Durant sept années de sa vie, le photographe allemand Peter Ortner a exploré les pays de l’ancien bloc soviétique. De l’Ukraine à la Moldavie, il s’est tout particulièrement intéressé aux arrêts de bus. Ces minis-oeuvres architecturales très colorées et circulaires au bord des routes, s’adaptent parfaitement à l’environnement tout en contrastant avec la grisaille des immeubles du 20ème siècle.
Not content with the 8,000 existing configurations of his modular Fritz Hansen chair, designer Benjamin Hubert is launching a new star-shaped, wheeled base at Stockholm Furniture Fair, which opens tomorrow.
The Pair chair first launched during last year’s London Design Festival, as a mix-and-match collection of components that allows users to create a tailored product.
Hubert has now expanded the collection even further. While the original, stackable chair design featured four legs, the updated collection includes a star-shaped base on wheels, available in chrome and black finishes.
The backrest is also now available in more options, either with or without arms, and in a choice of four colours.
By offering users a number of combinations, Hubert – who relaunched his company as Layer in September 2015 – believes he can provide companies with more bespoke items, suiting a variety of office environments.
“At Layer we invest our time in helping companies understand how smart furniture systems can help their business grow,” said Hubert.
“Pair Chair represents a super-flexible system, with up to 8,000 possible combinations, to meet the demands of a market increasingly focused on individuality, and products tailored specifically to the needs of the environments they are used in.”
Hubert is the first British designer to launch a product with the renowned Danish furniture brand.
Other architects and designers who have collaborated with Fritz Hansen include Jaime Hayón, Zaha Hadid, and Bjarke Ingels – who designed a chair for his Via 57 West “courtscraper” project.
Hubert’s studio has previously designed a charity collection box for Maggie’s, a concept wearable that can
track individual carbon footprints and a modular screen system made up of triangular hemp tiles.
Most recently, the designer created an injection-moulded Apple Watch strap, which negates the need for buckles with its self-gripping fastening.
The new Pair chair base launches at this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair, which takes place in the Swedish capital from 7 to 11 February, as part of Stockholm Design Week 2017.
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Design firm Asylum has converted a former spice warehouse on the Singapore River into a hotel, featuring exposed ceilings trusses, brickwork walls and mid-century style furniture.
The Warehouse Hotel occupies a trio of gabled buildings on the banks of the river, which were used as warehouses during the height of Singapore’s spice trade.
Local studio Asylum, commissioned by Singaporean hospitality firm The Lo & Behold Group, chose finishes to reference the industrial history of the building and the culture of the country.
“Our focus has been to protect the property’s legacy, while creating a fresh perspective on the term ‘industrial’,” said Lee.
“The environment is warm and sophisticated to prevent it from being too obviously grounded in what has been before,” he continued.
A large existing brick wall remains, the original roof trusses and a black metal gate remain exposed in the open-plan lobby. These are complemented by a white-painted ceiling and grey floor tiling.
Black cogs and wheels hang from the ceiling to reference machinery, with pendant lights webbed in between.
Other industrial-style features include a black metal staircase and the ribbed reception desk.
Delicate golden poles screen the spaces that flank the lobby area. The upper portion of the white wall behind the reception desk is decorated with rows of protruding squares, which are emphasised by the lights embedded in their faces.
A long bar with black marble bases occupies one corner of the space, from where guests can drink spice-infused cocktails.
Black ribs from the wall behind the bar provide the frame for shelves filled with alcoholic beverages, while a textured dark brown wall rises beside it.
The rest of the space is furnished with brown leather sofas, and chairs with metal legs and black leather seats. There is also a set of mid-century style green chairs arranged in a group at the front of the space.
The designers have continued the mixed aesthetic into the bedrooms, where the black ceiling trusses are also left exposed. Neutral finishes used include mottled grey tiles that cover walls and wooden floorboards.
A collection of metal-framed furniture is used in various layouts to accommodate wooden and marble cabinets for wash basins, wardrobes and desk areas in the different rooms.
In one of the spaces, a black frame extends from the roof structure to support a marble-topped washbasin and a rack for dressing gowns beneath, while another room features gold metal framework instead.
A further bedroom has a sliding partition with golden-tinged glass that opens to the en-suite bathroom from the bedroom.
The Warehouse Hotel follows a number of factories transformed for alternative uses.
Other projects include a Shanghai warehouse turned into ceramicist’s atelier, a Vancouver factory converted into an ice cream shop and a wooden house into the shell of an old Belgian industrial building.
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It’s hard to look at this flat and not be jealous of the people who get to call it home! Titled “33 Kinds of Joys of Life”, it’s the latest work from Taipei Base Design Center located in Taipei City, Taiwan.
Yes, the furnishings are stellar – a handsome chesterfield sofa, French chairs, modern “floating” TV, an old country style dining table, etc… but it’s the structure and layout itself that makes it stand out. It’s been thoughtfully designed to be as open and transparent as possible, avoiding barriers and bisecting walls wherever possible. Even the bedroom’s partition is an entire French window. The openness and immense amount of natural light allow for an interesting interior motif that’s surprisingly quite dark with calming tones of blue and grey.
Designer: Taipei Base Design Center
In the cold open sketch from last night’s episode of Saturday night Live, President Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) gets a little heated up during his calls with other world leaders, including Australia’s prime minister Malcolm Turnbull (Beck Bennett), Mexico’s president Enrique Peña Nieto (Alex Moffat), and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Kate McKinnon)…(Read…)
The U.S. customs welcome video undergoes a few modifications to better align with President Donald Trump’s travel restrictions…(Read…)
“Life tells the story of the six-member crew of the International Space Station that is on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the crew begins to conduct research, their methods end up having unintended consequences and the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.”In theaters May 24…(Read…)
White House press secretary Sean Spicer (Melissa McCarthy) and Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education Betsy DeVos (Kate McKinnon) take a few questions during the daily White House press briefing…(Read…)
“Me critical analysis of WTF happened in January 2017. Too much Trump shit to keep track of, too many protests to keep track of, Yanet Garcia puts out a peaceful message, and cats are giving zero fucks. “..(Read…)
Take a first look at Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge, the upcoming 5th installment of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean series. The film, which stars Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Orlando Bloom, Kaya Scodelario, and Geoffrey Rush, sails into theaters on May 27, 2017. Johnny Depp returns to the big screen as the iconic, swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow in the all-new “Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge.” The rip-roaring adventure finds down-on-his-luck Captain Jack feeling the winds of ill-fortune blowing strongly his way when deadly ghost sailors, led by the terrifying Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil’s Triangle bent on killing every pirate at sea—notably Jack. Jack’s only hope of survival lies in the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it he must forge an uneasy alliance with Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario), a brilliant and beautiful astronomer, and Henry (Brenton Thwaites), a headstrong young sailor in the Royal Navy. At the helm of the Dying Gull, his pitifully small and shabby ship, Captain Jack seeks not only to reverse his recent spate of ill fortune, but to save his very life from the most formidable and malicious foe he has ever faced. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge” also stars Kevin R. McNally as Joshamee Gibbs, Golshifteh Farahani as the sea-witch Shansa, Stephen Graham as Scrum, David Wenham as Scarfield and Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa…(Read…)
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