverages, spirits, beer, and food),...
Gainerie 91 design contest looks to opening gestures
Vegetable-based leather, wooden slats, recycled bisque or plexiglass: the five winners of Gainerie 91’s sixth annual Design Competition vied for the most inventive status in the area of opening mechanisms.When it comes to coffrets, the...
Aline Houdé-Diebolt: exploring paper's vast artistic potential
Inspired by Chinese paper-cutting techniques, French designer Aline Houdé-Diebolt constructs worlds that burst with color using paper, her material of choice.When Aline Houdé-Diebolt began her art studies, she took a well-rounded approach,...