Arteficius Magazine, your weekly dose of design inspiration

Why are mirrors so important? Not only do they allow you to look at your beautiful face. But they can be a piece of art, or help open up a space. Adding colours and mixing materials into mirrors to adorn your walls can help cultivate the ambience of any room to your liking. 

What makes a home? Comfort, beauty, style. Our extensive selection of living room coffee tables achieves all those desires. This luxurious range of tables made all over Europe can be customised in size, colour, material, and finish. 

A stunning historical building and a cutting-edge all-day dining and bar concept 

WOOD-SKIN's Mesh Sheets are used for the interiors of Maison Margiela store in Milan, Italy.

WOOD-SKIN's Mesh Sheet is the main design feature of the interiors at Haru Sushi Garage, a fusion restaurant in San Benedetto del Tronto (Italy).

Profumo, in Chiaia Naples is an example of how Matteo Brioni’s Clay can be used.  

New SEEDS terrazzo collection from MIPA used for the flooring of the Lazzari Store, Verona.

WOOD-SKIN worked with Gensler to create tailor made panels for Ballston Point, an office building in Arlington, VA. 

The walls of the historic old part of Catania were covered in black clay plaster, a hypnotic anthracite black that was warm, mellow and rich with a range of shades that were revealed especially through cracks and peeling and which I followed with my phone as if they were rare butterflies to be snapped before they flew away.

What is ceramic extrusion? What is the extrusion process? Extrusion is a process widely used to produce ceramic components with a uniform cross-section and a large length-to-diameter ratio.
The clay compound is forced through a die of the desired cross-section. The technique can be performed with simple hand-powered tools or with automatic machines.

Sustainable furniture certifications explained: What is FSC wood? What does low VOC mean? What are Cradle to Cradle, LEED and Rainforest Alliance Certifications? What is Zero Waste to Landfill? Is wood a sustainable material for furniture? Is bamboo eco-friendly? What are furniture made of bio-based materials?

Get to know Piercy&Company, a multi-award-winning architecture studio, with a reputation for bold ideas, strong forms and carefully crafted buildings.

Discover Gencork, a brand by Sofalca, and their cork solutions that explore the perfect symbiosis between low-tech material and high-tech processes

Famous Saudi coffee roasters Elixir Bunn opened their new location in Riyadh, designed by Azaz Architects. 

Masquespacio uses coloured tiles to create bold expression for Bun's restaurant in Turin

A new, exclusive context houses the refined Meridiani collections in the United States: the Italian brand has furnished a large apartment at the prestigious "One Thousand Museum"

Stylish apartment inspired by Memphis movement completed in Mumbai by Ali Baldiwala

South African studio Counterspace design London's 2021 Serpentine Pavillion

Karim Rashid design for Switch, an oasis free from chaos

Fully recyclable and environmentally friendly Cork House built by Matthew Barnett Howland with Dido Milne and Oliver Wilton in Eton, UK.

Flexible workspace designed by Note Design Studio ‘breaks the grid’ with the striking contrasts achieved in post-war architecture. 

Scuola Permanente dell’Abitare, OCRA Officina Creativa dell’Abitare and Matter of Stuff inaugurate a retrospective exhibition of the Internationally renown designer Sebastian Bergne.

On this occasion, journalists and design enthusiasts had the chance to see the pieces produced throughout the Designer Residency and of the Camberwell University Workshop.  

Commissioning one architecture and three design studios, Matter of Stuff presented an array of experimental new works made from a single raw material.
In place of recycling a waste material through mulching, Matter of Stuff commissioned four designers to reinterpret, explore and experiment with dowels from a past exhibition.

At MIART Objet, Matter of Stuff unveiled for the first time in Italy furniture pieces by six international designers – Alessandro Zambelli, Nina Cho, Olga Bielawska, Tim Vanlier, Tomas Libertiny and Uufie – winners of the inaugural MOS Designer Residency Competition.

Transforming Matters is a reflection on the transformation of materials through the skilful hands of an artisan as well as through the passing of time.  

Matter of Stuff presented Cocktail Atmospheres at Sketch London. The exhibition featured furniture, lighting mobiles and accessories by thirteen international designers.

Paris-based artist Stephan Zimmerli transformed PiM.Studio's scenographic dowel walls into a three-dimensional canvas during a two-day live painting performance.

Our Kings Cross Showroom hosted weekly classes of vinyasa yoga flow with Rose Firouzbakht.
Ideal class for architects and designers to combine yoga, movement and architecture, open to all levels.

