Young Designer Ka-Lai Chan, a 2009 graduate from the School of Arts in Utrecht, The Netherlands, has sent us photos of her ‘In de knoop’ lights. Ka-Lai says: The idea is brought up by designing a lamp with the basic materials of a bulb connector and an electric cable. This lamp has been created by using a single electric cable, the lamp shade itself is created by incorporating a combined crochet..
German kitchen manufacturer Bulthaup have shared with us some inspirational photos of their contemporary kitchen designs. from contemporist
STYRENE_PAUL COCKSEDGE STUDIO : lampshade 70cm - 150cm diameter / sculptures height vary from 10cm to 60cm – polystyrene These pieces were inspired by the concept of growth as a process. By applying heat to polystyrene, the form changes and with it the properties of the material. The result is organic and unique sculptural forms with much greater strength. Year: 2003 Photos: Richard Brine
Forest of culture Library, Cirie: Turin, Italy (ecoLogicStudio) The library sits within an existing warehouse building covered by a beautiful shed roof and enclosed on two sides by large windows opening onto public spaces. The light field and the privacy gradient quickly became defining elements of an otherwise undifferentiated space. The concept idea of the library intended as a forest of cultu..
For this year’s DesCours, an annual AIA event held in New Orleans, Louisiana, Francis Bitonti and Brian Osborn collaborated to construct the 500 sqft robotic canopy ‘openHouse’. The illuminated canopy fills the upper portion of a small courtyard in the French Quarter. As participants fill the courtyard the space is transformed by a field of kinetic devices. DesCours 2009 (blog) from Francis Anth..
German designer Katrin Greiling has created the Bidoun collection of seating and tables.The Bidoun furniture series was inspired by the Middle East. Katrin Greilingstudied the nomadic lifestyle and used the Bedouins daily-life-objectsas her source of inspiration in creating this contemporaryinterpretation of the traditional Arabic seating, the majilis. The sofa system involves several layers of ..
Belgian designer Bart Lens has designed a ceiling lamp for eden design which, at four metres wide, they claim is the largest lamp in production. The °XXXLamp measures 4m x 160m and is inspired by a Chinese lantern. Here’s some info from eden design: – °XXXL(amp) Perhaps symptomatic of an architect’s mindset, the lamps and objects are becoming increasingly ‘space defining’. The XXL-amp is essenti..
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Oil has been the protagonist in the industrial history and transformed our world since the last century. Its role and impact in the world economy and population are huge and the possible consequences of a depletion are under the scientific microscope the last years. This is because the Oil era is about to reach to an end and according to many experts we may have reached the peak oil point; a poi..
Mexican designer Emiliano Godoy has created the Camouflage armchair for the Mexico City based manufacturer Pirwi. “Camouflage” is a low armchair made in Oriented Strand Board (OSB). The material is surfaced with a stained-black veneer, and has oversized lateral panels that partly hide the user. These panels feature a carved camouflage pattern that emphasizes the trench-like character of the piec..
