Design Miami 08: Lebanese designers Huda Baroudi and Maria Hibri of Bokja presented a collection of found furniture pieces upholstered in vintage Middle Eastern fabrics at Design Miami last week. The collection was created for ALEF, an exhibition held by Al Sabah Art & Design Collection. See our earlier story about Pieke Bergmans’ collection for Al Sabah Art & Design Collection, which was shown ..
Design Miami 08: art production company Kaikai Kiki is exhibiting a collection objects designed by its founder, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, at Design Miami this week. Products on show include large “flowerball” cushions, wallpaper, a sofa and jewellery, all based on motifs from Murakami’s artwork. Image captions provided by Kaikai Kiki: – Top image: Flower Ball Gigantic Stuffed Animal (pro..
Italian designers JVLT (JoeVelluto) presented a collection of useless objects at gallery Spazio Libero during art fair Artissima in Turin, Italy, last month. The collection, called UseLess is More, comprises eight altered objects, including a chair, standard lamp and shelving. The exhibition represents the manifesto of JVLT, which refers to its activities as “Adesign”. “If design produces functi..
Milan 08: Designer Arne Quinze will present two new pieces at the Swarovski Crystal Palace exhibition in Milan next month. We just have some renderings for now - top two images: Fragments sculpture/cabinet. Above and below: Ellipsis sculpture/lamp. Below: Ellipsis sculpture/lamp Below: Fragments sculpture/cabinet
Rotterdam-based designer Reinier de Jong has designed an extending bookcase. Called REK, the bookcase consists of five parts, which slide out to accommodate books in the resulting voids as the user accumulates them. “REK is a bookcase that grows with your book collection. The more books, the bigger the bookcase,” explains de Jong. The following information is from the designer: – The zigzag shap..
French car manufacturer Citroën have designed Hypnos, a diesel-electric hybrid 4×4 concept car, which was awarded concept car of the year by British motoring magazine Autocar last month. The 4.9m car features rear hinged back doors and an offset seating arrangement with seats upholstered using “prism-shaped components”. A camera installed in the ceiling monitors the driver’s facial expressions a..
Design Miami 08: An exhibition of sculptures by Belgian artist Arne Quinze is on show at Wolfgang, Roth and Partners Fine Art as part of Art Basel - Miami Beach in Miami, USA. Quinze describes the Bidonvilles as “shanty towns competing with skyscrapers… Social gravity pushes up the social mass, into the sky.” “The houses will extract all the energy they can from wind, water, sun or frequencies t..
Dutch designer Roderick Vos will present a collection of three ceramic pieces called White Gold at Design Miami this week. The pieces have been produced in a limited edition of 25 by ceramic manufacturers Koninklijke Tichelaar Makkum for Dutch gallery Priveekollektie. Top image: Ma-Ma’ vase. Above: Bloom vase Above: Atlantis. The following text is from Roderick Vos: – ‘White Gold’ Atlantis, Bloo..
Dutch architects NL created a forest of 100 trees planted in shopping trolleys at the Urban Play event in Amsterdam, Netherlands, which ended earlier this month. The project, called Moving Forest, was inspired by a children’s story about a forest that moves at night so people trapped in it can never escape. Urban Play is an international project by Droog Design, created and curated by Scott Burn..
Tokyo architect Shinichiro Himematsu has designed a cafe adjacent to a vinegar factory in Fukuoka, Japan. The cafe, in a converted 130-year-old house, serves dishes using the vinegar from the factory. The following is from Himematsu Architecture: – Vinegar Cafe SU This project is to renovate a 130-year old private house into a café and factory in Fukuoka Japan. The café sells the vinegar produce..
