The little brother of OOO My Design’s big PinPres shelving system, the PinPres Mini is lighter and more compact version of the playful storage solution that can actually be mounted on the wall! The interactive design keeps kids’ favorite objects nestled snugly in place and within reach. Simply press a toy, ball or any other item into the pins until its needed again.
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There are covers that promise to protect your Smartphones from scratches and the elements and then there is the iFace Sensation. This specialized cover for the Samsung Galaxy S4 not only protects from the phone from everyday bustle but also keeps it secure during accidental falls. If Murphy’s Law kicks in, then the chances of your phone surviving the fall are slim. However due to the anti shock function of the iFace Sensation, your phone has the best chance of survival.
iFace Sensation is designed for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and has an anti shock function and a new design, however it retains the basic DNA of the iFace’s original design. Although similar to the iFace First Class and Revolution, the new cover was developed after extensive researches revealed how phones had a tendency of falling and shattering.
When the handset slips and falls to the ground, the thick cushioning of the urethane layer of the cover protects the phone from shattering. Due to the thicker urethane on the top and bottom, the phone inevitably lands on the bottom or the top, thanks to the shift in the gravity.
In short, when encased in the iFace Sensation, your Samsung Galaxy S4 will always stay protected without compromising on the looks. The cover provides outstanding grip with its slimmer and lighter design. Pick from one of the 11 sensational colors.
Pinterest allows users to collect and organise images known as pins onto categorised boards, with the option to add notes and links. Dezeen’s architecture board is updated with pins from our stories, which link back to the posts so you can see additional pictures and find out more about the project.
Not often do I open newsletters … just too many arrive in my inbox but the glass table above caught my eye and I immediately recognised the Ladies & Gentlemen studio signature. Their new collection called Mirage is again truly beautiful and very now. Mirage is inspired by a kaleidoscope with it's principle of multiple reflection.
Dylan Davis and Jane Lee are Ladies & Gentleman and meeting Jane last year made me want to foolow what this talented couple is doing.
A bit of site searching brought me to Sight Unseen and apartment theraphy where Jane and Dylan recently shared their home. I love the living room and it reminds me so much of the living room from design heroes Ray and Charles Eames … how lucky are they to have found this vintage Florence Knoll sofa.
London studio Jonathan Tuckey Design has converted a historic chapel in Wiltshire, England, into a house with a blackened-timber extension conceived as the building’s shadow.
The architects were only permitted to build an extension that would be invisible from the street. “The form was generated by the parameters of building something as big as possible within the chapel’s shadow, so that led to the consideration of materials reminiscent of a shadow,” Jonathan Tuckey told Dezeen.
Photograph by James Brittain
The roof and every wall of the extension is clad in bitumen-stained larch, with flush detailing around the edges of the gable and chimney. It is built over a series of reconstructed dry-stone walls.
Photograph by James Brittain
“The clients, the planners and us were all keen to create something different to the original building, rather than mimic it,” said Tuckey.
Photograph by James Brittain
All four of the house’s bedrooms are contained inside the new structure, while the former vestry of the chapel functions as a library and the large hall is converted into an open-plan kitchen and living room with a mezzanine gallery above.
Photograph by James Brittain
A transparent glass corridor links the extension with the two adjoining buildings of the chapel and can be opened out to the garden in warmer weather.
Here’s a short project description from the architect:
Shadow House – Transformation of a Grade 2* listed chapel in Wiltshire into a family home
Our clients were intent on preserving the historic character of this elegant historic chapel but needed to adapt the building to accommodate the needs of their young family and connect it to the garden at the rear of the site.
Complementing the existing chapel’s form and scale the new extension sits on re-built dry stone walls in the garden and is unseen from the street. It is clad in blackened timber, echoing the vernacular tabernacle churches of the West Country; a quiet shadow of the original building.
A glazed transparent passage, which can be opened entirely in warmer weather, links the extension back to the chapel where the mid-19th century spaces have been refurbished.
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Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: Irish designer Donna Bates’ rural upbringing influenced these lamps based on glass vats found in a milking parlour.
Having grown up on a dairy farm in County Derry, Bates referenced the collection jars when creating her Parlour Lighting series, which is now in production.
The capsule-shaped glass lights are clear at the top and translucent at the bottom to seem half-full of milk, plus each has measurement indicators in kilos and litres.
The pieces are handblown by the same manufacturers that used to create the jars for the dairy industry. “The craftpeople who make the glass jars are willing to make small runs of the glass with the ammendments that I need to make them into lights,” Bates told Dezeen.
The lights come in six shapes and sizes – as pendant lights with a blue, green or black frame and table lamps with either an oak or walnut hand-turned base.
The lighting was on show in a Victorian prison named the House of Detention at Clerkenwell Design Week.
A road less travelled – from milking parlour to design studio
Irish lighting and furniture designer Donna Bates, is launching her first lighting collection, Parlour Lighting at the Clerkenwell Design Week from May 21st – May 23rd. This new collection has been inspired by Donna’s childhood of growing up on the family dairy farm near the shores of Loch Neagh and makes special reference to the milking parlour receiving jars, which were used to collect the cow’s milk.
Each limited edition piece has been handmade to exacting standards in collaboration with the finest local craftspeople using the highest quality materials. “There is a definite movement towards design led craft and I am excited to be part of that trend. I feel passionately about design but equally so about supporting local highly skilled makers” explains Donna.
Photograph by Dolf Patijn
The Parlour Lighting range comprises three table lamps and three pendant lamps available in small, medium and large sizes. “The size of the Parlour Lighting range pieces have been largely dictated by the size of the milking receiving jars themselves, says Donna. “They are so beautiful in their own right that I have kept the milking scale on the side of each jar which was used to measure the quantity of milk produced and I have gently sandblasted the bottom half of the jar to symbolise the milk collected.”
A limited edition number has been hand etched on each individual piece for authenticity and individuality. “I would like people to approach the Parlour Lighting as they would a piece of art or sculpture as not only are they beautiful and functional but they also tell a story of bygone days and that has resonance with a lot of people”.
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