Dezeen podcasts: in this episode of our series of podcasts for the Design Museum in London, fashion designer Hussein Chalayan talks to Josephine Chanter at an exhibition of his work, on show at the museum. The exhibition is a comprehensive presentation of Chalayan’s projects in the UK, spanning fifteen years. It continues until 17 May. Top image: Hussein Chalayan, INERTIA Spring,Summer 2009. Abo..
The October Series is a collection of light based artworks that bring the excitement of some of our larger projects to a series of immediately available wall hanging mini-installations. These artworks were unveiled on June 3rd 2008 at the Prima Design Show where Cinimod Studio was exhibited by International Art Consultants. The artworks display a seemingly impossible depth of three-dimensional l..
(photo: Peter Turo) The UFO flew in along the coast from the nearby town of Sopot, and then circled the centre of Gdansk. The UFO made its startling and surprising appearance soon after sunset. It appeared to be covered in lights displaying a series of geometric colour patterns. “ (photo: Peter Turo) “Untitled (UFO)” is an art project conceived by established New York artist Peter Coffin. Cinimo..
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have designed a modular room-dividing system called Clouds for textile manufacturers Kvadrat. Clouds consists of textile pieces held together with elastic bands to make free-standing or hanging structures, which can be used to divide space and absorb sound. The project is a continuation of North Tiles, designed in 2006 by the Bouroullec brothers for Kv..
London-based designer Yu Jordy Fu has produced a range of hand-cut paper lampshades called Cloud Lamps. The designs are cut freehand from recycled paper, then folded around a light source. Three Cloud Lamp chandeliers by Yu Jordy Fu are on display as part of festival In From the Cold at the Southbank Centre in London. More information on Yu Jordy Fu’s blog. The Cloud Lamps are available to buy f..
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..
Spanish designer Ferran Lajara has designed Pinxo, a wooden clothes peg with a hook on one side. The title of the project is a combination of the Catalan words Pinça and ganxo. The product is produced by Barcelona-based DIY brand Servei Estació. Here’s some information about the designer: – Born in Barcelona in 1983. Ferran Lajara studied a BA Product Design at Eina, Escola de disseny i art, Bar..
Here are some more images of the Welcome Back bus designed by Héctor Serrano Studio, Miñarro García and Javier Esteban, which won second prize in the New Bus For London competition last week. See our previous story for details of the other winners. Lighting in the entrance platform at the back of the vehicle alerts boarding or alighting passengers when the bus is about to move. The bus is compac..
