Reborn: UV Project. Ciò che è antico rinasce sotto i riflettori della modernità. Una commistione tra colori fluo e forme che riaffiorano dai meandri della memoria di ciascuno di noi, ognuno con una sua storia. Sperimentazione espressiva e filologica di oggetti che stordiscono lo spettatore apparendo all’improvviso nel buio. E’ questo UV Project, progetto fotografico in cui passato e presente si confondono e diventano suggestione insolita e nuova, “Vintage senza malinconia e artificio“. Infatti, ogni soggetto è stato rivisitato per davvero e vive di vita propria al di fuori della fotografia. UV Project nasce un anno fa dalle menti creative di Francesco Caruso e Domenico Montemurro.
In attesa di una mostra vera e propria del duo, che dovrebbe tenersi asap, ecco qui una carrellata delle loro creazioni. Chick Lamp. Looking for a nice minimalist desk? Switzerland based furniture manufacturer Colin SA created a plain desk, named T-723-X1 , which is easy to move and simple to assemble. No tools or screws are needed to assemble the desk of FSC certified multiplex plywood. As you can see the T-723-X1 is available in a raw version, natural planed and grinded plywood. So…are you still looking for a nice minimalist desk? Once upon.... Anthem Cafe & Bar in Japan. The spare yet evocative interiors of Anthem Cafe & Bar in Japan were designed by Tokyo-based Tamiser Antiques (profiled yesterday on Remodelista).
Stacks of vintage magazines, tin cans filled with beach stones, and simple, rough-hewn furniture comprise the decor. Located on the fourth floor of a traditional wood building, the space also serves as a venue for Baroque concerts (lute, harpsichord, gamba, violin); the menu includes pesticide-free vegetables grown in the Hyogo Prefecture. For more information, go to Anthem Cafe & Bar. Portfolio @ A Well Dressed Home. Before & After: A Living Room Transformation @ A Well Dressed Home. A few months ago, I completed a living room online design board for one of my favorite clients, Liz. Since then, she has been hard at work transforming her living room into a more stylish, welcoming space…and I must say, she has done a great job!! Liz shared the progress of her living room with the readers of her fab blog a few weeks ago, and I’m excited to share them with you today! First, let’s take a look at the “before” picture of her living room….
As you can see, the room lacked color and texture… Liz’s only request for the design board was that the sofa, slipper chairs and piano stay…which was not a problem at all. Here is the design that I came up with for Liz…I am still so in love with the tone on tone horizontal stripes for the wall. And after a few months of hard work, here is her newly decorated living room… The fresh coat of white paint on the dingy wood grain trim makes all the difference in the World! ELISA STROZYK. "Wooden Textiles" convey a new tactile experience. We are used to experience wood as a hard material; we know the feeling of walking across wooden floors, to touch a wooden tabletop or to feel the bark of a tree.
But we usually don't experience a wooden surface which can be manipulated by touch. "Wooden Textiles" is a material that is half wood-half textile, between hard and soft, challenging what can be expected from a material or category. It looks and smells familiar but feels strange, as it is able to move and form in unexpected ways. The processes to transform wood into a flexible wooden surface is its deconstruction into pieces, which are then attached to a textile base. Inspiration {Wooden Rug}… | Simply Grove - DailyBuzz Style. Sanya Arts Space | Blog | Konnex Bookshelf Modular System By Florian Gross. Pipe Light by Triptyque. Pipe Light is an installation on an abandoned house in São Paulo, Brazil by French-Brazilian architects Triptyque. The project, part of a design show held at the property earlier this year, comprises metal tubing and lamps wrapped around the inside and outside of the building.
The installation was commissioned Houssein Jarouche, owner of the adjacent furniture and homeware store Micasa. More Dezeen stories about Triptyque: Harmonia 57Bela Cintra 1235Loducca Building The following is from Triptyque: Pipe Light - Triptyque “I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products.” – Marcel Duchamp The Pipe Light was created from the design of a product that was morphologically similar to a vegetable which invades and takes the parts of a house, as a creeping plant; thus role of a bridge between art and design.
But unlike its inspirational object – that make the process of photosynthesis -, the pipe light "feeds" of darkness for enlighten. Thebrickhouse.tumblr. ICFF 2007: MIO's Nomad System | Apartment Therapy New York. Conform Chair by William Lee. Industrial designer William Lee's Conform chairs are a play on an ironically nonconformist design that simultaneously conforms - to the contours of the body. (Click the images below for full sized images) Says Lee, "A geometry of distorted cubes seem to be cut from a single rectangular frame. A slight variation is created from the inversion of top and bottom. " A woven elastic surface stretched over the frame resembles a canvas for painting.
