November wooden chair by Veryday. Product news: Swedish design consultancy Veryday picked up a Gold Award at the iF Design Awards last week for this wooden chair created for an art and design centre in Stockholm.
Veryday designed the November chair to reflect the surroundings of the Artipelag centre, which opened last June and is situated on an island in the Stockholm Archipelago, enveloped by woodland. The ash version of the chair is available to buy at Artipelag, while a walnut version is set to be put in production soon. Industrial Revolution 2.0: how Quirky created 15 new iPhone 5 accessories in one week. As soon as the new specs for the iPhone 5 arrived last week, the users at Quirky, a worldwide group of inventors, began submitting their ideas.
In 24 hours the community, now over 240,000 strong, had pitched nearly 2,000 new products. In a rapid fire evaluation session with CEO Ben Kaufman, the field was narrowed to 50. And over the next week, the team of designers and engineers working in house, prototyped, lasercut, and 3D printed their way to a set of 15 finished products which went on sale today at fellow Silicon Alley startup Fab.com. Quirky is a New York startup focused on what it calls social product design.
Its community submits the ideas, contributes to design sessions, brainstorms on branding, and helps to determine what price the market would pay. The company recently raised a $68 million round of funding to expand its operations. Everything from a multi-purpose BBQ tool to an iPhone 5 bike / car mount. Brooklyn Makers: Food, Design, Craft, and Other Scenes from the Tactile Life by Jennifer Causey.
Brooklyn Makers: Food, Design, Craft, and Other Scenes from the Tactile Life by Jennifer Causey While Brooklyn Makers: Food, Design, Craft, and Other Scenes from the Tactile Life by Jennifer Causey isn't strictly about art, it is certainly a tome about the act of making.
It is difficult to avoid getting motivated by this look at a group of young creatives who are living out their passions in a supportive community. The pretty pictures only make it look easy at first glance; it is impossible to deny the effort that must go into every step of the maker's journey. Dubbeldam architecture + design: pop-up office, toronto. Jan 30, 2013 dubbeldam architecture + design: pop up office, toronto ‘pop-up office’ by dubbeldam architecture + design, toronto, canada image © designboom.
Lance wyman interview. Jan 31, 2013 lance wyman interview lance wyman working on the graphics for the chrysler pavilion at the 1964 new york world’s fair (while at george nelson design) lance wyman was born in newark, new jersey in 1937. he graduated from pratt institute, brooklyn, new york in 1960 with a degree in industrial design. early in his career he worked at general motors before moving to william schmidt and then onto the office of george nelson. he moved to mexico city in 1967 to design the graphics for the 1968 olympic games and subsequently the identities for mexico city metro and the 1970 world cup. upon returning to new york in 1971 he opened an office together with bill cannan (wyman & cannan) before establishing his own studio, lance wyman ltd. in 1979. lance also teaches corporate and wayfinding design at parsons school of design in new york and has done so since 1973.
Sorri Lounge Chair by Gonçalo Campos. Gonçalo Campos' Sorri is a wide and inviting lounge chair made of solid wood.
(Click the images below for full sized images) Sorri is "Easily recognised by those great gentle surfaces, an important feature that provides all of the comfort, with a wide area to drop belongings like a bag, a coat or a book. " says Campos. Many of the design details were created to highlight the chair's solid construction and its main curve, the seat, reminiscent of an inviting and assuring smile. L22 folding chairs by Pilot///Wave. These collapsible chairs by American design studio Pilot///Wave hang on the wall in an undulating line when they're not in use. (+ movie).
Above: movie by Pilot///Wave Pilot///Wave designers Matthew Burke and Kyle Kennedy, who are based in Portland, Oregon, came up with the L22 chairs for libLAB Taipei, a book shop and event space in Taiwan's capital city. Designed to take up as little space as possible when stored away, the 60 chairs hang perpendicular to a 30-metre wall on special brackets. S 50 Most Popular Articles of 2012. Dear Yatzer lovers, During the six years of my digital life, I've always felt grateful that the content we share on this website has gained the trust and enjoyed the appreciation of millions of people the world over.
