International Design Council Magazine

Eva Szumilas

Bar Cabinet

Monday, 12 May 2025

Gong

The Gong bar cabinet has two sliding doors made of handmade palisander wood marquetry revealing three wooden shelves, dimmable lighting fixed behind mirrored back panel. The round cabinet box is painted black inside and outside. One tempered black glass shelf at the bottom of the cabinet, serves as a structural element enhancing the stability of the cabinet and creates additional storage space. The structure of the cabinet is made of fully loaded brass profiles. The cabinet offers spacious storage space for the battles and glasses. The light turns on automatically when the doors open.

Ting Han Chen

Service Design

Sunday, 11 May 2025

Enjoy Happy Food

This design project shows how to transform a traditional fish vendor into a modern social e-commerce brand as a response to the epidemic, and to bridge the gap between traditional fish market shopping and online shopping lifestyle. The brand is rooted in the vendor's 40 year fisheries professionalism, traditional market's way of customer social interactions, and takes customization orders from customers via Line (a most used social app in Taiwan) to deliver freshest, daily caught sea fish and recommended cooking recipes.

Álvaro Wolmer

Walking Sticks

Saturday, 10 May 2025

Bengalas

The walking sticks are made to perfection of best quality red or white oak. Handles can have a C shape or a T shape. Walking sticks for men have a diameter of 25 mm; walking sticks for women are a little slimmer: 22 mm of diameter. The oak is FSC certified. All the handles of the walking sticks are reinforced with jacaranda paulista (Machaerium villosum), a Brazilian native wood. The walking sticks are finished, basically, with tung oil. The replaceable tips are made of aluminum and laminated rubber.

Chung Sheng Chen

Cape

Friday, 9 May 2025

Seawool

Seawool cape weights only 300 grams, is lightweight, easy to handle and washable. It is made from seawool yarn which come from the combination of recycled plastic PET bottle and nanolization oyster shell powder from discarded shells, not just only reduces waste, but delivers performance benefits like thermal regulation, odor resistance, moisture management and quick dry, soft woolen touch, and also anti-static, antibacterial, no chemical antibacterial agents added, is friendly to user's skin, providing a better wearing experience. Seawool truly the sustainable materials from the ocean.

Hi Jac

Dog Leash

Thursday, 8 May 2025

Walk Me

The handle is smooth yet rigid; its contours create an ergonomic, snug grip for the human hand but can also comfortably wrap around a human's wrist or arm. As the handle is rigid, it will not contract, so any tension from a dog pulling will not squish the human's hand (which is a design flaw in the conventional loop handle dog leashes). The distinctive handle pattern (splats, splotches and swirls of colour) are individual to each handle as they form uniquely from the hands-on moulding and baking process. The handle and rope are made from 100 percent post-consumer plastic.

PepsiCo Design and Innovation

Food Packaging

Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Lay's x Stranger Things

The Stranger Things fan base is a devoted one with a global following, and they will happily immerse themselves in all things "Upside Down". Knowing this, Lay’s collaborated with Netflix to create limited edition packaging that would create excitement and build awareness for the much-anticipated launch of season 4. The Design Team turned traditional packaging design principles on their head to deliver a buzz-worthy and collectible Lay’s x Stranger Things design to delight the show’s fans.

Design team of the day

Special Coverage

Monday, 5 May 2025

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Sometimes you need a very big team of talented designers to come up with truly great designs. Everyday, we feature a distinct award-winning innovative and creative design team. Explore and discover original and creative architecture, good design, fashion, graphics design and design strategy projects from design teams worldwide. Get inspired by the original works by grand master designers.