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Hope floats

A floating wire sculpture in Prague is an ode to Ukrainian mothers >
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | December 2017

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >
Bomma: Form, philosophy and phenomena

Bomma creates exquisite light installations from handblown glass. >
The plastic bottle artworks of Veronika Richterová

This Czech artist demonstrates the potential to find beauty in garbage. >
Iris Cristal honours the legacy of timeless crystal in modern creations

Crystal chandeliers by Iris Cristal express an ancient tradition in exciting new ways. >
A dinnerware set inspired by the Czech Cubism

Designed by Svetlana Koženová, the Lilia Collection is a dinnerware set inspired by the slicing planes and crystalline shapes of Czech cubism. >
Three innovative ways to combat toxic air

Three student designers have proposed interactive, health conscious ways to deal with air pollution. >
Catching poachers on a rhino-cam

With only four northern white rhinos left, this design-oriented solution may be the answer to the catastrophic decline of rhinos due to poaching. >
The Sheets desk by Lucie Koldová

Czech designer Lucie Koldova designs an elegant desk for Křehký set to be unveiled at Salone del Mobile 2015. >
Mushroom mania

Ineke Hans gets playful with her latest glassware collection for Czech brand Křehký. >
Sculptural light

Arik Levy created two innovative and sculptural glass lights for Lasvit at this year's Designblok in Prague. >
Lighting up

Nendo's Pressed Lamps represent a new and unusual technique in hand-blown glass. >
Still & Sparkling

Nendo’s new glass collections supported by Lasvit were shown at the exhibition Still & Sparkling during the Milano Salone. >
Green as glass

Glasshouse is the ideal urban greenhouse, and it doubles up as a functional pendant lamp. >
Mobile sauna

Keen for a steamy session? Enjoy one on the move with the Bicycle Sauna by H3T Architects. >
Maxim Velčovský

Product Designer

A graduate of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Maxim Velčovský focuses on the design of products and their context. >
Craft debate: Maxim Velčovský

Product designer, DI2008 speaker and Design Indaba 10x10 Industrial project participant, Maxim Velčovský weighs in on the craft debate. >
And now for the black blob

The design for a new concert and congress centre in Budvar, Czech Republic, has been unveiled by Future Systems, led by Jan Kaplicky. >
Cape Town librarians vote Kaplicky

Jan Kaplicky's design for Prague's new national library won the state competition in October last year, causing a political maelstrom. >
Maximum velocity

When “The Soviet Union Forever” was replaced with “Always Coca-Cola”, Czech designer Maxim Velcovsky turned to design as social critique. >

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