You may have heard me saying that 'Your dream job does not exist. A Fixed Thing Is a Beautiful Thing: The Fixer's Manifesto. Posted by Ray | 26 Nov 2012 | Comments (5) Just as the general goodwill of holiday spirit permeated the ether last week—like a redolent apple pie fresh from the oven—so too did its economic doppelganger launch its annual assault on wallets throughout the First World as early as last Thursday.
Our own gift guide notwithstanding, we're pleased to see a decidedly anti-consumerist 'product' from the folks at Sugru: the Fixer's Manifesto. Clothing for Chairs by Eunyoung Jung. Playing cultural dress-up with cold steel seating, Clothing for Chairs by Eunyoung Jung takes a none-too-inviting white metal mesh chair...
Chair 01 Steel _Accomplished ... Purist Chair by Elisa Honkanen. The distilled essence of the Windsor chair, in wood and neoprene, Purist Chair by Elisa Honkanen consists of four wooden bars, a plywood panel, two screws and neoprene cord. (Click the images below for full sized images) Says Honkanen, "I've been a fan of Angelo Mangiarotti's Eccentrico table for a long long time, and I wanted to see if it is possible to make a chair with the same concept (= using gravity joints). " Product library: a strategic alliance with architonic. Architonic and designboom launch strategic alliance it is our aim to provide readers and the market with an efficient and high-quality environment for research, inspiration and communication.to this end, architonic and designboom are a perfect match because they complement each other both in terms of content and geography. to sum up neatly our vision for this strategic alliance: each of the two companies, which will continue to operate autonomously,is an international market leader in its own particular area of expertise – put quite simply, architonic as a product database anddesignboom as world’s first and most popular online architecture and design magazine. go to the designboom product library shared values and visions.
Custom built orchestra by diego stocco. Nov 15, 2012 custom built orchestra by diego stocco ‘custom built orchestra’ by diego stocco using components and parts from instruments with structural damages and the hardware store, california-based sound designer and composer diego stocco has developed a custom built orchestra. taking advantage of the fact that every year, hundreds of musical production item get thrown away or sold for parts, the conception introduces a multi-track piece performance including a series of custom made classic percussion cellos, violins, and more. custom built orchestra courtesy of diego stocco left: ‘tonal metals’right: ‘experviolin’ the ‘experiviolin’ has the body of a violin, the neck of an electric guitar and acoustic guitar strings. it only has two strings because the neck of the guitar is flat and having four strings like a regular violin would make playing it unpractical. it still retains some of the tonal colors of a violin but the tone is different, also due to the custom tuning.
Swing installation by Moradavaga. Playing on these swings outside an arts centre in Guimarães, Portugal, generates electricity to power lighting under the floor (+ movie). Oporto- and Berlin-based collective Moradavaga built the installation, titled Swing, outside the brass walls of the International Centre for the Arts Jose de Guimarães, which we reported on following its completion this summer. Above: movie is by Manfred Eccli and Pedro Cavaco Leitão of Moradavaga As each swing moves back and forth, a bicycle chain attached to it turns a wheel which then turns a dynamo to activate the light below.
The swings are built on a base of wooden pallets, which also hides the mechanical parts. "Based on the principle of swinging to produce electricity, Swing is also an ode to the rich industrial heritage of Guimarães, reflected in its mechanical devices and sounds evocative of the ones once produced in the factories of the city," say the designers. Fogger Vertical Planting Unit by Lorenz Schott & Michael Lessmoellmann. Consumer demand for more transparency and information about the origin, quality and sustainability of food was the inspiration behind VAKANT Design's Fogger vertical planting unit.
