Thanks to Enrico Zilli for sending us these photos of a light installation project at Milan Design Week 2014.

LIGHT is TIME is the mesmerizing exhibition at Milan Design Week 2014 developed by Tsuyoshi Tane of DGT Architects together with CITIZEN's in-house design team.

As a part of its global branding activities, Citizen came to take on the challenge of making watches that "change light into time" in accordance with the company's philosophy of "watches for all citizens." "Light is Time" is an installation of light and time. The installation is comprised of 80,000 watches' plates-the structural device that supports all of a watch's components. suspended in air at La Triennale di Milano will welcome visitors into an ethereal Art Installation that will blend the borders of time and space through light. There, a space orchestration where light will fill the space, conveying, through sound and light, a sense of light and time as yet unexperienced by humanity. Among other highlights, a pocket watch from the 1920s and the latest model will also be on exhibit. This rare timepiece will show visitors a glimpse of the origin of CITIZEN.

Thanks to Marcos Aretio from Markmus Design Studio for sending us their project of Mischbar in Nuremberg.

A place that serves salads, soups & curries, ice creams, coffee, smoothies and juices, only deserves a name: "Mischbar" (Mixbar for the non-german speakers).

The claim from Mischbar "We bring you fresh local food" took the design studio formed by Marcos Aretio & Udo Kloos to their concept: an INDOOR MARKET, full of sunshades, hanging bulbs, trolleys and high tables, where fresh local ingredients are transformed into salads, smoothies or curries. The counter is built in 3 different materials and textures, depending the food that you get; striped white Corian (which looks like tiles) for ice-creams, oak wood for the soups & curries and concrete for the salads area. Cold, warm and fresh materials respectively. As a small detail, a tray dispenser was built inside the counter. The bench is a non-stop 7 meters long oak bench. The back of the bench was used to house a representation of the city of Nuremberg, a piece created by artist Martin Tibabuzo with rubber stamps made out of his own illustrations. Tibabuzo also illustrated the menu board, the columns and the tray-trolley.





Probably the biggest challenge was to create the Soups & Curries menu. Mischbar has a menu of 90 different soups and curries, but only 6 are daily served. The menu had to be easily interchangeable and visible. The solution was given by creating 30 wooden triangular bars, each "Toblerone" contains 3 dishes & prices which can be easily turned.

Finally, the coat hanger was designed making a wink to ice-cream lovers, using metal scoops to create the hooks.

Mischbar is located in the historic city center of Nuremberg, very close to the Hauptmarkt where the (probably) most famous Christmas Market happens every December. 

Hobo from Molo Studio is a tote bag and also a lantern at night. Inspired by the urban nightlife of Zona Tortona during design week, Hobo comes to life with an energy-efficient LED light source glowing through its delicate pattern of translucent felted wool. The Hobo bag is visually unique and practical in its capacity. The durable & sturdy material allows it to be used for carrying a heavy load of books, groceries, or as a carry-all day bag.

Hobo Lantern Bag is also particularly useful when walking in the dark. No more torchlight is needed!