What kind of images lie dormant, hidden at the heart of silent matter...life-forms, faces, frozen energies, distant words...?

Design research gallery Matter of Stuff returns to iconic London venue sketch in September with a new site-specific exhibit for London Design Festival 2018 - Blown Away.

Designed by Ariel Zuckerman and Manufactured by Matter of Stuff, the collaborative installation at the Venice Biennale is an occasion to create objects that make us reflect on the use of this precious natural resources.

Light & Reflection presents a series of innovative works by designers exploring how light and reflection, inceptual with their object, affect our appreciation of the surrounding space.

Danish Studio GamFratesi conceived the lush green interiors for Harlan + Holden Glasshouse Cafe.
Cane furniture by Gebruder Thonet Vienna GmbH, tiled floors and mint green upholstery fill this glasshouse-inspired cafe in Manila.

Through a cocktail and a breathtaking view of Venice, discover the hotel  Il Palazzo Experimental.
A place for adventurous nomads with relaxed style and modern savoir-faire.

Discover the exposed vaulted ceilings and stone walls of this renovated house in the ancient port of Jaffa, Tel Aviv.

We discuss art and design with the multidisciplinary design duo.

Get to know the world of multidisciplinary architecture studio directed by Maurizio Mucciola and Maria-Chiara Piccinelli.

Explore the world of cc-tapis, a story of weaving and colours.

Matter of Stuff commissioned Raw Edges to design an installation that could unite their unique three-fold expertise: commissioning design, researching materials and technologies, and showcasing designs from world-renowned design brands.

We interviewed Christian Andresen, Fritz Hansen's creative director. Fritz Hansen is an exclusive, international design brand whose timeless collection unites world-famous classic and contemporary furniture, lighting and accessories.

Explore the artistic world of Fritz Baumann carved wood collection which unites archaic forms with a modern interpretation of the oldest furniture of mankind.

Designed and Manufactured during the Matter of Stuff Designer Residency program in Montalcino, the Marque' collection is a series of storage furnitures made by oxidising a single type of metal to different degrees. The collection includes a small cabinet, a dry bar, a console and a coffee table, where the metal inlays remind of those traditionally found in Art Deco wooden furniture, adding a new element of character and prestige.  

A site specific installation of iconic restaurant Sketch London, A Second Life exhibition showcase a body of work made from a single recycled raw material, the pine dowels.
The result is a resolute and ongoing statement about the infinite possibilities of sustainable design, upcycling and waste avoidance.

Designed and Manufactured during the Matter of Stuff Designer Residency program in Montalcino, Mirrored are reflective objects constructed out of different types of metal layered together to create an organic feel. Highly polished steel or copper gives high reflectivity to the last layer, creating a mirror effect.

Full bowls are on the point of overflowing. The precious marble is crafted into a form that makes a liquid form solid. They function normally as bowls only sharing the expected volume with the object itself. This makes them ideal for displaying small amounts of beautiful food or objects. Each full bowl is hand-turned in Italy from marble. Variations in grain and colouring make each bowl unique.

Luminarie is an expressive study of lighting as a poetic object, inspired by the designer’s memories of lights at religious festivals in southern Italy.

For their concept Pop Up Design Gallery at Argent, Matter of Stuff commissioned Raw Edges to design an installation that could unite MOS unique three-fold expertise: commissioning design, researching materials and technologies, and showcasing designs from world-renowned design brands.

Designed and Manufactured during the Matter of Stuff Designer Residency program in Montalcino, Coulee table uses two heavyweight pieces, creating a stable structure by joining complimenting geometry where the table becomes a singular mass/ volume/ sculpture.

Series of handmade vases made from a single piece of Carrara Marble. The vessels in Collezione Svelata are unique pieces, handcrafted in white Carrara marble, and designed during the Matter of Stuff Designer Residency program in Montalcino

The Veiled, manufactured by Matter of Stuff and designed by Olga Bielawska is a collection of tables made of marble with a graphical pattern inspired by an ancient statue. It experiments with the dichotomy between a silk and soft looking surface for a hard material like marble.

Remetaled table is a series of two tables and a wall light, consisting a composition of different types of metal sheets. During this design process a broad material research is developed within metal. An experimental phase together with the manufacturer focused on layering metals. Layering brings depth to an object, offers room for surprises, and gives the metal an innovative materiality.

Designed and Manufactured during the Matter of Stuff Designer Residency program in Montalcino, The Echo tables push the material limits of metal and wood to imagine an intangible reality.