The Ledge by Urbancase - Office Design Blog. Designed by Seattle based furniture company Urbancase, the Ledge is a clever wall-mounted furniture unit perfect for use as a writing desk, bookshelf, or media center. Recently showcased at the annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), The Ledge features a discreet cord management system, drawer, a pullout shelf/work surface, and optional wall-hung shelving unit,and comes in either solid walnut ($1,500) or painted mdf ($1,300).
Banc fonctionnel par Emma Nilsson et Johanna Westin. Banc fonctionnel par Emma Nilsson et Johanna Westin Emma Nilsson et Johanna Westin deux étudiantes design en provenance de Suède nous présente leur concept de banc nommé : På sofflocket. Une idée : « utiliser les techniques traditionnelles de traitement du bois pour réinterpréter le canapé de manière moderne« .
Plus proche du banc que du canapé cette réalisation offre différentes possibilités aux utilisateurs, en terme de position, de stockage. Le petit plus, la disposition des magazines derrière le dossier. Non sans nous rappeler les concepts de bibliothèques et rangement abordés ici. Site du designer : Johanna Westin via By Blog Esprit Design. Oyster by Kawamura-Ganjavian. Kawamura-Ganjavian’s latest design Oyster is the perfect winter chair to spend those cold nights curled up with a book. From the designer: Contemporary domestic spaces tend to be sleek and cool but often miss cozy intimate corners. Oyster is a versatile piece of furniture. When folded it is a cushion, when unfolded it creates a cozy and comfortable private shelter. 302 Redirection. Lost in Sofa by Daisuke Motogi Architecture. Tokyo 2010: Japanese studio Daisuke Motogi Architecture presented this armchair for holding and hiding things at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 earlier this week.
Items can be stored by wedging them into slots between the upholstered cubes that form the seat. Photographs are by Takahumi Yamada. Here's a bit of text from the designer: Lost in sofa Things often get lost under the sofa. It's ordinary for a coin which slipped out of your pocket, or a never-to-be-found remote to be accidentally found in between/underneath the sofa cushions. Size : W900 D700 H700 See also: 67 m2 très culottés. IDEO and Steelcase Unveil a School Desk for the Future of Teaching [UPDATED] [Update: James Ludwig, Steelcase's chief designer, has sent us some intriguing information on pricing and demand, added to the bottom of this post] IDEO and Steelcase have just announced what might be a revolution in classroom design, a school desk that seamlessly adapts to whatever happens in class.
If you've spent any time in a schoolroom in the last 15 years, you're familiar with the high pitched whine of metal scraping against linoleum, as students rearrange their chairs and desks to whatever activity is going on. It seems like a minor annoyance, but it's a serious design problem: School furniture was largely designed 50 years ago for static, face-forward teaching. It isn't suited to the myriad forms of teaching that take place in the modern classroom. Contrast that with the Node chair, which was designed by IDEO and produced by Steelcase, a Michigan-based furniture company. Meaning this design, for now, will be one more reason to envy a private-school education. Ideas are awesome - Resource Furniture: Italian-Designed Space Saving... Innovative Door Hooks » CMYBacon. Unless you happen to live in an abandoned warehouse, it’s safe to say that storage space is always at premium.
French designer Arnaud Lapierre has taken on this ubiquitous problem by creating these folding doors that have hooks built into them. When the door is completely shut the hooks lie flat, but when it’s opened up the hooks stick out giving you extra places to hang things. Brilliant idea. Red Nest: Bookcase, Bed & Desk by Paul Coudamy Dezeen | Apartment Therapy New York.