“Today we are designing and building things that will have a longer shelf life both aesthetically and functionally,” says David Pierce in The Wall Street Journal’s article Simpler Style Sit Better With Tech Firms out today! Shout outs to Bay Area’s tech culture, including our recent projects with Dropbox, Inc. and SoundCloud. Great perspective on what’s to come – check it out.
Environmentally friendly and beautifully sleek in style. These items are one of a kind and show how versatile cork can really be, not only as a material but also as an elegant piece of furniture.
Cargo container establishments seem to be very popular amongst the architecture world. Many companies are taking this concept and transforming multiple containers into housing, stores, offices, and even large buildings. The only questions are how safe it really is and if it actually saves time, energy, and money?
Form Us With Love, or as the website playfully suggests each time you visit or refresh provides a constant rearranging of their name -Love Us With Form - or my favorite With Us Love Form. The Swedish based design studio recently launched their Plug Lamp for Ateljé Lyktan. The product has been going the rounds on the blogs and I think it deserves the attention it’s getting, although this is a rather simple proposition in a growing field of product hybridization that is seeing the need for multiple and augmented functionality from our domestic and interior products. Whether it be the almost tiresome—and seeming never to catch on— networked refrigerator that Philips Whirlpool, LG et al role out each year ,or the more eminently practical new usb lights from Pablo (which I can’t seem to find a link for), our mobile lifestyles are demanding power to be provided from more than just our wall outlets.
Ever thought that converting waste energy back into beautiful glowing light would be possible? Designers Mike Thompson and Gionata Gatto has proven how possible and fairly easy it can be. With a little ingenuity and working with familiar materials these designers developed the Trap Light.
French architect Stephane Malka comes up with many eco friendly design ideas that involve salvaging and reusing materials already in existence. His most recent project proposal, AME-LOT, is for student housing in France repurposed with common used materials none other than that of shipping pallets.
Recent work by Hannah Plumb and James Russell who go by the eponymously titled James Plumb, is a series of seemingly discarded period furniture frames that have had the negative seating space imposed by a carefully cast concrete alternative. Beautifully presented within their show in Geneva at Blancpain Art Contemporain gallery.
The forming of negative space and domestic furniture is nothing new to the art world with such world renowned artists as Rachel Whiteread and Doris Salcedo making their careers from such explorations. The furniture world to a great extent has overlooked such moves, although there have been some notable exceptions including one of my favorite from Gitta Gschwendtner.
Airplanes generally provide people with timely trips to far away lands, employment for millions across the globe, and now glamourous lighting for your dining room table? Thats right, designer Paul Coudamy, came up with this neat aeronautical creation for a french company specializing in aviation furniture. With many unique pieces not seen anywhere else, Flown, takes recycling old aircrafts to quite and interesting level. (More after the jump)
With a limited budget and access to recycled materials from a local construction site, a Norwegian architecture firm Haugen/Zohar knows how to do it right when building a fire pit for the community to enjoy. This structure is not only innovative but is also derived from the cultural traditions of Norway keeping their heritage alive in a beautiful fashion.