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Thomas Bernstrand received the Form+1 Award for his bookshelf Ivy for Swedese at this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair. Ivy is a stackable shelf system. The shelves can be stacked in three different ways, straight up, left or right. Stacked to the left it will lean left, stacked to the right it will lean right. When … Continue reading “Ivy Shelf System”
Swiss designer Nicolas Le Moigne has collaborated with fiber cement company Eternit to create ‘Trash Cubes’ a project that uses raw, recycled material to produce new stools.The stools which use left over cement and fibers produced by Eternit were designed to have the most basic form while using as many scraps as possible. Size of … Continue reading “Trash Cubes”
Alessi’s new challenge is to design light bulbs. A group of young designers, Giovanni Alessi Anghini, Gabriele Chiave and Frederic Gooris, created the frames and the lighting system of the “AlessiLux” collection expressing their own personal talents. Alessi entrusted the production and distribution of the light bulb to the technical skills of Foreverlamp. ‘U2Mi2’ by … Continue reading “AlessiLux light bulb collection”
Dutch designer Dirk Ploos van Amstel would like to share his rocking chair and rocking bench with you. They are made of birch plywood.
For the third year, Muuto hosted the annual design competition for Nordic design students. This year’s Muuto Talent Award has received more than 400 contributions by design students. This year’s winner is David Geckeler and his Nerd Chair. David Geckeler: “It’s an honor and achievement for a young designer like me to win a design … Continue reading “Muuto Talent Award”
Ashcraft Design created a pair of high end headphones with an eye towards using environmentally friendly materials. The Aria headphones are a combination of recycled materials and advanced audio technology. The headband is wrapped in wood recycled from acoustic guitars of musicians located around the world, the satin spun finished earcups are made from reclaimed … Continue reading “Ashcraft Aria headphones”
The Czech Center New York presents a selection of artifacts from the Home Art collection in Prague. Svícen – Klecící žena kov Tulipány kov Home Art is a phenomenon that arose in the second half of the 20th century in communist Czechoslovakia. Home Art was made by people with no art education and with ambition … Continue reading “Home Art – Exhibition of Czech folk design”
Yossi Milo Gallery is announcing an exhibition of photographs by Ezra Stoller (American, 1915-2004). Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bear Run, PA Gelatin Silver Print – 1971 A pioneer in the field of architectural photography, Ezra Stoller was commissioned by architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Paul Rudolph, Eero Saarinen, I.M. Pei, Marcel Breuer and Richard … Continue reading “Ezra Stoller architectural photographs”
The Belgian company Behave was founded recently by Marie Querton and Amélie de Borchgrave. For some of their creations, Marie and Amélie worked with Marc Hotermans, a well-recognised expert in 20th century furniture.The idea of Behave was born in a simple and intuitive way: to reinvent ‘vintage’ in more sober and more contemporary lines. ‘We … Continue reading “Behave furniture”
‘Post Fossil: excavating 21st century creation’ is a new design exhibition curated by trend-forecaster Li Edelkoort, at Design Museum Holon, Israël. The exhibition presents the work of over 60 international contemporary designers, illustrating how the design of the future can be inspired by the archaic aesthetics, organic materials and poetic techniques of the past.
With Now! Le Off, a space open to young design and the avant-garde, Paris Design Week will make 1200 m2 of the Docks en Seine available to designers, to provide a 180 degree overview of the new French and international generation. Bina Baitel ‘Operio’The young Parisian designer, associated with the Next Level gallery, will present … Continue reading “Paris Design Week: Now! Le Off”
Here is a new project called ‘Torno’ that Inga Sempe will be showing during Milan Furniture Fair from the 13 to 17 of April. Torno is an instant shelf and bowl with clamp designed for the new Portuguese company Materia. In cork and metal.
The author of the book, Karoll Audibert, is a French graphic designer passionate about unknown creators. In 2007 he finally met Mr. Laporte after a long search. Here is the result of his patient and impressive work. This is the first book published about Jean-Pierre Laporte, French interior architect and discreet designer not enough known … Continue reading “Book: 65|75, Jean-Pierre Laporte, dix ans de création”
Philbrook Museum of Art is opening a new exhibition ‘AmericanStreamlined Design: The World of Tomorrow’ which focuses on a design era that emerged during the 1930s and 1940s, characterized by curving forms, and smooth, clean silhouettes. Designer unknown. Mixall Jr. Portable Electric Mixer. Designed 1945–55Stewart Program for Modern Design, gift of Eric Brill, B618 The … Continue reading “American Streamlined Design Exhibition”
The Pioneers of American Industrial Design stamp pane honors 12 of the nation’s most important and influential industrial designers. Encompassing everything from furniture and electric kitchen appliances to corporate office buildings and passenger trains, the work of these designers helped shape the look of everyday life in the 20th century.
