Bored of music? So why don’t you try some new speakers? American designer Joey Roth makes it easy for you: he has created some of the most amazing speakers ever, having managed to avoid all clichés and be really original. No pseudo futurist looks then, no plastic stuff and no predictability. Joey used materials like porcelain, cork, and Baltic birch wood -raw materials that show their natural be..
Forget the Peugeot S2 Vogue MC and all similar scooters that remind you of bitter sweet school times and the crazy seventies, just because they have a pedal to occasionally maybe push. The true beauty is a rare Derringer Cycle. Damn, it would have been nice to owe one back then! They call them the new Bentleys. Who are "they"? "They" are either ecologists, or luxists. Either way, the Derringer C..
Netherlands-based designer Han Koning has designed a series of lighting made of randomly-formed plastic. Called Static Plastic, each lamp is stretched to a different height, stamped and numbered. The two halves are joined by a rubber strip. The range includes a pendent lamp that houses two bulbs and a smaller table lamp with one bulb. More Dezeen stories about lighting in our special category. P..
Bleu Nature, a France based manufacturer who’s products always have a distinctive natural feeling through their frequent use of unconventional organic materials, have created wall panels called “Pixels Of Driftwood In Relief.” The panels consist of a collection of wood pieces that have been glued vertically to particle board, making them ready to be mounted on a wall. from contemporist
When asked by art gallery owner Patrick Brillet to design a piece out of Carbon Fiber, we decided to celebrate and utilize the best of the materials true physical properties, its strength and lightness. The complexity of curves and required thinness could not be duplicated in any other material while still maintaining its ability to support itself completely… from contemporist
Norwegian designers StokkeAustad and Frost Produkt have collaborated to design a range of kitchen utensils. Calling the project Basic Series, the designers intended to make a range of kitchen utensils which are strong, sturdy and easy to use. The new products include a large wooden handled serving spoon and potato masher, stacking candle holders, a folding trivet and a chopping board with built-..
We have been running a series of tests using RhinoScript to generate cut paths for a series of cabinet doors we’re designing. Here is the latest installment. CNC Milled MDF CNC Milled PlyBoo A Tangent - but interesting nonetheless. We started milling this large piece of cherry, once its done we’re going to cut a piece of glass to fit the profile and make some legs for it, et voilà, une table. Di..
At the time Engelbert Frauscher was ready to open his first shipyard at the old Danube in Vienna, the United States were already celebrating the heydays of boat racing. And it was during the winter of 1921-22 that the rules governing the Gold Cup Races were dramatically changed by the American Power Boat Association. The changes limited engine size, length and configuration of hulls. The wish wa..
Today's entry is a collection shared by photographer Peter Carr, from an event in Liverpool, England last year. Said Peter: "As part of Liverpool's Capital of Culture year, the French group La Machine were commissioned to create a large piece of street theatre, on the scale of their earlier work, the Sultan's Elephant. Many were expecting to see something using the iconic Liverbirds, the symbol ..
French designer Nicolas Vrignaud has designed the signage for a building comprising a fashion school, shopping centre, exhibition hall and restaurants on the banks of the Seine in Paris. Created for the development (called DOCKS en Seine) by architects Jakob+MacFarlane, the signs wrap around the existing concrete structure. Vrignaud designed the project in collaboration with architect Lorenzo As..