"The elastic material allows an opportunity for various neon green and pink frames. " + idstrength.com. Redefining a Space with Colorful Tape. Penguin Bin & Containers : Lebello.com. 5 Quick Fixes: White Paint Solutions. Older 5 Quick Fixes: White Paint Solutions by Julie Carlson Issue 9 · High/Low Design · March 2, 2012 Newer Issue 9 · High/Low Design · March 2, 2012 Elevate humble household objects and vintage furniture with a quick coat of white matte paint; here are five ideas. Above: A collection of wine bottles spray-painted matte white creates a decorative accent at the Anthem Cafe in Tokyo. Above: Spotted on a recent trip to ABC Carpet, the Messerblock knife block by German designer Ermert Schaefer of ES. Above: We've admired tree-stump stools with painted tops before (see DIY: Garden Stools); we also like these side tables made from felled logs, with exteriors painted glossy white.
Above: A collection of vintage frames painted white creates an art installation; image via Yatzer. Above: Look closely: the chairs at Laurier in Paris feature strategically painted white detailing. EXPLORE MORE: Issue 9: High/Low Design, DIY & Remodeling, 5 Quick Fixes, Palette & Paints, White Mini-Blackboards for the Garden. Architect Visit: Workstead in Cobble Hill.
Older Architect Visit: Workstead in Cobble Hill by Lydia Lee Issue 2 · Salle de Bain · January 9, 2012 Newer Issue 2 · Salle de Bain · January 9, 2012 Share on email If we were betting on the next breakout star in design, we'd put some money on Workstead. The young firm, based in Brooklyn, has a combined background that includes theatre set design, music, and art, along with formal training in architecture at RISD (where the two principals, Robert Highsmith and Stefanie Brechbuehler, met). The two launched the company in 2009 and have since been joined by right-hand man Ryan Mahoney. Photography by Matthew Williams (except where noted). Above: A dining room ceiling fixture turned into the prototype for the firm’s 3-Arm Industrial Chandelier. Above: The mirror once belonged to Highsmith's grandmother. Above: The bookcases are salvaged built-ins from an old house that was being remodeled. Above: In the living room, a Prouvé Potence light sits above a Workstead floor lamp.
By Lydia Lee. Indigo Matt in San Francisco. Older Indigo Matt in San Francisco by Sarah Lonsdale Issue 8 · Wabi-Sabi Week · February 24, 2012 Newer Issue 8 · Wabi-Sabi Week · February 24, 2012 Share on email San Francisco-based designer and creative director Matt Dick is known around town as Indigo Matt—possibly because his hands are perpetually stained blue, or maybe it's because he's frequently attired in an inky-hued kurta.
Matt, who designs uniforms and workwear for happening San Francisco coffee shops and restaurants, is a born creative. Photography by Mimi Giboin for Remodelista. RM: What are you working on now? Above: A quilted indigo tote bag made of cotton from the highland area of China that's dyed with indigo mixed with wild pigs' blood and coated with a lacquer solution made from herbs and egg, which gives it a distinctive sheen. RM: Where do you source your fabric? RM: What are your favorite tools? Above: Denim fabric and bundles of uniforms wrapped in cotton (L). RM: Where did you find the mercury glass light? By Alexa Hotz. Rainbow-Hued oLE KiRk Lego Lamps Cast Fascinating Shadows Lego Lamps oLe Kirk – Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World.
Origami Lights from Holland. Older Origami Lights from Holland by Lydia Lee Issue 8 · Wabi-Sabi Week · February 24, 2012 Newer Issue 8 · Wabi-Sabi Week · February 24, 2012 Share on email Wouldn't these light-hearted origami paper lights be lovely in a children's room? Cachette is a brand-new online shop started by an Anglo-French couple, Stephen Rogan and Delphine de Chabalier, who have embarked on their own version of A Year in Provence: After a decade of life in London, they pulled up stakes and moved to the South of France to start a new business.
Above: Produced in Holland, Paper Lights are folded from a single piece of paper; €89 (around $120, shipping to the US available) at Cachette. Above: The lights are suspended from cloth-wrapped cords. Above: The lights are available in seven colors, including white and pink, which would float overhead like giant meringues. EXPLORE MORE: Issue 8: Wabi-Sabi Week, Home Inspiration, Lighting, Japanese, Lanterns, Netherlands Show Us Your Indigo By Alexa Hotz By Christine Chang Hanway.