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Aim lamps by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Flos

Product news: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec’s minimal suspension lamps that create a tangle of wires to produce a climbing plant effect have gone into production.

Aim lamp by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Flos

The lamps have been stripped back to their fundamental elements – a wire and a light source. Based on the Bouroullec‘s original Liane model light, which was covered in leather and featured in an exhibition of their work in 2010, the Aim lamp for Italian lighting brand Flos is an industrial version that has been designed with tougher materials such as polycarbonate and die-cast aluminium.

Aim lamp by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Flos

The fixation points can be attached to any number of surfaces and long cables flow to create a natural effect of branches or climbing plants. “We have developed a new type of lamp that is naturally positioned in space – like a plant,” say the designers.

Aim lamp by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Flos

The tying points and diffuser set on the suspension wire make it easy for the user to orientate the lamp to the required height and position, allowing for greater adaptability in different settings.

Aim lamp by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Flos

“The general idea underpinning this project is to offer a lamp which can be infinitely adjusted to satisfy all lighting needs,” continue the designers.

Aim lamp by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Flos

We’ve recently featured an exhibition showcasing 15 years of design by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec which opened at Les Arts Décoratifs museum in Paris.

Aim lamp by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Flos

We also spoke to Erwan Bouroullec at Clerkenwell Design Week in September 2012 about his favourite project they’ve designed.

Aim lamp by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Flos

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“We designed a sofa that we would want in our own home”

In this movie filmed at Clerkenwell Design Week last month, BarberOsgerby’s Jay Osgerby tells Dezeen that he wanted to design comfortable, understated sofas rather than statement pieces for their new collection for American furniture brand Knoll.

"We designed a sofa that we would want in our own home"

“The way that we started the project was to think about what we would really, really want in our home,” says Osgerby, one half of London studio BarberOsgerby, who was recently awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for the design of the London 2012 Olympic Torch.

"We designed a sofa that we would want in our own home"

“You don’t want to live with something that is a huge statement. So we decided that we should try to make something that was super comfortable, something that sat back,” he continues.

"We designed a sofa that we would want in our own home"

The furniture collection includes a range of different sizes, from an armchair to a three-seater sofa, which feature prominent cast aluminium legs that can be finished in red, white or black paint.

"We designed a sofa that we would want in our own home"

“We looked at developing a series of cushions as individual objects that seem to be held together by a detail,” says Osgerby. “The foot detail is like a clip holding the pieces together. Because the sofa is really understated – it’s quite quiet – we felt [the foot detail] should be something recognisably BarberOsgerby.”

"We designed a sofa that we would want in our own home"

See all our stories from Clerkenwell Design Week 2013 »
Watch our interview with BarberOsgerby about the Olympic Torch »

The music featured in this movie is a track called Octave by Junior Size, released by French record label Atelier du Sample . You can listen to more Junior Size tracks on Dezeen Music Project.

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Bamboo tricycle by a21studio

This tricycle designed for children by Vietnamese firm a21studio has been crafted from bamboo and finished with ropes. 

Bamboo tricycle by A21 studio

a21studio used bamboo to form the frame because it is a versatile, solid, and sustainable material abundantly available in Vietnam.

Bamboo tricycle by A21 studio

The tricycle has been locked together with bolts that are also fashioned from bamboo, which have then been covered by rope. It has not been exposed to chemical treatments so will weather and decay over time.

Bamboo tricycle by a21 studio

The rope securing the bamboo bolts can be loosened, encouraging children to modify or re-design the tricycle.

Bamboo tricycle by a21 studio

“By designing this bike with materials, which can be easily found everywhere, we hope not only to bring true happiness to children but also remind us about our childhood,” say the designers.

Bamboo tricycle by a21 studio

We’ve featured a number of projects that utilise bamboo in a variety of ways, including a riverside cafe supported by fifteen conical bamboo columns, a pop-up bamboo theatre, and hand-made bamboo lamps.

Bamboo tricycle by a21 studio

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The tricycle is a long story attached to each child’s memories. It is interesting to see village children playing with bamboo bikes. The simplicity of the vehicles and happiness of children are the inspirations of this design.