(Click the images below for full sized images) Says VAKANT, "The Fogger is a highly efficient, vertical planting unit. Just take some pre-germinated vegetable seedlings of your choice and insert them with the neoprene plugs into the pillar, fill up the tank with water and the included organic fertilizer, and you are ready to start your own fully automatic cultivation! " "Up to six weeks the plants are self-sufficiently supplied with water and nourishment via a fogponic cultivation technique: Generated by an ultrasonic head the nutrient-rich fog flows around the roots that grow in the inside of the pillar. This way, a maximum oxygen supply is provided and the plants full growth potential is released.
" Well Proven Chair; una silla verdaderamente sustentable. Marjan van Aubel y James Shaw experimentarón con los desechos producidos en el proceso de convertir la madera en productos comerciales como tableros y vigas. Partiendo del dato que 50 a 80% del desperdicio en esta industria se genera en este proceso, los diseñadores decidieron buscar una forma en que podrían aprovechar este desperdicio y convertirlo en un material de valor. Aquí un video del proyecto: Más info www.marjanvanaubel.com. Natural water filtration systems - puur zuiveren by lukas jager. Nov 07, 2012. Thonet: 330 chair and 1330 table by läufer + keichel. Nov 11, 2012. Wizard of Oz Doorstop. Fancy it Fancy it Add to list Share. Bootcut Stool by Chris Hardy. Concrete collection by Matali Crasset for Concrete by LCDA. Interieur 2012: French designer Matali Crasset has created a collection of concrete furniture, including a lamp shaped like an interwar military listening device.
Roger Arquer on his General Woodwork benches. In this movie filmed by Dezeen, east London designer Roger Arquer talks about the benches he made for the Stepney Green Design Collection using materials sourced from his local family-run hardware shop just before it closed down. Multithread 3D printed furniture by Kram/Weisshaar. Video: The Second Telling Table by Elisabeth Florstedt. Critical Blocks Miniature World by Maykel Roovers. Maykel Roovers wanted to show how enormous modern construction works are, so he transformed them into toy blocks. (Click the images below for full sized images) During Dutch Design Week 2012 Roovers exhibited buildings that represent the zeitgeist transformed into toy blocks. The goal was to show their actual large scale in human terms, which becomes clear in contrast with the miniature forms in which he presented them.
Atlas Table by Gunnar Rönsch & Stephen Molloy. Between Centers Table by Jorge de la Cruz. Sputnik, Santorini and K collections by Estudio Sputnik. 1,048H DESIGN STORE By Galería Mexicana de Diseño – Glocal Design Magazine. Loop bottle opener by Oscar Diaz for Field. Used and Tired by Alicja Kwade. No Trouble with the "Curvas" Dining Chair. LOS INSTRUMENTOS MUSICALES DEL FUTURO YA ESTÁN AQUÍ, Y NO SON IPADS. Faceture vase by Phil Cuttance movie. Bouroullec chairs for University of Copenhagen.
Rings Stool by Nao Tamura. 02 Chair by Stijn Guilielmus Ruys. XTable by KiBiSi. The Illustration & Design World of Zach Johnsen. Anfora by CENTRO en la Galería Mexicana de Diseño – Glocal Design Magazine. Hard graft / Über Premium Leather and 100% Wool Felt. Authentically European. iPad Cases - Accessories. Leather Goods, Wallets, Bags, Accessories. Lock Bamboo Table by J.P. Meulendijks. Graphic design can change your life. Arper chairs launch at new London showroom. Stuck Chair by Stefan Tervoort and Pim Snijdoodt. Me-Far Bowls by CoWorks.
FACETURE by Phil Cuttance. Cordame Chair by Eduardo Baroni. Femme Chair by Rik ten Velden. Pixel Vases Landscape by Julian F. Bond. Stitch Table by Uhuru Design. Tavolo Rotto by Anton Schneider & Andri Luescher. BEST OF MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2012 by Yatzer. MIA by Jean Nouvel for Emu. New Pinterest board: chairs.