House dr. Ceci n’est pas une porte – This is not a door A farm that is no longer a farm, a gate that is no longer a gate.
The project expresses the intriguing conflict between making references to the past and yearning for innovation. The original oak wood entry gate to the farmyard was permanently closed off. Recycled Metal Furniture from Scrap Car Hoods. Owners of classic cars must suffer terribly if their vehicle becomes simply too rusted, dusted and dilapidated to survive any longer.
But like treasures from a sinking ship,the Weld House is making an art out of recycling trash: converting old car parts into beautiful new furniture designs. In some cases the rust and weather patterns on the metal are enough to make for an incredibly unique piece of custom-built furniture, while in other instances there is already some form of art present on the vehicle which becomes memorialized in the resulting work. When polished and finished, one might never guess the origins of these amazing pieces – primarily tables – and suspect they were the result of some kind of intentional process designed to create more visual interest and variety on the surfaces. Of course, the results come in as many colors and shades as cars do so each piece tends to be quite different from the next.
Platform of Furniture & Accessories by Independent Makers. Source: Japanese Inspired Living in Sydney.
Featured on Remodelista Source: Reclaimed Wood Outdoor Furniture. Featured on Apartment Therapy Source: Helsinki Bakery by Arihoro Mikaye, Osaka. New Custom Products for Iconic Rooftop Bar from .PSLAB. Lebanon-based design firm .PSLAB recently has completed the Iconic Rooftop Bar in the heart of Beirut, Lebanon.
They have intervened on the project by creating and manufacturing custom lighting products, giving the space a distinctive new mood. .PSLAB design and manufacture bold custom products for reinvention of one of Beirut’s most famous clubsThree spatial layers of black steel lamps create dramatic visual interventionElegant design reveals itself as customers explore the space Image courtesy .PSLAB In 2011, legendary open-air Beirut club White has been re-branded and renovated, and the iconic original location reinvented as cocktail bar and restaurant Iris. The owners invited .PSLAB to create custom lighting products for the famous rooftop in central Beirut. The site. A former Cement Factory is now the workspace and residence of Ricardo Bofill. Image Courtesy of Ricardo Bofill Architect: Ricardo BofillProgram: Architectural offices /archives /model laboratory /exhibition space /Bofill's-apartment /guest rooms /gardensLocation: Barcelona, SpainTotal floor area: 3,100 square meters and gardensHouse area: 500 square metersDate Completed: 1975 There is nothing as good as an aged bottle of wine; and in this case the aged bottle of wine is a project which was completed in 1975, but is still worth mentioning!
First and foremost we would like to thank our friend and founder of Room Service design store in Greece, Katerina Xynogala for providing us with the necessary information regarding The Cement Factory, which is featured in the latest Room Service catalogue. The Cement Factory was discovered in 1973, it was an abandoned cement factory and partially in ruins, comprised of over 30 silos, underground galleries and huge engine rooms; Ricardo Bofill bought it and began renovation works. Sources: Room Service , Ricardo Bofill. BarQue by K-studio.
Slideshow: a chandelier made from jam jars hangs from the grilled ceiling of this barbeque restaurant in north east Athens by Greek architects K-studio.
The illuminated jars hang in front of walls patterned with square-cut wooden blocks, which were designed to resemble traditional butcher's chopping boards. A selection of mismatched chairs surround wooden tables, while stools line a grey tiled bar. We're featured quite a few restaurants recently where furniture is deliberately unmatching - click here to see one where no two items of furniture or crockery are the same. Photography is by Vangelis Paterakis. Here's some more explanation from K-studio: barQue barQue sits on the corner of Harilao Trikoupi and Strofiliou in Nea Erythraia. The cuisine revolves around barbequed meats.
Murray Mitchell. Design. Graphics and products. I feel like I have been away for a very long time and sadly could not get to several things including the blog during the last 2 weeks.
Furniture design. 8 Home Decor Products Made From Concrete. Concrete gets street cred.
How many times have you slagged off a building – e.g., a school, shopping center or intentional eco community – for being concrete, and thus ugly? When I was kid, our next door neighbors moved out of their brick house into a concrete one (the dad invented some new kind of livable concrete) and I deemed them aesthetically challenged. Concrete has emerged as an invaluable material in sustainable construction. Limestone, the most abundant mineral on earth, is the predominant raw material in the cement that makes the concrete. It can also be made from waste byproducts like fly ash, slag cement, and silica fume.
In interiors, designers are molding concrete into unexpected, pretty things. For example: Stitching Concrete is a project by Florian Schmid created by manipulating folding fabric soaked in cement and water. The Aplomb suspension light from Italian lighting company Foscarini. The Espresso Solo, a conceptual product by Shmuel Linski.