Sruli Recht uses "world's first transparent leather" for latest fashion collection
Fashion designer Sruli Recht used translucent cow skin leather to create the Apparition collection for Dutch company ECCO. More
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Icelandic designers turn dried fish into Uggi lights
Fanney Antondsdóttir and Dögg Guðmundsdóttir adopted the Icelandic tradition of drying whole fish to create this series of lamps, which were exhibited during DesignMarch 2017. More
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Iratzoki Lizaso brings "warmth and richness" to the office with Heldu tables
Basque studio Iratzoki Lizaso has designed modular tables with leather details that hark back to traditional office furnishings. More
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Zaha Hadid's final furniture collection for David Gill is based on mid-century design
Zaha Hadid's final furniture collection for London's David Gill Gallery is made of walnut and leather, a reference to vintage furniture from the 50s and 60s. More
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Alexander McQueen's DNA turned into human leather goods by Tina Gorjanc
Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Tina Gorjanc has proposed a conceptual range of leather accessories made of skin grown from late fashion designer Alexander McQueen's DNA (+ slideshow). More
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Färg & Blanche indents surrounds for Succession mirrors by binding leather
Stockholm 2016: Swedish studio Färg & Blanche has added to its Succession collection of furniture with a set of mirrors that feature leather frames with criss-crossed indentations. More
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Claesson Koivisto Rune patterns leather rugs to look like fields from above
Stockholm 2016: Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune's collection of stitched leather rugs for its Inde/Jacobs gallery in Texas are going into production with textile brand Ogeborg (+ slideshow). More
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Campana brothers base Cangaço furniture on Brazilian bandits' clothing
Design Miami 2015: design duo Fernando and Humberto Campana have created a collection of furniture that references the decorated leather clothing worn by Brazil's 19th-century Cangaceiros bandits (+ slideshow). More
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Alexander Taylor and Joachim de Callatay mill leather to create limited-edition shoe for Adidas
Designers Alexander Taylor and Joachim de Callatay have developed a special-edition version of German sports brand Adidas' Superstar trainer, featuring a seamless upper made from a single piece of leather (+ slideshow). More
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The Unseen's Air fashion accessories change colour in different climates
Experimental fashion studio The Unseen has produced a range of accessories that alter in response to environmental changes using inks developed from its colour-shifting wearable sculptures. More
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Jorge Penadés creates furniture from waste leather
Spanish designer Jorge Penadés has moulded together shredded leather and natural bone glue to create pieces of furniture (+ slideshow). More
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Simon Morasi Piperčić stretches belt leather over steel frame to create Strain chair
Milan 2015: furniture brand Prostoria is presenting a lounge chair with a stretched leather backrest and tubular steel support at Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair (+ slideshow). More
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Designers create transportable leather furnishings for Louis Vuitton
Milan 2015: a swinging cocoon chair by the Campana brothers and seats made from leather petals by Raw Edges are among the contributions to a collection of portable furnishings for French fashion house Louis Vuitton (+ slideshow). More
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Alberto Biagetti and Laura Baldassari upholster gym equipment with fur and leather
Milan 2015: beaver fur and hand-stitched leather cover the familiar forms of gym apparatus in this furniture and lighting collection influenced by body-building culture (+ slideshow). More
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GamFratesi designs leather-lined brass trays for Skultuna
Maison&Objet 2015: Copenhagen studio GamFratesi has created a collection of spun-brass trays with leather surfaces for Swedish metal company Skultuna. More
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Jacknife designs leather ice skates based on vintage Canadian designs
Toronto design studio Jacknife has developed prototypes for a range of recreational ice skates inspired by traditional leather models. More
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Vera Knoot makes leather from unwanted goose skin
Dutch Design Week 2014: School of Arts Utrecht graduate Vera Knoot has developed a new type of leather from the skin of geese culled in the Netherlands due to overpopulation. More
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Simon Astridge lines a walk-through dressing room in leather
British architect Simon Astridge has added a leather-lined dressing room as part of a refurbishment of a London house (+ slideshow). More
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Pieteke Korte creates optical illusions with leather for Visual Interferences collection
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Pieteke Korte has made a collection of leather samples that use iridescent colours and geometric patterns to create distorted visual effects (+ slideshow). More
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Gigi Barker's skin-covered seats are infused with bodily scents
Pheromones and aftershave are impregnated into these leather seats by Gigi Barker to evoke the sense of sitting on human flesh (+ slideshow). More
