FID celebrates Italian material with Terracotta Everyday collection. A collective of emerging Italian designers has worked with artisans to create a range of terracotta objects (+ slideshow).
Each of the 10 designers in the Federazione Italiana del Design (FID) group teamed up with an artisan to create a simple object for everyday use from terracotta: a material closely linked with Italian culture. Participants were free to add other materials, as long as the terracotta featured prominently. "Terracotta is a very strong element in the culture of Mediterranean countries," Terracotta Everyday participant Marta Polenghi told Dezeen. Earth Sheltered. Earth Sheltered Homes "Another type of building is emerging: one that actually heals the scars of its own construction.
Andres Amador Arts: Services. Coffee Table. H 43cm W 100cm D 75cm Sand cast aluminium, Glass.
Fort Standard. Crafted systems. Bound Earth - Contemporary Jewelry Design by Andrea Williams. Arts décoratifs et design. Mathias bengtsson. Above, Slice Chair drawing by Mathias Bengtsson, 1998 oil pencil on paper Next time I’m in San Francisco, my first stop will be to Steven Volpe’s gallery Hedge.
I was glued to the site yesterday, reading about the brilliant artists and designers represented at his avant-garde gallery. One piece that completely blew me away was Danish designer Mathias Bengtsson’s aluminum Slice Chair. The imagination, innovation and engineering is like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. Curvaceous and sensual while at the same time futuristic and industrial ~ an organic form for the 21st century. Material: Aluminium, Date: 1999, H: 750mm W: 890mm L: 750mm “First drawn by hand and later modelled in clay, the Slice chair combines organic shapes with cutting-edge technology. A Stool That Automatically Transforms Into A Full Functioning Chair.
Posted on May 4, 2010 by saya You’ll never know what the spring means to the “Jack” created by Arthur Bodolec, unless you sit on it…Wow, the surrounding panels of the stool begin to raise and the stool finally transforms into a full functioning chair!
Bedroom hidden in a single box. Posted on February 13, 2008 by 200702 You might think this box could only be used for containing and you won’t believe that a single box like this could provide you a fully furnitured bedroom.
So, more pictures after the break. The Vuzzle: Unique Transformable Chair by Christopher Daniel. Coming with an imaginative design, this unique chair is constructed of 59 cushion cells.
Some of the cells can be separated from the cluster in order to shape a sofa-like seating. Hybrid Textile Furniture by Kata Mónus. Hungarian designer Kata Mónus has created the crossropes shelf and two storage units that are connected with knit textile for her 2012 graduation.
Click here for more. M-Velope Transformer House For Sale at Neiman Marcus M-Velope fully tight - Gallery Page 10. Redefining Rustic Materials: 6 Modern Log Furniture Makers. Redefining Rustic Materials: 6 Modern Log Furniture Makers Article by Urbanist, filed under Furniture & Decor in the Design category.
Logs typically conjure images of remote cabins and plaid-clad workers felling trees. As these seven creative designers and craftspeople show, though, log furniture can be cool, clever and contemporary, too. Rather than presupposing a finished shape, Mth Woodworking uses logs individually to inspire and guide each unique piece they create. Their addition of a resin surface largely leaves the natural shape of the stump or trunk alone, and highlights the cross-section showing through the top. Playful Shelving Doubles as a Kid-Sized Pin Press Toy.
Temple of Gravity. 12devonshire-PBedisonchandelier.jpg (383×344) Design portable lamp - All architecture and design manufacturers. Aqua Light. Aqua Light is a luminescent curtain embedded with solar panels, LEDs and fiber optics.
Designed by Lin Yun Lien, a recent graduate of Textile Futures program at Central Saint Martins, the project is inspired by the bio-luminescent qualities of jellyfish. Interaction sketch of curtain and portable lamps What makes this project rather unique is the decorative portable lamps that parasitically attach themselves to the curtain in order to "refuel. " The curtain thereby acts as a charging station for the lamps. The lamps then can be removed from the curtain and used as portable lighting.
I also love the textures on the fabric and amazing visual effects created from the fiber optics. Aqua Light prototype. Backpacks, Bags, and Accessories - About. How would you describe Sprayground? The rebel bag company. What was the reasoning/big push behind starting Sprayground? I traveled the globe with just a black backpack. When it was time to buy a new bag, I was sick of the obvious. A light bulb went off. Sistema Modular Softwall + Softblock por Molo Design / Softwall + Softblock Modular System by Molo Design « Cenário 3D. Change Everything. Morphê by Zbynek Krulich. Milan 2010: In Milan next week architecture student Zbynek Krulich will present a collection of table accessories designed for the year 2050.
Called Morphê, the collection consists of a vase and bowl and is part of a project entitled A Fiest for Visitors from Another World, initiated by the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. Krulich envisages tableware made of a matrix that will change shape according to users' requirements. The project will be on show in Zona Tortona 14-19 April. Photographs are by Jan Rambousek. See all our stories about Milan 2010 in our special category.