These dresses by Dutch designers Studio Roosegaarde and V2_ become transparent when approached. Called Intimacy, the garments are made of electically-sensitive foils that become opaque or transparent according to alterations in current. Intimacy Black (above and below) is made from strips of black material that turn transparent as another person gets closer, while Intimacy White (top) varies in ..
Slade Architecture designed the Pup Tent as a contribution to the annual auction for New York’s Design Trust for Public Space, a not-for-profit organization committed to improving New York City’s parks, plazas, streets, and public buildings. This piece was an exploration in materials and fabrication. An invitation from the Design Trust for Public Space to contribute a piece for their Annual Auct..
Beta, which springs from an ethnographic research on the workplace from the design of Pierandrei Associati and from the technological skills of Tecno, is an operating system designed to meet the requirements of a creative office and to grant a new shape to space, while adjusting to people’s behaviours and evolving over time. The creative office represents the novelty in workspaces. By reducing r..
Italian designer Giuseppe Viganò has created the Oyster bed for NEST Italia. from contemporist
PEDINI recently unveiled MAGIKA, the newest addition to its distinguished line of kitchen models. In addition to making the quality of PEDINI’s Italian cabinetry available to younger and more budget conscious clients, MAGIKA is designed to appeal to architects, builders and developers alike. MAGIKA strikes a balance between style, practicality and economy – combining the latest cost-effective fi..
Paris-based designer Robert Stadler has created the Royèroid sofa and armchair. The collection was recently exhibited at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery booth during the Design Miami/Basel show in Basel, Switzerland. Why, as a designer, focus on the decorator Jean Royère? ?His anachronistic levity and his anticipation of freer forms in our habitat make his merits beyond question. The ‘Ours Polai..
Italian designer Giancarlo Zema has created the Bright Woods collection for the Avanzini Group. The limited edition of 120 stools and 60 coffee tables are made from wood and resin with an integrated LED light. from contemporist
A sofa consisting of 3 modular units; corner, lounger and ottoman. The units create a range of seating configurations. A simple wooden frame is covered by three layers of foam with various densities, with a hard foam base and final layer of foam chunks in a bean bag like format underneath the leather upholstery. The concept was to create a sofa with ‘bean bag’ qualities of comfort and casualness..
Anne Kyyrö Quinn is a London-based designer and producer of three-dimensional wall coverings made from felt. The studio works with architects and interior designers to create custom pieces for a variety of interior settings. The panels are designed, cut, sewn and finished by hand at their London based studio. from contemporist
German designer Elisa Strozyk has created the Miss Maple pendant lamp. The pendant lamp “Miss Maple” is showing the use of a familiar material in an unconventional way. We usually experience wood as a plain surface, but here it is broken down into a grid of triangles. This makes a flexible lampshade which can be transformed manually in three-dimensional ways. While the lamp generates warm light ..
