Jun 25
Plank Table
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The Plank has a large reused pine plank tabletop on powder coated steel zigzag legs. Perfect as a dining table or a large desk. Made in Britain.
Jun 25
Enlightening Light
Posted in: UncategorizedIf you’re reading this on your computer right now, chances are you AREN’T one of the vast groups of people lacking electricity (and therefore light) in the world. The Infinite Light is for them! Designed as a replacement for dangerous kerosene lamps, it harnesses the suns energy during the day to provide safe light at night. It actually kills two birds with one stone by using a ready-to-use flexible solar panel and battery system that can be placed directly in discarded plastic bottles. Once inside, it’s protected and ready to use for a lifetime.
Designer: Dr. Hakan Gürsu of Designnobis
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Jun 25
The Gentle Giant of the Skies
Posted in: UncategorizedOscar Viñals’ AWWA-VA “GIGAbay” concept takes green tech to the skies in the form of a giant cargo plane. Its unique oversized, front-loading holding bay is adaptable to a variety of goods including bulk packages and even other aircraft. Its powered by four hybrid engines with supplemental power from superconductive technologies, a fuel cell stack, wind generators and solar energy, making it the eco-friendliest way to fly. Big structure, little impact!
Designer: Oscar Viñals
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Jun 25
Totes Adorbs Alarm Clock
Posted in: UncategorizedFollowing the success of its predecessor, the Felt wall clock, the FeltTwo brings the same simplistic, soft aesthetic to your bedside! With a closer look, you’ll notice a perfect balance of materials in pressed felt and bamboo. Modern touches like laser engraving on the bamboo invoke a sense of fine craftsmanship. It’s sure to make getting up in the morning just a little easier… I mean, who could be mad at that face?!
Designer: Sebastian Herkner for LEFF Amsterdam
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Jun 25
Association Ball Cup Typography
Posted in: UncategorizedAprès Plury et Wete, c’est au tour de Gustavo Veiga Berocan de participer à l’excellente initiative » 36 Days of Type » autour du football. Ce projet intitulé Association Ball Cup Typography joue avec les pays, les valeurs et les éléments essentiels du football. Plus d’images dans l’article.
Jun 25
Playpen for dogs installed within Soichi Yamasaki's S Residence
Posted in: UncategorizedThe living room of this home in Japan’s Hyogo prefecture, by Tokyo architect Soichi Yamasaki, features a dog pen so the owner’s pets can be involved in family life without running riot (+ slideshow).
Yamasaki designed the S Residence for a small family with three dogs, who wanted to make the most of the panoramic views from the property’s sloping plot and also requested a strong connection between the living areas and garden.
“To integrate the living space with the garden, I created an L-shaped box to enclose the garden and connected them by having full-height windows,” Yamasaki told Dezeen.
A space at the corner of the living room has been designated as an enclosure for the dogs to play and sleep, with the change in level helping to prevent the spread of moulted hair.
“The client wanted to place the dog’s room at the centre of the living area to be a member of the family,” said Yamasaki. “It stops the dogs running around the house, but the fence is movable so the dogs can run around when it opens.”
The railings surrounding the dog pen are built from wood and stainless steel, which was chosen to resist scratches.
To optimise views from the living spaces, the level of the garden and ground floor is raised above the road on a concrete plinth that houses a garage towards the front of the site.
Related story: Architecture for Dogs curated by Kenya Hara
Raw cast concrete was used to construct the retaining wall of the basement level and supports the steel frame of the two storeys above it, contrasting with their white plaster finish.
A staircase leads from the street to the ground floor entrance, which opens into an open-plan space containing a living area, kitchen and dining table encircled by bench seating.
Fitted cabinetry along the back wall of the kitchen conceals a worktop and appliances, while cupboards, a desk for the clients’ daughter and a small washroom are also hidden behind the smooth white surfaces.
Small variations in the floor level accentuate the transition from the public area at the entrance to a more private living room along the adjoining edge of the L-shaped plan.
A staircase with chunky wooden treads ascends to an upper floor containing a child’s bedroom and master bedroom with a hot tub and balcony overlooking the surrounding rooftops.
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Jun 25
David Shrigley creates tableware range for London restaurant Sketch
Posted in: UncategorizedBritish artist David Shrigley has designed his first ceramics collection for the Gallery at Sketch on London’s Conduit Street, as part of the restaurant’s programme of artist collaborations (+ slideshow).
Shrigley has patterned white ceramic tableware with satirical drawings, patterns and text, which will be used to serve chef Pierre Gagnaire’s new summer afternoon tea menu at Sketch.
