Architects: MAD Location: Erdos, Inner Mongolia Director in Charge: Ma Yansong, Yosuke Hayano, Dang Qun Design team: Shang Li, Andrew C. Bryant, Howard Jiho Kim, Matthias Helmreich , Zheng Tao, Qin Lichao, Yang Lin, Sun Jieming Yin Zhao , Du Zhijian Collaborators: China Institute of Building Standard Design and Research, The Institute of Shanxi Architectural Design and Research Site Area: 27,760..
Architect: Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas Location: New York, USA Programme: Emporio Armani, Giorgio Armani, Armani Casa, Armani Dolci, Armani Ristorante Design Team: Sara Bernardi, Alfio Faro, Andrea D’Antrassi, Chiara Marchionni, Rossella Mastronardi Furniture Design: Ana Gugic, Farshid Tavakolitehrani, Lucrezia Rendace Model Makers: Nicola Cabiati, Lucrezia Rendace, Jaim Telias 3D Model & Rend..
An innovative wash basin KANERA series by Graft, a design firm located in Los Angeles, Berlin, and Beijing. The design was inspired by the movement of water in relation with the wash basin. + Bathing Inspiration A sink like KANERA 1 E, having just won the renowned red dot award: product design 2008, awarded by The Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen on March, 14th is the pinnacle of industrial de..
Designer Claudio Colucci will present a combined speaker and lamp called Squeezophone 360 at Bar Blanco in Milan next week. Made of Corian, the product is the result of a collaboration between Colucci and Kenwood Design. Here’s some more information from Claudio Colucci Design: – “When design meets a technological ingenuity…” in the Bar Blanco, Milano The designer Claudio Colucci and the Design ..
Berlin architects Sauerbruch Hutton have completed the new Brandhorst Museum in Munich, Germany. The building is clad in 36,000 ceramic rods in 23 different colours, arranged vertically over a horizontally striped, sheet-metal skin. “Between an angled view, in which the ceramic rods merge visually into a solid plane, and the frontal view, in which the mineral layer parts to let the horizontally ..
London designers Ab Rogers Design have designed the interior of a Little Chef restaurant in Popham, UK, for chef Heston Blumenthal. Inspired by “influences from the history of roadside eating,” the interior comprises red vinyl upholstery, and white ceramic tiles with cooking tips and illustrations printed on them. In collaboration with graphic design studio Praline, ARD also created the graphic ..
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
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..
Spanish designers Discoh have created a sex toy inspired by the aloe vera plant. Called Aloe, the product comes packaged in a “pot” and its function only becomes apparent once removed. Here’s some text from the designers: – ALOE Physical stimulation. Aesthetic pleasure. A complicit wink able to be a natural part of our daily environment. “Aloe” reimagines the role of erotic toys, becoming itself..
London and Cape Town-based designer Fly-pitcher has sent us images of Zero Gravity, his stand at Design Tide Tokyo last month. Among work on show was Satellite Chandelier, an installation piece featuring nickel-plated TV and radio receiving equipment. Other projects shown included the designer’s Corian Lantern and a stool prototype made from Nylon. The following is from Fly-pitcher: – “Satellite..
