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Share Iconic Danish jewelry and tabletop brand Georg Jensen helped shape our understanding of ever-coveted Scandinavian design. Jensen, who studied sculpture before turning to jewelry and metal, used art nouveau’s curving, switchback lines (but not its ornamentation) to create jewelry, hollowware, and objects in the early 1900s that were revolutionary in their lovely simplicity, asymmetry, and technical polish. Jensen’s 1935 obituary in the New York Herald Tribune called him the greatest silversmith of the last 300 years. And though the designer has been gone for almost a century, the profound mark he left on global design means the pressure is always on within his namesake brand to create pieces and collections that reach the high bars he established for innovation and sheer beauty. ....
Antibacterial tiles by Marazzi win Best Domestic Design: Wallpaper Design Awards 2021 Antibacterial tiles by Marazzi win Best Domestic Design: Wallpaper Design Awards 2021 WINNER Carácter antibacterial tiles, by Marazzi A particularly timely product, Marazzi’s new Puro antibacterial technology for ceramic surfaces eliminates up to 99.9 per cent of bacteria and other harmful microorganisms. ‘Carácter’ is the first of three collections by the Italian tile manufacturer created using the innovative technology, a permanent treatment that provides continuous antibacterial protection throughout the life of the product surface, without the need for external activation agents such as UV radiation. Ideal for use in residential as well as commercial and public spaces, the stone-effect ‘Carácter’ tiles are suitable for indoor and outdoor floors and walls. In appealing natural tones, with a minimal or more pebbled appearance, the tiles are made from 40 per cent r ....