Busnelli has introduced the new Bohémien sofa for 2010. Designed by Italian architect Castello Lagravinese, Bohémien is a modern interpretation of traditional styles. from contemporist
Milan 2010: here are some more pictures of Dutch designer Bertjan Pot’s Jumper chair, launched by British brand Established & Sons in Milan last week. The design features a knitted cover, created on a machine for making clothing and washed at a high temperature to shrink the wool. Buttons hold the resulting cover around the bent steel and wood frame. More about Established & Sons in Milan here. ..
Finnish designer Timo Hoisko has created the Farmline chair out of a single metal tube and locally-produced hemp fiber. I believe in sustainable development, and in the design our products we should promote nature-conserving renewable materials. I wanted to design an ecological chair using locally-produced hemp fiber, a rare material in the furniture industry that I believe would create new oppo..
Architects: Moomoo - Jakub Majewski, Lukasz Pastuszka Location: Wilga, Poland Collaborator: Tomasz Bierzanowski Project year: 2008 Constructed Area: 130 sqm This house features a dynamic skin, a curtain that covers the long side of the elevation. The intermediate space changes during the day due to the winds of the area. House for a photographer, Szymon Szczesniak. A textile elevation of the hou..
The Polish design studio MOWO have created the Bufa chair. Inspired by attire and tailoring detail: puff and pleat. An attempt to find furniture pattern and a search of the new solution to replace the traditional upholstery. With the pull of the string on both sides, the proper pattern makes it possible to transform the two-dimensional felt into a spacial shape. The pleated material creates a sp..
Melbourne, Australia based Yellow Diva, have designed the M Series of seating. A sumptous seating collection comprising MC1 armchair, MO1 ottoman, MCL chaise longue and MS1 sofa. Taking inspiration from Eastern and Western traditions the M Series harks back to the understated elegance of the early nineteenth century, marrying rhythmic buttoning and tactile piping with decidedly contemporary join..
It was during the two World Wars when women limited by fabric rationing restrictions and yet not wanting to abandon their appearance came up with a solution of painting their legs with make up or asking a friend to draw a straight line down the bag of their legs so as to show that they were wearing stockings ? or even mostly in Middle Eastern countries women were and still decorate their legs or..
Architect: Massimiliano Fuksas Location: Strasbourg, France Programme: Zenith Music Hall (10.000 seats) Construction year: 2008 Site: Municipality of Eckbolsheim, Strasbourg Client: Citta di Strasburgo (CUS) Delegate Consultants: Concrete Betom / Acoustics Altia / Scenography Architecture and Technique Area: 14.000 sqm Photographs: Moreno Maggi & Philippe Ruault by Moreno Maggi by Moreno Maggi b..
FreeFlow is a fluid, sinuous modular upholstered seating system designed mainly to suit large spaces. Its curvy, linear modules offer maximum versatility for use in waiting, relaxation and dining areas. Based on the idea of a flyover, the sofa comprises two upholstered strips, one for the seat and one for the backrest. Depending on how it is used, these strips can criss-cross each other to creat..
Anne-Mette Jensen and Morten Ernst have designed the In Duplo sofa series for the Danish furniture manufacturer Erik Jørgensen. In Duplo is a series that consist of two sofas in kinship (In Duplo High & Low) that are designed with a common theme. Each sofa consists of a wing shaped corpus that holds a composition of cushions. Like in a stone circle where each element is modified and finds its na..