Made by bamboo with wooden wheels, which are popular materials in Vietnam, the tricycle is threated with care in every detail without any chemical treatments. The bike may be decayed with time but the kids will learn showing consideration for its nature. Moreover, all the parts are linked by bamboo bolts and then covered by ropes so that kids would be excited to assemble and repair the bikes themselves or modify the design to their needs.

By designing this bike with materials, which can be easily found everywhere, we hope to not only bring true happiness to children but also remind us about our childhood.

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Amazing bead chain experiment in slow motion

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The Making Of Design Fu Mural

YIU Studio, spécialisé dans la communication visuelle, a conçu une vidéo time-lapse qui retrace la production du design mural dans leur locaux, une pièce qui s’inspire d’éléments relatif au « Kung-Fu » et de citations qu’ils affectionnent. Design Fu est une création très graphique à découvrir en images dans la suite.

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ARPT Headquarters by Mario Cucinella Architects

News: Italian firm Mario Cucinella Architects has won a competition to design a telecommunications agency headquarters in Algeria with proposals for a fin-like form referencing sand dunes and traditional Mediterranean architecture (+ slideshow).

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Mario Cucinella Architects also used the pointed arch typical in Islamic regions as a reference for the shape, which also resembles the dunes of the surrounding desert landscape.

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The building’s form contributes to natural cooling by channeling hot winds over the convex surface of the north facade, while a concave wall on the opposite side helps draw in cool air at night.

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Occupying a location next to a major road and close to a new urban park on the outskirts of Algiers, the ARPT (Autorité de Régulation de la Poste et des Télécommunications) building is intended as “the reference point within a neighbourhood and a city where tradition and modernity merge”.

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Turkish firm Tabanlıoğlu Architects employed natural ventilation and cooling systems in their design for Bodrum International Airport, which won the transport category at last year’s World Architecture Festival, while Foster + Partners has designed a museum in Abu Dhabi with five curving towers that act as thermal chimneys to draw in cool air.

Here are some more details from the architects:


International Competition – ARPT new Headquarters (Autorité de Régulation de la Poste et des Télécommunications)

The building has been conceived as an icon where tradition and modernity are melted, both in form (which arises from a pointed arch typical of Mediterranean architecture and the inclination of the solar diagram) as well as in the treatment of the surface of the body.

The project is inspired by the Algerian desert landscape where the dunes of seem natural buildings, manufactured by wind and sand. Analysing the urban fabric, the location of the lot along a highway of great importance and especially the proximity to the new urban park Bab Ezzouar, offer the possibility to create a building highly visible and representative. An institutional building as the new ARPT headquarters should be the reference point within a neighborhood and a city where tradition and modernity merge each other to create new symbolic and cultural scenarios. For this reason the project proposal draws a highly iconic building far from the predominant aesthetics of the area and which exploits the direct contact with the new park. The desire to create a building that would work according to the principles of bioclimatic architecture and in particular by the natural cooling techniques of the past, such as the tu’rat, suggested an aerodynamic shape, convex on the North side to divert the hot winds, and concave on the South side to capture the cool breezes during the night, and thus to promote the natural ventilation of the building.

Form, energy and tradition are transformed then into a new building that will become a symbol of the development of Algeria.

Place: Algeri, Algeria
Year: 2013
Type: International Competition – winner project
Progetto: Mario Cucinella Architects

Team: Mario Cucinella, Luca Sandri, Alberto Casarotto, Alberto Bruno, Giulia Mariotti, Rossana Romano, Michele Olivieri, Giuseppe Perrone
Stuctures and engineering: Favero & Milan

Rendering: MIR, Engram Studio

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks: Spray-on waterproofing, the fight for LGBTQ rights in photos and exploding Disney princesses in our look at the web this week

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Robot Drawing Machines Creating new forms of art by exploring new mediums including glow paint and coding, Chicago-based multimedia artist Harvey Moon is best known for his homemade robot drawing machines. The thought process behind which is particularly fascinating: favoring Arduino-powered, algorithm-reading…

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Period Clock

Focus sur le concept « Period Clock », une horloge au design très réussi. Minimaliste, cette horloge se compose de trois cercles afin d’indiquer les heures, les minutes et les secondes. Pensée par le créatif Tamer Koseli, découvrez une série d’images de cet objet sur son portfolio et dans la suite de l’article.

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