Megawing.com.tw. Shop. Hayv Kahraman. Colors Glass Vessels by Vanessa Mitrani. Vanessa Mitrani will be showing a series of colorful hand blown glass vessels bound in metal ribbon and wire at Maison Objet 2012.
(Click the images below for full sized images) Pelote with copper wire The glass objects in Mitrani's Colors collection are bound by various materials; steel, aluminum or copper ribbon and wiring, or steel framed cubes. XTREME Black with woven copper ribbon The glass is then blown so as to push out beyond the constraining ribbon or wire. Brick Sun Says Mitrani, "The framework is present like a heavy jewel. "I wanted the sensation of constraint to be striking, obvious at first glance.
. + vanessamitrani.com. Saucy Secret: QR Code Covered Room Hides a Hot Surprise. This hotel room is decorated entirely in scannable QR codes, each of which is encoded with a rather saucy surprise.
Modez Hotel, located in the Dutch city of Arnhem, contains rooms decorated by over 30 talented designers. The QR Code Room is the work of Antoine Peters, whose goal was to create a room that exists in two worlds at once. At first glance, the room looks extremely abstract. The repeating black and white spots all over the walls, linens and furniture do not themselves represent any recognizable images. When you scan the codes with a smartphone, however, their real purpose becomes evident. The codes all contain links to (to put it delicately) piquancies. The result of Peters’ efforts is an abstract world that is secretly hiding a very graphic, adult layer. Frankenstein's Quirky Biodegradable Designs Are Made of Sand, Water and Poo. Natural, local, long-lasting, cheap and biodegradable - adobe just seems to be the perfect sustainable material for experimenting with new shapes!
Inspired by her experience in India, designer Karin Auran Frankenstein spent some time helping locals make furniture based on this ancient construction method. Eventually the Swedish designer started her own line, taking the outdoors in by creating her own line of earthy objects. A collection of chairs, lamps, shelves and other products were born from her passion for exploring the possibilities of biodegradable, low-cost and local materials such as paper, sand, peat, straw, potato flour, chalk and even poo. Jump ahead for a look into her design process as well as some other curious objects. Commonly seen in Mexican and Middle Eastern architecture, adobe is a natural composite building material made from two types of complementary ingredients.
. + Karin Auran Frankenstein + Biologiska Museum + Stockholm Furniture Fair. No Thyme to Waste: Clean Energy Clock Runs on Dirt, Water. This unique clock promises to run on completely free energy – no batteries or outlets required.
The Soil Clock from Dutch designer Marieke Staps uses the natural metabolism of biological life to power its display, requiring only the periodic addition of water. The Soil Clock has two small electrodes trailing from it which plug right into the soil. The electrodes contain copper and zinc, metals which work with the soil’s natural electrolytes to create enough clean electricity to keep the clock running virtually indefinitely.
Although the clock can run with just soil and water, the designer recommends putting plants into the soil. This is both to make the entire setup more beautiful and to remind you to keep the soil moist. Siemens crystallises thinking on smart sustainable cities. Amazing Skyscraper Farm for Vancouver. Vertical farms are one of our favorite future-forward concepts for creating sustainable cities.
Providing locally-grown produce and food will not only help us reduce our carbon emissions significantly, but also help us become healthier. Romses Architects recently came up with an amazing concept for a vertical farm in Vancouver as part of the City’s 2030 Challenge. Complete with a tower for growing fruits and vegetables, a livestock grazing plane, a boutique dairy farm, commercial space, transit lines, renewable energy and more, the Harvest Green Tower has the potential to be a food growing, energy producing, living, breathing sustainable transit hub. The City of Vancouver has ambitious plans to become the most sustainable city in the world. This spring they held the FormShift Vancouver Competition to develop and improve the city’s livability through greener, denser developments. . + FormShift Vancouver + Romses Architects Via Designboom. Zaha Hadid Architects.
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