Related story: Sketch by Martin Creed
“I’m delighted to be working with Sketch on such an exciting commission,” said Shrigley. “It will be the first artwork that I have made that can go in the dishwasher. It will be very clean artwork.”
The range includes plates that illustrate the restaurant’s location and an assortment of bespoke afternoon tea accessories.
His condiment pots are labelled “dust”, “nothing” and “dirt” instead of revealing their contents.
The ceramics are manufactured by British brand Caverswall exclusively for Sketch.
Shrigley has also created 239 new artworks, which will line the wall of the restaurant interior designed by Paris architect India Mahdavi.
The drawings, featuring everything from cucumbers and poodles to artists and spacemen, are intended to provide conversation starters for diners.
Currently commissioned to create the 2016 installation for the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square, David Shrigley is best known for cartoon-like drawings that make sarcastic comments on everyday situations and human interactions.
This project was jointly curated by RSC Contemporary Ltd and Christopher Huynh as part of a series of artist restaurants at Sketch, aiming to create interactions with art in public spaces.
It follows Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed’s Sketch restaurant commission from 2012, which included a zig-zag floor installation made from 96 different types of marble.
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Jun 24
Ink Different: Forget Swatting Mosquitoes, This Sri Lankan Newspaper Repels Them
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We all have our favorite memories of summer, but we’re more inclined to forget the rather less pleasant thought of mosquito bites that might come with those adventures. I fondly recall summer a camp deep in the woods of Wisconsin, from which I would return home with arms full of craft projects… and legs that were completely destroyed from compulsively scratching bug bites. In fact, the winged blood-suckers may well be the most universally despised creatures on earth—some ecologists believe we do away with them with no ecological consequences—so anyone can appreciate this innovation from Sri Lanka’s Mawbima newspaper and ad agency Leo Burnett. But for many across the world, appreciation is an understatement, since a mosquito bite can mean much more than a temporary inconvenience on an otherwise healthy body.
For the 2014 World Health Day, the publication printed the world’s first mosquito-repelling newspaper, adding citronella scent to the newspaper’s ink. It’s a far more elegant way to deliver insect repellent than the chemical-laden sprays we’re used to… and it keeps citizens informed about current events to boot.
The alphabetic branding behind the mosquito-repelling project
The scented newspaper ink is indicated by an intriguing graphic identity—even for those of us outside of its impact zone—featuring mosquitoes being smashed behind each character of the local Sinhalese script. The newspaper shared the illustrated vernacular over National Dengue Week and on Facebook previous to the citronella newspaper run. Check out this video from Leo Burnett on the entire project:
Jun 24
Radiant Lines by Asif Khan creates rings of light in Melbourne's Federation Square
Posted in: UncategorizedPulsing rings of light traced the movement of visitors to this installation in Federation Square, Melbourne, by architect Asif Khan – who this week became the first architect to pick up a Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions awards (+ movie).
London-based Asif Khan – whose MegaFaces installation at the Sochi Winter Olympics earned him the Innovation Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity – developed the Radiant Lines project as part of Melbourne’s Light In Winter Festival.
The circular structure was built from 40 rings of raw aluminium, which were suspended above the ground to allow visitors to walk underneath them, but were also layered over one another to create a moire effect.
As visitors approached, their movements were picked up by a sensor that translated physical presence into a pulse of light that darted around the “aluminium lines” that formed the installation’s perimeter.
“It was important to not only to create a mark on the environment with the pavilion, but to also allow the public to feel that they had too,” Khan told Dezeen.
“It was a surprise to me how long people stayed within the lines – it felt simultaneously like a moment of retreat from the busyness of Melbourne, yet it captured that energy and concentrated it into something that people were content to engage with for long periods of time,” he said.
Working in collaboration with engineer AKT II, Khan used approximately two kilometres of aluminium to create each of the rings. A diffuser sat within the structure, allowing light to move smoothly across the metal surfaces.
“We decided to make the structure from aluminium for several reasons: lightness, local production and capability of extrusion,” Khan explained. “This decision created great opportunities to integrate structure, light-diffusion performance and containment routes for the wiring in one extrusion die design.”
“We wanted our aluminium lines to have minimal deflection when supported at either end, and at the same time have an integral light diffuser. We made many physical tests of the extrusion to understand how light diffusion performance could be increased without the need for a traditional diffuser, whilst maintaining an extrusion that performed well structurally,” he said.
Radiant Lines was in place from for three weeks at the centre of the Federation Square – a site chosen by Khan for its regular footfall.
“Because of the sloping terrain of Federation Square, we were able to create a relationship with the ground whereby on only one side could you could walk straight under the structure. Watching people visit the square, we noticed how people preferred to take a route where they would have to duck,” he added.
Movie is by Keith Deverell.
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