Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus Location: Ilhavo, Portugal Project team: Paulo Rocha, Stefano Riva, Andreia Tomé, Gonçalo Manteigas, João Rodrigues, Marco Roque Antunes, Nuno Grancho, Pedro Sousa, Sónia Luz Project year: 2002-2004 Construction year: 2004-2005 Constructed area: 3,200 sqm Landscape: ARX PORTUGAL, Arquitectos Lda. Structure: SAFRE, Estudos e Projectos de Engenh..
Young, Paris-based designers Trust in Design have completed the interior of a beauty parlour called B.institut in Vannes, France. They furnished the interior with beech units and coated the floor in green resin. Computer-cut stickers decorate the walls. “We created a welcoming place while keeping the identity of the brand, with an organic design for the furniture and the lighting,” say the desig..
Swedish furniture giant IKEA has converted the Kobe Portliner Monorail into a moving showroom before the April 14 opening of a new retail outlet at Port Island. The redecorated train, which features a colorful exterior, bright upholstery and fancy curtains, will carry passengers in style until May 6. from pinktentacle
Five Nobel-winning scientists have been paired with five textile designers as part of a two-year project between Central Saint Martins College and the Medical Research Council, and the result is Nobel Textiles: a brilliant week of exhibitions and events at the ICA and in St James’s Park, London. Theres an introduction film to the project here Five greenhouses in St James’s Park will contain self..
German designer Hannes Grebin has created a range of living room furniture based on 1970s German domestic decor. The bizarre, angular forms are covered in patterns and detailing which Grebin claims were commonly found in German living rooms during the 1970’s. He describes the pieces as “living sculptures, which puts the traditional views about comfort and taste into question.” The collection inc..
Young Japanese designer Shizuka Tatsuno has designed an upholstered bench that can be converted into a chaise longue or an armchair and side table. Designed for single-occupant living, Modular Bench can be reconfigured by moving upholstered elements that slot into holes in the base. Tatsuno exhibited the bench at 100% Design Tokyo in November. Here’s some text from the designer: – Shizuka Tatsun..
In the sophisticated popular culture of the Edo period (1603-1868), much attention was devoted to Japan’s rich pantheon of traditional monsters and apparitions, known as yokai. Sometimes frightening, sometimes humorous, these compelling Japanese folk creatures were the subject of numerous artistic and literary works. One such work was Hyakkai Zukkan, a collection of picture scrolls completed in ..
exhibition at bitforms gallery nyc, 6 March to 12 April 2008. from reas
White-box interior renovation to accomadate a new wine store. Project included planning, design, fabrication and installation of all casework and interior elements. Completed 1/07. from 4-pli
Sayaka Yamamoto of design duo BCXSY has designed Kitchen Insects, a project illustrating imaginary insects found in a kitchen. Resembling kitchen utensils, the images are part of a project called Little Wonders that Yamamoto completed while studying at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Here’s some text from the designer: – When I was little I lived in the countryside, very close t..
