This personal dustpan is the easy and aesthetic way to keep your desk setup clean!

Posted on 18/02/2021 by Gaurav Sood

While still working from home is a norm in most places, keeping your desk squeaky clean comes with a satisfying and vital feeling since hygiene is right up there on the priority list of most people. Having your own small tool to clean the desk (and all the accessories on it) sounds like a good investment already, and if you are also someone who likes to have things within an arm’s reach, then the Personal Dustpan by Alessio Romano is worth your time.

Conceptualized from the elementary need to have a personal dustpan that’s easy enough to carry or store, the accessory is ideal for both home and office use, and everything in between. Alessio has elevated the design of such a simple accessory in a way that it addresses the very core issue of using the duster for a while (when it’s new) and then forgetting it for the rest of your life – literally biting the dust in the drawer! Made from recycled pet hair and having a wooden handle, the design is right on point – something that everyone will fancy having in their possession, enjoying the cleaning task at hand.

The clever design of the duster is such that it functions as dust and pan to collect the mess, and when the task is finished, the pan acts as the storage of the duster. On top of that, it looks good, so you won’t shy away from displaying it on your table or desk at work. So, now with Alessio’s design, you’ll have no reason to keep your table untidy or messed up ever again!

Designer: Alessio Romano

This modern furniture holds a full-length mirror and hides a storage shelf!

Posted on 17/07/2020 by Ruchi Thukral

Small space-friendly furniture has become my most pinned-to board on Pinterest. Maybe it is all that time I am spending at home that is making me turn into a furniture enthusiast and I love when a piece is multifunctional while occupying minimal space – that is the peak of furniture design for me. Orte is an addition to that list, it is an open shelf that combined with a full-length mirror in a vibrant pill form.

In urban homes, one often has to compromise on the kind of furniture they would like because there isn’t enough space to have a separate piece for each function – in this case, Orte saves the space you would need for a full shelf and a mirror by blending them into one. Its limestone base supports a rotating wooden frame with the mirror on one side and six hidden shelves on the other. The pop of red brightens up the corner where the furniture will be and stretched oblong shape makes it easy to fit in any corner. It can be used as a dresser, a bookshelf, or the stuff you need to grab quickly without it being on display always.

Orte is designed using high-quality limestone from the Bauxite lake near the bay dell’ Orte in Puglia in Italy and is 180 x 40 x 28 inches in dimensions. Limestone and colored wood complement each other and make it stand out. Having lived in Manhattan, I can confirm that it is rare you get a full-length mirror in your home and you can always get a stand-alone one but it will take up a corner that can obviously be used by something that gives you more storage (another city problem) – so Orte hits two birds with one ‘limestone’.

Designer: Alessio Romano

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This watch is an ode to the world’s original timepiece, the Constellations!

Posted on 17/12/2019 by Srishti Mitra

We see cool new watch designs all the time, however, here’s one that’s taken inspiration directly from the universe! Designed by Alessio Romano for Projects Watches, the ‘Ora Major Watch’ is an ode to the world’s first and original timepiece, the Constellations. Projects Watches defines the Ora Major as a “modern interpretation” of the constellations, a rather sleek and good looking one might I add. Romano believed that other planets in the galaxy might be using the constellations as a timepiece as well, hence creating a mutually shared universal timepiece. Inspired by this, he designed the Ora Major Watch to be a constellation in itself.

Featuring a slick black IPB stainless steel dial that is as dark as the night sky, the Ora Major comprises of a red hour hand and a white minute hand. Meant to represent stars, the tripodal hands feature a circle at one of their ends. Little circular dots replace the usual Roman numerals that you find on watches. The collaboration of the circles on the hands, with the circles on the dial, enables us to read the time.

Measuring 9.5 inches end to end, the watch showcases a black silicone band. Amped with a high-quality Japanese movement, the Ora Major is unlike any watch I’ve ever seen. A must-have for space and astronomy lovers, the Ora Major creates an instant connection with the mighty universe, reminding us we’re all pieces of the same cosmic puzzle.

Designer: Alessio Romano for Projects Watches

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The (optical) illusion of time

Posted on 15/11/2018 by Sarang Sheth

Time is relative, and flexible. According to Albert Einstein, “the dividing line between past, present, and future is an illusion”. Furthering that idea is Alessio Romano’s Optical watch, with its two hypnotic hand-dials that come with a parallel line graphic that is capable of telling you the time but also mesmerizing you in the process!

Romano was heavily influenced by the works of Op-Artists such as Victor Vasarely, Bridget Riley, and Richard Anuszkiewicz… his goal being to create an ever-changing optical illusion with the movement of the hour and minute hands. The result is Optical, a watch with a series of rotating parallel lines that create an ever-changing visual painting that can indicate the time to the nearest handful of minutes. In keeping with the artistic integrity of the watch’s face, the Optical comes with no number markings on the dial either, so as to create a sense of mystery and curiosity while telling the time. Just promise us you won’t look at it too long. It may put you in a trance!

Designer: Alessio Romano for Project Watches

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This textured watch-face breaks the monotony of minimalist watch design

Posted on 24/10/2018 by Sarang Sheth

The unusual beauty of the Carve watch by Alessio Romano comes from the way its watch face acts as a home for probably one of the most beautiful textures to ever find itself on timepieces. The hammered texture is often found on malleable metals like copper or brass, giving the otherwise plain metal surface a wonderful play of high-contrast light and shade. Romano’s Carve watch borrows that texture, introducing it to the watch-face, turning an otherwise plain and minimal watch into a textural work of art. If there were any way my finger could go through the glass on top and just simply stroke the scallops of the hammered texture, that’s realistically all I’d do throughout the day.

Romano cites Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” as a source of inspiration for the Carve’s pure, monolithic design. The texture on the face brings a dynamism to the otherwise plain surface treatment, giving you a face that alters as the light sources around you move or change. I especially love the way the date-window integrates itself into the hammered texture too!

Designer: Alessio Romano for Projects Watches

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