French Studio John Doe has designed the furniture of the Chapel of the Carmelites of the Assumption in Paris. The chapel was built in 1959 by Noël Lemaresquier (a disciple of Le Corbusier). The team of architects 3Box focused on redeveloping the chapel by rethinking the reception and the movement of pilgrims, whilst the John … Continue reading “Chapel of the Assumption by John Doe”
The Mullin Automotive Museum in California is informing us about its latest addition, the aerodynamic 1938 Hispano Suiza Dubonnet Xenia. This breathtaking work of art was conceptualized by Andre Dubonnet, heir to the Dubonnet aperitif business, successful race car driver and WWI fighter pilot. Strikingly, the Xenia featured curved glass on all windows, a panoramic … Continue reading “Dubonnet Xenia at the Mullin Automotive Museum”
Ziegert | Roswag | Seiler Architekten Ingenieure was founded in 2003 and is based in Berlin. Their core competency is the use of natural materials, especially earth, in construction. Their projects range from a timber firehouse in Brandenburg, a white earthen home in Berlin’s Westend and a bamboo-and-earth school in Bangladesh to historical monuments in … Continue reading “Earthen School – Tipu Sultan Merkez, Pakistan”
Korean designer Seongyong Lee presented his Plytube stool at imm Cologne. Plytube is a new way of tubing wood using the same principal of making paper tube but with a process to harden the wooden tube. Plytube is very light (the weight of the stool is 820g) but strong and long lasting. It is acceptable … Continue reading “Plytube stool”
Dieter Rams is one of the most influential product designers of the twentieth century. Even if you don’t immediately recognize his name, you have almost certainly used one of the radios, clocks, lighters, juicers, shelves or hundreds of other products he designed. He is famous not only for this vast array of well-formed products, but … Continue reading “Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible”
Konstantin Grcic has designed the new pressure cooker ‘Subito’ for the Italian manufacturer Serafino Zani. ‘Subito’ is made of 18/10 extra-thick stainless steel and features patented heat spreader bottom (a ‘sandwich’ of steel+aluminium+steel) to ensure greater and more uniform heat conductivity. It is compatible with gas hobs, electric cooktops, pyroceram and induction. This pressure cooker … Continue reading “‘Subito’ the new pressure cooker”
‘Tower of Nests’ was the project presented by Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture for Evolo Skyscraper Competition. KKA presented a vision of a tower where humans and animals coexist. A building that aims to be a symbol; not of power nor wealth, but of a new era of harmony and interplay between nature and mankind. Creating habitats … Continue reading “Tower of Nests”
The exhibition ‘Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design’ explores the rich interplay of art and design in all craft media that exploded across the United States during the postwar era. Falling Blue, Harvey Littleton, 1969, Photo: Ed Watkins – Scrap Chair, J.B. Blunk, 1968, Photo: Leslie Williamson Crafting Modernism covers a 25-year period that … Continue reading “Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design”
From January 21st-25th Nani Marquina and Nodus will present their new carpets at Maison&Objet Paris.’Losanges’ is the new collection designed by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Nani Marquina.
‘Container’ is a modular sideboard system by Belgian designer Alain Gilles for Italian manufacturer Casamania. As if a regular sideboard had been split into different elements, different “containers”. It is really a research on deconstruction and reconstruction. As if a ‘standard’ sideboard with its different storage functionalities had been split into various elements just to … Continue reading “‘Container’ sideboard by Alain Gilles for Casamania”
Hanukkah (December 1 to 9 2010) has inspired a new generation of designers who have re-imagined the Menorah using everything from recycled bike chains to wrought iron for inspiration. ‘Not Schlock’s Man-orah’ by J. Korwin & A. Zukas – ‘Recycled Bicycle Chain’ Menorah ‘Skyline’ Menorah by Jonathan Adler ‘Wrought Iron’ … Continue reading “Hanukkah’s hippest Menorahs”
La Castellamonte and Adriano Design have collaborated to create Stack stoves, a ceramic line with wood burning and pellet burning fireplaces that reinterprets the archetypal object in a contemporary touch. On one side, an excellent production that has been able to preserve a handicraft and now industrial know-how of … Continue reading “Stack Stoves”
The City of Charleroi (Belgium), initiated ‘Label Charleroi’ an encounter between companies from the city and Belgian designers.So far, six collaborations were successful and the result is shown in an exhibition called « Quand Charleroi pointe la technique » hosted by the Museum of Glass on the site of a former coal mine ‘Le Bois … Continue reading “Belgian design in Charleroi”
Kawamura-Ganjavian presents ‘Giraffe’ a portable spatial divider.Contemporary office spaces are based on the flexible open plan principle. However, this lay out jeopardizes individual space and dilutes group dynamics. It creates a visual enclosure for those who are sitting behind it but does not interfere in the general openness of a room. It is also a … Continue reading “Giraffe, a portable spatial divider”
Heath Ceramics and House Industries are launching Heath house numbers, three-dimensional clay tiles celebrating the legendary Neutra and Eames fonts.
