During Milan Design Week, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne presented Hot Tools at Spazio Orso 16 – showing the results of a new approach to glass blowing.

The Metabolic Factory, Thomas Vailly

At Ventura Lambrate in Milan we caught up with the directional art space/design lab Z33 with a preview of The Machine, a most intriguing exhibition opening June at C-Mine in Genk, Belgium.

FABRIKAAT, Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam University

One day left to see FABRIKAAT with its theme of the (re)emerging role of the domestic garden, presented by students from the Master of Interior Architecture and Retail Design (MIARD) programme of Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam University.

Kim Norton

As Milan12 is well underway, we catch up with Central Saint Martins graduate and ceramic pathway designer Kim Norton, who is exhibiting her Experiential Spaces project at Designersblock as part of MOST in the Museum of Science and Technology for Milan 2012.

“Well, they were already dead anyway”, Merel Bekking

ARTS THREAD visits the HKU Utrecht exhibition at Ventura Lambrate in Milan to view the work of some very different 2011 graduates.

Jurema Action Plant, Ivan Henriques; Sous les pavés, la plage, Marlies van Putten

ARTS THREAD visits The Shepherds of Stuff by The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK) at Zona Tontona in Milan, focusing on the shifting attitudes to the concept of nature and its interactions with an environment that is mostly man-made.

Extinguish/Extinct, Ciubotaru Mihaela, HEAD Geneva; Ashtree, Dror Kaspi, IED Barcelona

During Milan Design Week look out for JTI Clean City Lab at the Triennale – the 25 finalists from the international student design competition created by JT International SA (JTI).

Ownzown, Detmold School for Architecture and Interior Architecture

For Milan Design Week ten Ten Master students of the Detmold School for Architecture and Interior Architecture will present as part of Ventura Lambrate the design-performance Ownzown.

Timemaps, Vincent Meertens; Time Restaurant, Lucas Mullié

Open today in Milan, the exhibition 50 by Design Academy Eindhoven at Studio Zeta. We look at some of the best projects from 2011 on show in anticipation of the new work to be unveiled from current students – can’t wait to see what these will be!

Design for a Liquid Society; Objects in Disguise, Tove Thambert

With Milan Design Week starting tomorrow, we take a look at a selection of the projects due to be showcased by Konstfack at Spazio Rossana Orlandi under the title Design for a Liquid Society.