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Thomas Owens is a young British product design graduate.Hislatest project is a stylish bicycle that not only offers all the benefits of cycling but, with its power system, the user can cruise around with ease. When folded, ‘One’ turns into an amazing compact case free of all dirty and protruding parts. It can be easily … Continue reading “‘One’ bicycle”

Royal VKB is the latest brand of Dutch company Koninklijke Van Kempen & Begeer, founded in 1789, which focuses on innovation. Here are some of their latest products. You will notice that Jorre van Ast has found a producer for his great ‘Jar Tops’ that we were showing on the blog in February. Salad Bowl … Continue reading “Royal VKB”

Louise Campbell is the featured designer on dkVogue.com, a large source for Danish design that introduces modern, authentic Danish furnishings, lighting and accessories to North America. Bille goes Zen – Cabinet maker Lars Bille Christensen (2003/2006)

What is the Phonofone you ask? In short, it’s like a speaker for youriPod, only it uses no power. Through passive amplification alone, these unique pieces instantly transform any personal music player + earbuds into a sculptural audio console. Without the use of external power or batteries, the Phonofone II inventively exploits the virtues of … Continue reading “Phonofone II”

An eco-friendly home in a Cotswold nature reserve in United Kingdom was designed by London architect, Sarah Featherstone, whose office will be designing part of the Olympic athletes’ village. The ‘Orchid House’ was inspired by the Bee Orchid that is found on the reserve. One of the many green features of the ‘Orchid House’ will … Continue reading “Orchid House”

If you are familiar with Design Addict, you surely noticed that there are a lot of talented people who express their opinion and questioning in our Forum. We have decided, every now and then, to draw your attention on subjects which seems to us worthy of interest. So here are the subjects of this week: … Continue reading “On the Forum”

Simone Giostra & Partners Architects (a New York-based office) have designed the GreenPix – Zero Energy Media Wall – a groundbreaking project applying sustainable and digital media technology to the curtain wall of Xicui Entertainment Complex in Beijing, near the site of the 2008 Olympics. Featuring the largest color LED display worldwide and the first … Continue reading “GreenPix – Zero Energy Media Wall”

Tom Kundig wins the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Architecture Award for 2008.   Montecito Residence (photo: Tim Bies / Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects) Tom Kundig is a partner in the Seattle-based firm Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen.  Tom is widely recognized for his poetic, elemental and intuitive designs. His projects revere the beauty of the … Continue reading “Tom Kundig wins Architecture Award”

Charles Harrison wins the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National DesignMuseum Lifetime Achievement Award for his long-term contribution to contemporary design practice.

Form Us With Love has designed the trophy of DesignNu, a newly founded price that rewards outstanding Swedish design biannually. The organization behind the prize is called ‘Formmuseets vanner’, the organization has been working for over a century for a Design Museum in Stockholm. The main idea is to allow the winner to mold as … Continue reading “Form Us With Love”

Lowchair Oz, designed by Cate & Nelson a Swedish/Spanish design studio, was one of the ten products highlighted at ICFF in New York.Oz is a low chair with different coloured layers of felt combined with white-lacquered steel, giving you the feeling of having a seat inside a book. Whenever you want to change the colour … Continue reading “Felt Chair ‘Oz’”

‘Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling’ is both a survey of the past, present and future of the prefabricated home and a building project on New York’s Museum of Modern Art’s vacant west lot. Not since the mid-century House in the Garden series has MoMA built occupiable model buildings to demonstrate contemporary issues to the … Continue reading “Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling”

Christophe Gevers, 2001 (photo Jean-Pierre Gabriel)The exhibition held at the Fondation pour l’Architecture in Brussels is the first exhaustive inventory of Christophe Gevers’ work. He was an exquisite inventor, particularly productive and very personal, whose abundant production came from the same universe, the same rigourous creative approach. The same direction he was teaching for 33 … Continue reading “Christophe Gevers – Inventory of an inventor”

The innovative new design community, metacycle.ca, is launching a design competition.What is metacycling?To metacycle is to prolong the useful life of an obsolete object by transforming it to have a new function.

Matthias Pliessnig’s most recent seating is called ‘Providence’. The piece is entirely made of steam-bent White Oak. ‘I wanted to make a form which creates a physical conversation between the people using it and the form itself. The structure is incredibly strong and lightweight (for its size).’ Matthias also creates amazing small sculptures.

On the occasion of Nelson’s 100th birthday, Vitra is introducing a re-edition of the Pretzel Chair—which numbers among his most famous designs—in a limited Anniversary Edition of 1000 pieces. The numbered special edition Pretzel Chair is accompanied by a comprehensive Edition Portfolio.

Denis Guidone is the winner of the international design competition Adamo Eva.’Ora Unica’ wishes to be a provocative clock; its aesthetical principle is inaccuracy. Lack of discipline, a childish and irrational gesture to define time, which is precision and rationality. The hour and minute hands are represented by a single line drawn on two circular … Continue reading “‘Ora Unica’”

Flor is producing a line of 4 modular carpet tiles based on Alexander Girard’s famous graphic designs.’As a business owner, I’m always on the look out for new opportunities to develop and expand our business and our audience.  When we were approached by maXimo to develop an area rug collection using the iconic designs of … Continue reading “Flor and Alexander Girard”

London based studio Pli designs and manufactures contemporary furniturewith sustainable materials and innovative production methods. The seat and back of the Reee Chair are made from 100% recycled computer games console casings. Every chair saves 2.4 kg of plastic from landfill. The frame is made from powdercoated steel for strength and durability. The Reee chair … Continue reading “Pli Design”

David Fisher’s Dynamic Architecture Studio is ready to launch the construction of the Rotating Tower in Dubai.Dynamic Architecture buildings keep modifying their shape. As each floor rotates separately, the form of the building changes constantly; you may not see the same building twice. This new approach, based on motion dynamics, is in fact a challenge … Continue reading “The Rotating Tower of Dubai”

We already told you that our Forum is frequented by many talented people. Today, we would like to introduce you to one of them who is a very active participant to the forum since more than 4 years! Posting under the name of Whitespike, Jakob Clark is a graphic artist based in Austin, Texas. Although … Continue reading “Graphic talent on the Forum”

Thomas Traxler | Idea of a tree Intensity of the sun determines the production processGraduation stress already reached its peakone week ago, yet the grande finale for the public is set about to begin. Nine examinees of the IM Master course of the Design Academy Eindhoven are presenting their works at droog at home in … Continue reading “Master Pieces 2008 exhibition”

Safety Signs (1981-1988) for Avmor Ltd. We must immediately reassure those who think that they missed some important information about this small kingdom. The King of the Belgians remains Albert II. No coup d’état in this curious European country. No, we just want to refer to the prestigious award received a few days ago by … Continue reading “Koen, King of Belgium”