Product news: Hannover designer Patrick Frey curved and folded a sheet of thin aluminium to create the seat of these chairs for outdoor accessories brand Vial.
To create the Kirk chair, Patrick Frey precisely cut a special aluminium alloy so it bent into the desired shape.
He used clamps to sculpt the seat shell over a frame formed by the tubular aluminium legs and back, then folded the edges to increase stability.
The seat curves up at both sides to meet the lower bar of each armrest and swoops right to the top of the back, leaving large gaps in the corners.
Designed for Vial to be used both outdoors and in, the chairs are stackable for easy storage and transportation.
Matte surfaces are powder coated in black, white, red, blue and green.
New York Fashion Week is once again upon us and kicking things into high gear tomorrow at Lincoln Center is the Couture Council luncheon. The wildly popular event, which is looking to best last year’s $1 million haul to benefit the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, will honor Michael Kors with the Couture Council award for Artistry of Fashion. Past recipients include Ralph Rucci, Karl Lagerfeld, and Oscar de la Renta.
“Michael Kors has been nominated repeatedly by members of the Couture Council Advisory Committee,” said Museum at FIT director Valerie Steele, referring to the group of journalists, retailers, and curators that includes Glenda Bailey, Hamish Bowles, Ken Downing, and Linda Fargo. “The committee’s mandate is to not only look at the previous year’s accomplishments, but at a lifetime of contributions to fashion.” continued…
Le spot publicitaire en 3D créé par le studio créatif néozélandaise Assembly pour l’agence Draft FCB et la compagnie d’assurance NZI est aussi astucieux que bien réalisé. Les personnages sont victimes les uns après les autres de la malédiction de la chaise du diable et les situations comiques se succèdent. À découvrir.
L’artiste française Koralie, interviewée avec Supakitch lors d’une Fubiz TV 05, a réalisée une œuvre pour le nouveau concept store parisien « Rougier & Plé » au coeur de St-Germain-des-Prés. Très inspirée, elle a ainsi habillée le rez-de-chaussée avec une œuvre grand format mélangeant peinture, collage et illustration.
A transforming Tablet PC is the best way to describe the Apollon. The device functions as a book reader sized tablet and can morph into a large 15inch 16:9 ratio screen. To make life easy, the Apollon uses dual OS. Windows OS for wide mode, which is effective at using heavy programs and watching wide resolution medias. The Android OS for the minimized experience intended for casual use like web surfing and PDF viewing.
Features:
The dock has extra CPU, Memory, VGA, and SATA SSD which boosts the performance of the tablet.
The tablet can be wirelessly connected to the dock by Wi-Fi Direct.
Flexible display is wound around the two rollers on each end.
When the extension unlock button is pressed, the lock will be released and the tablet can be extended horizontally.
Apollon is a hybrid PC and can be used as conventional tablet, wider version tablet, and also a PC when it’s docked.
Apollon does not lose its portability while maintaining its powerful performance.
Designer: Jongha Lee
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By featuring innovative ways to cook food, Masterchef has really opened our palate to unique methods of cooking. Fitting in this stream is the Atomium 3D Food Printer. It uses molecular ingredients to construct food layer by layer. The device helps children prepare their own meals in a very creative way. Basically the printer detects what you draw for it and then dishes out a 3 D printed meal using molecular ingredients.
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If there’s one company that can create an entirely new console to go up against the big 3 (Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation) it’s gotta be Google. Joseph Dumary’s Nexus Orbit concept console sheds light on how exactly the device might look and behave. Aesthetically, it’s inspired by contemporary architecture, but technologically you can expect it to include integration with Google Glasses, Google Play as well as access to Google’s amazing search, maps, video, and drive features. Check out the vid for more on Orbit!
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Antlers are an iconic symbol that’ve been around since the age of the caveman & they aren’t going out of style anytime soon! Whether it’s a cardboard mount for the house or a wearable Alexander McQueen headpiece, we love a clever twist on the familiar fragment. Just like the Antler chair! From a side view, the outline of a stag’s rack is clearly visible, but from any other angle it looks like your average chair. From the woodsy cabin to the modern loft, its subtle aesthetic compliments a variety of interior styles.
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Who doesn’t love the idea of a transparent screen?! Many modern conceptual watch designs feature this interesting visual element, but few remember the age-old material that’s adorned wrists for centuries…. leather! The LIP watch applies modern transparent tech with a hand stitched leather band for a comfortable and familiar aesthetic that’s not limitingly futuristic.
Designer: Youssef Eskandar
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Angular cutaways and a deep shaft create apertures between the floors of this family house on Shikoku Island, Japan, by Osaka studio Horibe Associates (+ slideshow).
The compact wooden House in Kamihachiman was designed by Horibe Associates with all its windows on the northern side, overlooking bamboo woodland rather than neighbouring houses.
“The challenge in this design was to provide a comfortable, open lifestyle despite the fact the building site is surrounded by other homes lined up uniformly on a street running along their south side,” said architect Naoko Horibe.
The houses’s rear facade is built at an angle, with double-height windows that bring daylight into an open-plan dining and kitchen area.
The internal window and cutaways offer glimpses between this space and the bedrooms on the floor above.
A living room just beyond is lined with low wooden benches and leads out to an open-air courtyard, which provides another source of natural lighting.
“The overall result is a home that is much more comfortable and relaxing than one would guess by looking at the surrounding neighbourhood,” said the architect.
A lavatory, bathroom and laundry room are clustered together on the opposite side of the house, while the three first-floor bedrooms are arranged around a central wooden staircase.
Here’s a short project description from the architects:
House in Kamihachiman
The challenge in this design was to enable a comfortable, open lifestyle despite the fact that the building site is surrounded by other homes lined up uniformly on a street running along their south side. The architects chose not to place windows on the southern side of the home, where they would look out only on neighbouring houses, and instead included large windows on the northern side that take advantage of the view of a bamboo forest behind the property.
In doing so they achieved even natural lighting and a feeling of spaciousness in the interior. A private walled-in terrace connecting to the living room adds to this sense of light and space. The overall result is a home that is much more comfortable and relaxing than one would guess by looking at the surrounding neighbourhood.
Location: Tokushima-Shi, Tokushima Primary usage: Residence Structure: wooden construction, two stories above ground Family structure: Couple with a child Site area: 175.29 m2 Building area: 74.54 m2 Total floor space: 98.92 m2 Completed: May 2013
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New York Fashion Week is once again upon us and kicking things into high gear tomorrow at Lincoln Center is the 
