Curved Wall Tiles by Lithos - new Favo Curve Like this article? Share it: These contemporary curved wall tiles by Lithos are an unconventional and unexpected way to finish your rooms. The new Favo Curve stone tiles are not your typical tile, both in terms of material and aesthetic. Soft gravitational pull towards fleshy architectural bodies Soft gravitational pull towards fleshy architectural bodies. External Stimuli : Ernesto Neto at the Armoury, Themes : Architecture, Sculpture Nodes : densities, Ernesto Neto, organic, soft, surreal, transparency, womb
Ultra-Sleek Hollywood Hills Home Just when you thought you had seen the sleekest house (like the one featured in Eugene's post about the Santa Barbara pavilion), here comes an amazing one perched on top of Hollywood Hills. It's truly a design to kill for... The 4,000 square foot house, which boasts both city and ocean views, sits on a 10,580 square foot lot with an infinity pool and spa, both of which have LED lighting and can be heated by either gas or solar power. Also in the backyard, an art installation titled “Sprout” by artist Nancy Braver adds a unique twist to the overall design. Located above LA's famous Sunset Strip, this four bedroom, five bathroom home doesn't come cheap. It just hit the market with the cool listing price of $9.9 million. Official Listing Photo credit: William MacCollum via [Curbed], [Huff Po]
Facebook Office Dans la continuité des photos des bureaux de Google à travers le monde, voici ceux de Facebook, le réseau social le plus connu du monde avec ses 350 millions de membres. Un travail de Studio O+A, pour cette société basée à Palo Alto en Californie. Galerie disponible dans la suite. Top 5 Friday: Upcycling Ideas (Start As One Thing, End As Another!) - Style Sheet Whether you call it upcycling, reusing, refurbishing or reimagining, today's Top 5 Friday is all about finding decor inspiration and doing it yourself. Headboard From Wooden Skids (aka Pallets) This idea came courtesy of Julia Black from Pure Design, who hosted a video series for us called The Green Geek. Watch how she transformed three skids and some salvaged wood into a beachy white headboard for a queen size bed (three skids are the perfect size!). Chair Turned Bathroom Caddy Image: Pink to Green blog (via French Charming, originally from Country Living) This is one of those "Why didn't I think of that?" Large Wooden Spool Turned Art Table/Coffee Table Image: Design*Sponge I was actually inspired last night at the bus stop (in front of a condo construction project) by four large wooden spools just sitting around, just the perfect size and shape for my current coffee table conundrum. Vintage Crates Turned Storage Images: Apartment Therapy This isn't a new idea, but it's a good one!
The architecture meltdown When the Great Recession dawned, architecture was the glamour profession of the creative class. Extravagant, signature buildings – Frank Gehry’s titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum in Spain’s Basque Country, Richard Meier’s white-travertine Getty Center in Los Angeles, and multimillion-dollar concert halls in seemingly every city in the U.S. – drew not only press attention but the kind of architectural tourists who once visited Italian duomos. Brash, individualistic “starchitects” – cerebral urbanist Rem Koolhaas, Iraq-born diva Zaha Hadid, gracious, serene Renzo Piano and others hailed in the press as visionaries – became the new rock stars. Though much of the cast was international, the image built on a long-standing heroism of the architect in the United States, dating back to the magnetic Frank Lloyd Wright and the valiant, uncompromising Howard Roark in Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead.” It isn’t just the celebrity figures who are frustrated, however. He bounced checks.
TetraBox Light by Ed Chew Liquid to Light Designer Ed Chew takes a green step in the right direction with the TetraBox lamp, a light object made from discarded drink packets that would have otherwise ended up in landfills already packed to the brim. The design is achieved by unfolding the packets and refolding them into hexagonal and pentagonal sections that are then pieced together to form a geodesic sphere or any other desired shape. Here, the Epcot-like ball makes an attractive overhead light and casts an impressive web of shadows and shapes on the surrounding space. Designer: Ed Chew Les bureaux très design des plus belles startups Lundi 28 février Design - 28 février 2011 :: 11:28 :: Par Eric C’est le genre de série ou de liste dont je ne me lasse pas, et qui a le mérite de pouvoir se mettre à jour et se consulter régulièrement au fil des créations, des déménagements ou des agrandissements (souvent à l’occasion d’une levée de fonds d’ailleurs). C’est le genre de série ou de liste dont je ne me lasse pas, et qui a le mérite de pouvoir se mettre à jour et se consulter régulièrement au fil des créations, des déménagements ou des agrandissements (souvent à l’occasion d’une levée de fonds d’ailleurs). Du point de vue de leur localisation justement, je ne vous surprendrai probablement pas si je vous dis que sur les quinze startups de ce diaporama, 12 sont situées aux USA. Chez Twitter Voir le diaporama complet ici : 15 Killer Offices by Tech Companies. Ceci me fait penser qu’il faudra que j’actualise prochainement mon tour d’horizon des bureaux des blogueurs français. (via Alkanz) Plus d'infos sur : bureaux, locaux, Startups
Temptation Every so often an email lands in my inbox from perhaps the cruelest man I know. Chris from Welcome Beyond dangles dream designs in front of me and it is all I can do to stop myself from hocking everything I own, jumping a plane and escaping to the hand picked boutique vacation properties that litter the pages of their website. Chris has cruelly tempted me again with a Spanish beauty and oh the temptation!
Hanse Colani Rotor House Designer Luigi Colani has created a space-saving house with a six square meter cylinder inside that contains a bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. + hanse-haus.de The cylinder rotates left or right bringing the room you want into view of the main living room. There's a separate toilet and a small hallway, and everything is controlled with a remote. View of the cylinder from the living room. The house was designed for young professionals who need minimal space while they focus on career. The bathroom. The bedroom. The kitchen. Branch Bookshelf In den Alpen aufgewachsen, in Paris ausgebildet, von beiden Einflüssen inspiriert, dazu ein Schuss von traditioneller Kraft und zeitgenössischem Design: das sind die Zutaten, aus denen die vom französischen Designer Olivier Dollé entworfenen Bücherregale bestehen. Minimalistisch zugeschnittene Äste im organischen Stil fungieren als Bücherregal und beeindrucken auf Wänden mindestens genauso wie all die Lektüren, die darauf platziert werden können! All images © Olivier Dollé | Via: We like that
Google Office versus Facebook Office Which giant would you prefer to work for: Google or Facebook? It might be a question of personal preference. You can’t help but love one company’s work more than another, which leads to desire to work for them. Aside from that, you could use some objective measurements in choosing between the two. This might help you. We give you a chance to have a sneak view at the offices from both Google and Facebook. Google Office About Google: (as if you needed this) Google Inc. is an American public corporation specializing in Internet search. Facebook Office About Facebook: Facebook, Inc. is a company that operates and privately owns social networking website, Facebook. So what is your choice?